DYK? You can pick up a box of 50 3M Aura 1870+ respirator masks for $19.99. 😷 Buy a case of 440 masks and save even more! 🎉
Shop Donate A Mask’s sale for other great deals. Hurry! Sale ends May 23. 🗓
🛒 https://buymask.ca/collections/wildfire-smoke-protection
#Masks4All #3MAura #StillMasking #MaskUp #WildfireSeason #WildfireSmoke #Sale
Useful open letter to the World Health Organisation from Trish Greenhalgh and colleagues, on the plausible risk of airborne #Hantavirus.
"The evidence supporting respiratory person-to-person transmission of ANDV is now substantial and comes from epidemiological, biological, and operational observations. ...
"Experimental evidence supports respiratory and salivary pathways of transmission. Yet we are unaware of any research which has examined aerosol shedding dynamics or the timing of contagiousness relative to symptom onset. ...
"There is also strong evidence that respirators provide greater protection than surgical masks for healthcare workers against respiratory infections when worn continuously indoors. ...
"Although efficient community transmission comparable to measles or SARS-CoV-2 has not been demonstrated, this is not justification for dismissing respiratory risk. ...
"WHO’s default recommendations for severe pathogens with respiratory transmission potential should begin from a precautionary airborne-risk framework — including respirators, ventilation optimisation, and portable HEPA filtration — and only be relaxed if evidence later demonstrates that such measures are unnecessary."
https://trishgreenhalgh.substack.com/p/respiratory-protection-and-the-precautionary
Nice article from 2025 on masking as community care, which I don't remember seeing at the time:
https://www.theskinny.co.uk/intersections/interviews/community-care-wearing-masks
Someone I know is part of organising this!
Update: and they're ill, so it's being postponed. More when I know more!
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Date: WAS Saturday 25 April 2026, now not sure yet about the rescheduling.
Time: 12 noon till 4pm.
Event: Covid Community Care Fundraiser.
• Vegan bake sale with gluten-free options.
• Crafts: make stickers and mask chains.
Location: Outdoors at the Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, RG1 2ST, with access to the toilets indoors. Free masks provided.
Covid precautions:
- Masks required, FFP2 or better, at all times in craft/bake sale area. Please step away if you need a break or to eat or drink. Free masks provided.
- Do not attend if you have any symptoms of contagious illness such as a cough or cold.
- If you wish to attend and cannot wear a mask, please contact us beforehand so we can arrange a PlusLife covid test for you.
- Even if you will be masking, covid testing beforehand with Rapid Antigen Tests (widely available in boots, superdrug, savers, etc) is encouraged! These tests are more reliable if you can take two, 48 hours apart.
- We will be outdoors outside of the arts centre, but we will have access to toilets indoors.
Please contact us if you have any questions or access requirements.
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Their official contact is via Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DW4ofBhiood/
But if you can't do Insta, I don't mind passing on enquiries.
#Rdg #Berkshire #England #CovidCautious #CovidCareful #Masks4All #BakeSale
31 likes, 0 comments - rradicallibrary on April 8, 2026: "Covid Community Care Fundraiser Masks required! - FFP2 or better Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, RG1 2ST (we will be outdoors 12-4pm, 25th April Free masks provided! vegan bake sale, gluten free options! Crafts! Make stickers and mask chains! Access info! -Masks required at all times in craft/bake sale area. Please step away if you need a break or to eat or drink. - Do not attend if you have any symptoms of contagious illness such as a cough or cold. - if you wish to attend and cannot wear a mask, please contact us beforehand so we can arrange a PlusLife covid test for you. - Even if you will be masking, covid testing beforehand with Rapid Antigen Tests (widely available in boots, superdrug, savers, etc) is encouraged! These tests are more reliable if you can take 2, 48hrs apart. - we will be outdoors outside of the arts centre, but we will have access to toilets indoors. Please contact us if you have any questions or access requirements".
I read this article yesterday and I'm still musing on it. There's something I really like about the idea of framing our position & commitments as "a subculture". That rings true to me.
Some snippets from the article:
"the COVID Conscious community’s vision for the future lives in the ever-present now – without denial."
"This pragmatism allows for an actual future, not a fantasy future"
"we have an aesthetic ... we have shared resources, language and references"
"Referencing the past is essential, but copying it reflexively is unproductive."
"While solutions aren’t always easy, we believe they exist—whether it’s masking, clean air, COVID-safe events, or free testing and vaccinations, our resolve remains: we’re not giving up on a good future."
"this community spans drag kings, cartoonists and activists, musicians, rappers"
"We’re showing that there’s hope and liberation on the other side of a realistic risk assessment – and there’s no need to pick and choose safety based on the criteria set by capitalist forces."
https://positivedeviancenyc.substack.com/p/covid-consciousness-as-a-subculture
(on Substack unfortunately)
#CovidIsntOver #community #subculture #CovidConscious #CovidCareful #Masks4All
A GENOCIDE WATCH has been issued for North America.
The JYNNEOS vaccine is safe and widely available.
#smallpox #blackpox26 #vermont #vaccine #mask #antifa #staysafe #antififa #nurses #elbowsup #masks4all
"I started making mask chains in 2025 because I wanted my respirator to look like an intentional part of my outfit. I found that this increased my confidence when interacting with other people. I enjoyed making them so much that I decided to start selling them to raise money for Breathe Easy Sheffield, a volunteer-led organisation working to make indoor social and cultural spaces safer, more inclusive, and more accessible."
Vis Makes Chains on Folksy
https://folksy.com/shops/vismakeschains
#masks #fashion #Masks4All #CovidCareful #BreatheEasy #Sheffield #CovidIsntOver
@trendless Just wanted to share an update, indeed the 53899 and 54065/54066 N95 Kleenguard/KIMTECH masks are all discontinued.
Here's the PDF they sent me with the discontinuation notice + reason for ending distribution (lack of sales... sigh); dated May 29th, 2025.
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