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Samara

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO #N95

ADA Deletes Employee Disease Protection Guidance at Trump’s Request

#covid #flu #disabled justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-dep

www.justice.gov · Justice Department Announces Actions to Combat Cost-of-Living Crisis, Including Rescinding 11 Pieces of GuidanceThe Justice Department today announced that it is taking action in response to President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum “Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis.” First, the Department is withdrawing 11 pieces of guidance to streamline Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance resources for American businesses.
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DoNoHarm BC

Did you know? Phone calls can be one of the most impactful ways to reach policy-makers 📞 If you’ve already sent some emails demanding consistent mask coverage in healthcare year-round, why not join us to flood the lines with calls as well?

It just takes a few minutes, and has a big impact! For those who don’t have capacity to have phone convos, you can also call after business hours and leave a message.

Let’s make our voices heard 📣

BC Health Minister: 250-953-3547
PHO Office: 250-952-1330
BC CDC: 604-707-2400
BC Premier: 250-387-1715
Find your MLA and other key contacts: donoharmbc.ca/contact-list/

Blue, yellow and black graphic with text at the top that reads: Call your MLA (and other Policymakers). There is a picture of a person in an N95 mask, holding up a cell phone to their ear with a speech bubble that reads: Hello, this is --- from postal code ---. I'm calling to ask that you help keep and improve mask requirements in BC healthcare as we head into spring. Without consistent mask protections, and the addition of [consistent implementation / N95 masks for airborne illnesses / coverage in private medical settings], I can't safely access healthcare. You can learn more at DoNoHarmBC.ca. [There's no need to call me back / please call me back at ---.]. Get phone numbers: DoNoHarmBC.ca/contact-list. DoNoHarm BC logo at the top right.
#KeepMasksInHealthcare#N95#BCHealthCare
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Muro deGrizeco :toad:

"Covid Protocol" goes like this:

Sick person isolated in room, block door with towel, only come through rest of house with #N95 briefly. Tray table outside door for food drop off. Disinfect everything.

#paxlovid ASAP for sick, lower #covid damage.

Heater off, open windows, box fans in windows to make positive pressure in main house, negative pressure in sick room, dumping sick air out bedroom window.

Constant air flow.

Yes, we fucking freeze.

All-clear when RAT clear, and nobody sick.

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Muro deGrizeco :toad:

Got home, calmed down, got story from N95-masked spouse:

It was a little stuffy lobby that the face-scarf friend was in, so room prob had lot of virus. Exposure brief, few minutes. Spouse had tight #n95.

"Exposure Protocol" goes like this:

Presume exposed person infected. They wear N95 in house. Okay to remove mask in closed isolation room, towel at door base. Furnace has HEPA filter. Monitor for symptoms, test with #COVID / #Flu RAT repeatedly. Call all-clear after several days neg tests.

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Muro deGrizeco :toad:

Spouse, with #N95 mask, was in a building she been visiting weekly for many years, sees proprietor close up in hallway. He coughs hello, wearing a scarf over his face.

Huh?

Desk person later confirms,

"Oh, he has covid."

So, spouse was exposed today?

We are starting Exposure Protocol inside our household.

To limit further infections, if she contracts #COVID. Mask around each other.

We have people to protect. Family. Vulnerable friends.

A fucking scarf!

Tired of this carelessness!

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Zorro Covid

You'd think people would want to know if there was a disease that killed more Americans than all our wars combined and is still killing, that causes long-term illness at yearly rates higher than all cancers combined, that all are at risk for, but that all could take actions to prevent. You'd think they want to protect themselves and their families. You'd think that this would be the #1 world priority. It is for me.

#CovidIsNotOver#LongCOVIDAwarenessDay#MaskUp
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Broadwaybabyto

I wrote a guest article for Healthy Debate that looks at why we need mandatory masks in healthcare, why surgical masks aren’t enough, and how the mounting threats to public health are putting lives at risk.

If you’re a healthcare worker, mask up.

Show us you take your oath to “do no harm” seriously

healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topic

Healthy Debate · ‘We might die because you won’t wear a mask’: A plea to health-care workers - Healthy DebateLet’s start protecting people in health-care settings as that’s where people should have the best understanding of a viral threat.
#covidisairborne#covidisnotover#longcovid
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MikeDunnAuthor

With the 2nd measles death of the year, and all the misinformation coming from America’s fake health and science boss RFK Jr., as well as the continued proliferation of anti-vaccine lies and hysteria, how about a close hard look at the facts:

1. CLAIM: RFK Jr. said that measles outbreaks are not unusual in the U.S.
FACT: The MMR vaccine is so effective that measles had been eradicated in the U.S. by the early 2000s. So, NO, measles outbreaks were NOT usual. In fact, they were nonexistent, at least until recently, when vaccine hesitancy started to grow due to the lies and disinformation coming from people like RFK Jr.

2. CLAIM: Measles is not serious.
FACT: In the U.S., the mortality rate for measles is around 0.1-0.3%. (thelancet.com/journals/laninf/). A gambler might consider this to be low odds of dying from the disease. However, just a few years ago, one’s chance of dying from the disease was ZERO because the disease didn’t exist in the U.S. The two people who died of measles over the past few weeks would not have died if vaccination rates were still at 95% or higher.

3. CLAIM: Measles is not serious.
4. FACT: In lower income countries, the mortality rate for measles is around 3-4%, which is quite high. This is due primarily to the effects of malnutrition, which weakens the immune system. Trump’s slashing of USAID funding will likely result in an increase in measles deaths in countries that once relied on USAID to support their vaccination programs.

5. CLAIM: Measles is not serious.
6. FACT: 20% of unvaccinated people who catch measles in the U.S. will become hospitalized due to complications; 5% of children who get measles will develop pneumonia from the disease; 0.1% of children who get measles will develop encephalitis; and unvaccinated pregnant women who catch the disease have an elevated risk of having premature births or babies with low birth weight. (cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms). Measles also impairs one’s immune system, making them more susceptible to other infections, and it can cause brain swelling, seizures, blindness, deafness, and brain damage.

7. CLAIM: Measles is not serious.
8. FACT: 7-10 years AFTER a measles infection, survivors still run the risk of developing Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE) a rare, but fatal disease of the central nervous system. From 1989-1991, they estimate that 7 to 11 out of every 100,000 people with measles were at risk for developing SSPE. That risk is higher for those who contract measles before the age of 2. (cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms) And, of course, that risk is 0 for communities with a 95% or higher vaccination rate.

9. CLAIM: MMR vaccine is more dangerous than measles. OR it causes febrile seizures in kids.
FACT: Febrile seizures are extremely rare with vaccines, including MMR. 0.03-0.04% of kids who get the MMR vaccine will get febrile seizures, and most will recover fine. But the risk of febrile seizures is much higher if you actually get measles. (cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/vaccine). Therefore, the vaccine is actually protective against this symptom.

10. CLAIM: The measles vaccine is not very effective
FACT: It is 97% effective, one of the highest rates for any vaccine out there. What this means, in actuality, is that 97% of those who receive the vaccine will develop lifelong immunity, and will have almost no risk of ever catching measles, spreading it to others, or dying from it. The 3% for whom it does not provide full lifetime immunity are still protected from ever catching the disease, assuming the community vaccination rate is at 95% or higher.

11. CLAIM: So, what if I’m not vaccinated? The disease is rare. I’m not going to catch it.
12. FACT: Measles is the most infectious disease known. 90% of unvaccinated people who are exposed will get measles. (nfid.org/resource/frequently-a) I guess if you always wore a properly fitted N95 in public you might be safe-ish. But how many anti-vaxxers out there actually wear masks?

Map of the world, 2012, showing no measles deaths in any of the wealthier countries of the north, including the U.S., but relatively high rates of measles deaths in the global south, particularly in Africa and India.
#publichealth#measles#vaccination
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Broadwaybabyto

There’s so much going on in the world that we can’t control.

The Covid pandemic gave way to rising fascism, just like the pandemics that have come before.

People are scared. Many lost loved ones. Society changed overnight. The loss of control that many felt allowed bad actors to rise up and capitalize on people’s fear.

No matter what our governments say or do, Covid isn’t over. It’s still killing and disabling people.

What’s worse, the pro infection crowd has become so loud and emboldened that vaccine uptake is down, masks are vilified and we’re seeing a resurgence of diseases like measles and tuberculosis.

Despite all the infectious disease threats out there, we still don’t have mandatory masks in healthcare.

The one place people absolutely can’t avoid, the place they should have a reasonable expectation of safety, has become one of the least safe public spaces.

Patients are being infected trying to access basic healthcare, because staff refuse to mask. Refuse to test. Refuse to isolate.

It’s eugenics, and we need people to realize it before it’s too late.

We need mandatory masks in healthcare. We must protect patients AND staff. We must protect even the ones who refuse to protect themselves.

disabledginger.com/p/we-need-m

The Disabled Ginger · We Need Mandatory Masking in Healthcare, and We Need it NowBy The Disabled Ginger
#uspoli#pandemic#publichealth
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Broadwaybabyto

There are measles outbreaks in the U.S. and Canada. A disease we eradicated is making a comeback due to dangerous anti-vaxx rhetoric.

We need mandatory masking in healthcare, and we need it now.

A respirator protects against Covid, measles & more.

There’s no excuse to expose patients when we have the tools to prevent it:

disabledginger.com/p/a-plea-to

The Disabled Ginger · A Plea to Maskless Healthcare Workers from Vulnerable PatientsBy Broadwaybabyto
#masksinhealthcare#measles#longcovid
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