Thinking about the fact that the hardest part of the ongoing pandemic for MOST people is that they had to wear masks for a little while and the prospect of having to do it again stokes animalistic rage in them.

It wasn't the ongoing mass death and disablement and organized abandonment by the government and forced infections by our employers.

No.

It was masks. Being told to wear a mask to protect others was the greatest injustice of their lives.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #BringBackMasks 

 My brother wants to only mask from Thursday to Monday before Thanksgiving and then take a rapid antigen test before having dinner with us with no precautions. I said 4 full days after having no mitigations isn't enough. I'm tired of accommodating recklessness.

#CovidIsNotOver 

 How about we kick off #DisabilityPrideMonth with some actual action on the most mass disabling virus in decades (maybe centuries)?

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks 

 Rejection sensitivity from ADHD is so real. My first thought about my followers on Mastodon is that everyone is just tolerating me and that people are going to get tired of tolerating my posts and all of them will just unfollow me at once. This is silly on so many levels, I know, but it's my default thought. 

I think it would be very hard for neurotypicals to truly understand how isolating it is to have ADHD. I've been alone for so long that I'm basically immune to loneliness. Pandemic restrictions had almost no effect on my social life but they seemed to absolutely crush others. Granted, I had the privilege of not worrying about exposure or income during lockdowns but, because those weren't worries, the initial lockdowns were a really positive experience for me.

It only got hard when my brothers stopped caring about the pandemic.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #ADHD 

 I had the weirdest interaction today. I went into a store and an older guy says to me, "I guess we're back to wearing masks again, hey?" to which I responded, "I guess. I never stopped. I haven't been sick in almost 4 years."

We then had a really candid conversation about COVID with absolutely no animosity while the cashier and another customer listened to our conversation. He asked where I got my information and I said peer-reviewed studies and we talked about N95s and airborne transmission. I don't think I converted anyone but, for the first time, I felt 100% confident and like I had control of the situation.

What I found really weird, though, was the reactions of the two others present. They were both SO uncomfortable. The other customer briefly mentioned that COVID was the worst illness they ever had before scurrying out of the store like they were terrified of the conversation and the cashier pushed their chair back as far away as they could. This was AFTER I made it clear I haven't been sick since February, 2020, so it's not like it was getting sick they were freaked out by. This was, like, cornered animal levels of fear.

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne 

 There is so much unprocessed grief about the loss of the before-times in our society right now. My coworker, who is now masking again, has been relaying her emotions to me since we started talking about COVID and I remember so much of what she's going through. 

People are so broken right now. Denying we've lost something isn't going to bring it back, though. It just ensures we'll lose more.

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne 

 Is learning to sew hard? Like, if I want to make my own shirts and pants and such, am I looking at weeks, months, or years of practice?

#sewing 

 Well I did my Costco run today. Abnormally high numbers of respirators and masks on! I'd say maybe as high as 10% were wearing masks or respirators. 

I wish people understood more that they were always at risk, rather than just when the news said it was bad.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks 

 I just convinced my coworker to start masking again! Not just masking, but wearing an N95!

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!!!

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks 

 To those with less experience being right about things in the face of near-universal resistance, even if everyone started wearing masks again, they will never acknowledge you were right. 

 About 3,000 were killed on September 11. We still talk about it every single year.

 The other day, an estimated 18,000-20,000 people were killed by oil and gas corporations through climate change and almost nobody I know has even heard about it.

18,000-20,000 people.

From a single flood.

I know we are all numb, now, but 18,000 to 20,000 people just died in a SINGLE climate event.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libya-flood-survivors-pick-through-ruins-search-missing-thousands-2023-09-14/

#ClimateChange 

 Does anyone on here want to help me win an argument with my brother (who considers himself a leftist) about why refusing to mask is eugenics? Like I know why it is, but he can be incredibly pedantic and refuses to believe it.

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne 

 My brother, who recently quit masking anywhere, sent me a picture of the leftist stickers he got today and I don't know what to say to the message because I don't consider people who stop masking leftists. 🤷

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks 

 I've made posts about making snarky responses to people asking why I'm wearing a mask but I think the more effective (and true) response would be, "I have chronically ill and disabled friends and the world would be a much darker place without them. I care about the health of others and that trumps the minor discomfort of wearing a mask in public."

#BringBackMasks #COVIDisAirborne