KellyannJun 14, 2024

Also, just to get this off my chest: I *hate* wearing #masks. I absolutely hate it. I've trained myself to deal with them without melting down, but I have breathing-related #PTSD and sensory processing disorder and masks are incredibly unpleasant. If it were just me, I might be tempted to stop wearing them (even though I remember how nearly dying of a respiratory infection was far more unpleasant).

But I keep wearing them. Because spouse.

#MaskUp #HighRiskCovid #KidneyTransplant

ahimsaMay 17, 2023

@Sunny @luckytran There are a lot of health issues that we can't completely eliminate but that doesn't mean we don't try to lessen the harm from them.

Leaders should be supporting public health policies that lower the risk of infection such as air filtration and mask wearing. At the very least we should not be seeing comments from hospitals saying that patients can't even ask their doctors to wear masks. 🙃

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/05/17/immunocompromised-patients-feel-unsafe-as-boston-hospitals-drop-universal-masking

#Covid #LongCovid #HighRiskCOVID

Immunocompromised patients feel unsafe as Boston hospitals drop universal masking

At Mass General Brigham, patients can ask doctors to mask up, but compliance is not guaranteed.

News
UC Access NowApr 4, 2023

Which Oakland & Berkeley hospitals have mask mandates?

#HighRiskCOVID #LongCOVID
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/04/04/which-oakland-and-berkeley-hospitals-have-mask-mandates

Which Oakland and Berkeley hospitals have mask mandates?

Healthcare workers and others in California are no longer required by the state to wear masks at hospitals or other high-risk areas.

Berkeleyside
Show threadAmadi LovelaceMar 9, 2023
@shellkr @WestCoastChelle one way masking is not as protective as it needs to be, particularly in situations where there are many people who are unmasked, and where there have been no meaningful improvements to air quality. For those of us who are #HighRiskCovid it’s insufficient. Masking in public places, particularly places that people don’t have options to avoid, like medical facilities and grocery stores is the bare minimum of human decency in an ongoing pandemic.
Show threadAmadi LovelaceMar 8, 2023
With masks being dropped even in medical settings, we are rapidly descending to a point where #immunocompromised and #HighRiskCovid (people at notably heightened risk of serious illness, death and/or [worsened] disability) are not going to be able to go anywhere or participate in any aspect of life that isn’t explicitly planned by one of our number — or for the richest and most elite, who are the only ones still requiring mitigation, e.g. Davos.
Show threadUC Access NowMar 3, 2023

How will y'all treat disabled and/or elderly people as the effects of climate change become more severe?

The way you're treating us now during pandemic.

#HighRiskCOVID #LongCOVID #HigherEd #ClimateEmergency

UC Access NowMar 3, 2023

How our nations, our schools, our cities, our neighbors, friends & families handled this pandemic was a dress rehearsal for how they'll handle other things that require working together & caring for one another.

So far, many get a failing grade.

The time to do better is NOW.

#HighRiskCOVID #LongCOVID #HigherEd

UC Access NowFeb 21, 2023

URGENT: City of Davis is voting on whether to do away with its COVID emergency declaration tonight. You have til 4pm to call in public comment. There will also be in-person comments in the mtg. (530) 757- 5693

https://www.cityofdavis.org/city-hall/city-council/city-council-meetings/agendas

#DavisCA #HighRiskCOVID #LongCOVID #UCDavis #UCAccessNow

TamaraPNWFeb 12, 2023

Current coffee mood: Nutmeg, cardamom, real maple with soy and all the tools in my #COVID arsenal because #PaxlovidRebound is a thing. #molnupiravir FTW? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see

#GuineaPig
#CurrentMood #CoffeeMood #Coffee #Paxlovid #HighRiskCovid

Show threadMx. Amadi LovelaceJan 28, 2023
The contempt that they show for the sick, disabled, immunocompromised and other #HighRiskCOVID Americans is only eclipsed by the arrogance with which they continue to pretend that they haven’t been fully captured by the necrosecurity scheme of this administration.