Mastodawn

If youre protesting today PLEASE wear an n95/kn95 mask! It seriously helps protect you & people around you! It isnt good because of "surveillance", it is good because we want other people pushing progress to be alive, healthy, & active in their communities.
Long covid/post viral illness risks that.

(Please dont suggest use for obscuring faces, please read the whole thread)

#uspol #nokings #covidisNotOver

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Trenton Hoshiko | Filmmaker 1d ago

And, please wear a mask to more than just protesting. By normalizing them outside of just protest you can help fight fascist crackdowns on masking in public that seriously risks public health for everyone who breathes air.

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Trenton Hoshiko | Filmmaker 1d ago

I dont use the "surveillance" talking point because I believe that too easily can be used, even by well meaning regular folks, against progressive and public health caring people, especially disabled people, as a reason to ban masks.

Masks are life saving medical devices, we all need to keep that as our focus first and foremost.

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Carolyn 1d ago

@Trenton_Hoshiko Outdoors, so who needs a mask? If you are close enough to someone to smell their cigarette smoke should they be smoking, you are close enough to inhale exhaled viruses, which suspend in the air just as the smoke does, lingering for a while before dissipating.

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Trenton Hoshiko | Filmmaker

@CStamp yup! I love using that example!