😷❣️♿Today is a good day to practice community care! Disabled lives deserve to be cared for, just like all oppressed lives. Wearing a mask is putting this idea into practice. I wish you all a wonderful day, may mutual support and solidarity inhabit your practices and hearts. And may complicity with eugenics burn. Let's oppose the culture of trivializing infections.

My recommendation: start wearing a mask outdoors in your neighborhood, take a walk, and start getting used to the feeling again!

I also recommend being able to be in communities of people who wear masks, especially online, but also in person in some places! search your mask bloc in @maskbloc.org and I'm always available to chat and try to support you through this process, which I know is a difficult transition. My telegram is demianmasks.

Whenever someone makes you feel like you're exaggerating, please remember that COVID causes disability and death. In my case, my life is miserable because of persistent COVID. Not everyone knows the great work you're doing by wearing a mask, but we know it's the right thing to do, and that's why we practice it.

• 50% of COVID infections are asymptomatic.
• AT LEAST 10% of infections end in persistent COVID.
• Vaccines don't prevent infections.
• Reinfections destroy us. There's no way to "train" the immune system because it's not a muscle. The reality is that you don't build your immunity with repeated infections. Vaccines strengthen the immune system by teaching it to recognize pathogens without all the risks. Focusing on infection prevention is key.
• Antigen tests give false negatives. The way to know if you have COVID is with a PCR test.

#LongCovid #YallMasking #WearAMask #CovidRealistic #HealthSelfDefense #CovidIsAirbonw #birdflu

Hi, I'm back to using this, I guess. Just republished an older thing about face coverings and #dehumanization in the age of #covid19 , with allusions to #neurodivergence

https://mjbourque.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/fall-in/

Prompts for reflection:

Why is masking dehumanized when protecting others from harm is a humanizing act?

And why do we have such an easy time humanizing #LLMs but struggle to humanize humans? (Wut.)

#YallMasking #StillMasking #StillCoviding #AgeOfPlagues #WritersOfMastodon #DisabilityJustice

If you are feeling that it's all too much, COVID-informed musicians will be getting together this weekend to play lots of Beatles songs.

Get in touch if you want to join us.

It's All Too Much (Beatles cover)

#GlobalBeatlesDay #YallMasking #SaltingTheVibes #CovidIsNotOver

If you are feeling that it's all too much, COVID-informed musicians will be getting together this weekend to play lots of Beatles songs. Get in touch if you want to join us. It's All Too Much (Beatles cover) #GlobalBeatlesDay #YallMasking #SaltingTheVibes #CovidIsNotOver

Today I ran some errands with a neighbor.

#MaskedMondays #MaskUpMonday #MaskUp #SaltingTheVibes #YallMasking

Learning, adapting, evolving #YallMasking #YallStillMasking #StopMaskBans #N95sSaveLives #N95sWork

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ne6c7wj3gsizqhwsr5iyuhid/post/3ls4yo52his2k

"Just because I wear a mask doesn't mean I'm locked in my house" is an ableist argument
let's not fall into ableism

https://camaradademian.substack.com/p/just-because-i-wear-a-mask-doesnt

From time to time, there are trends on social media from people who call themselves COVID-conscious. A few months ago, one of the trends was showing everything you could do while wearing a mask. This, in principle, isn't a bad thing, but the problem is that the narrative and the phrases being used were that y"ou don't live in a cave when you wear a mask".

These kinds of phrases and trends erase those of us disabled who are forced to stay home, either because we are too disabled to go out, because we know we can't afford infections, or in general because of the inaccessibility of not wearing masks in public spaces.

In all communities and all movements, there are revolutionary and reactionary lines. There are people who call themselves COVID-conscious but have lack an anti-capitalist analysis of eugenics. And coincidentally, they are often the same people who don't focus on disability justice (they often simply name it but don't practice it). It could also be that a person simply made a mistake and fell into liberalism. Just as we know we're not immune to COVID, we're not immune to propaganda in general.

I have Crohn's disease, and since the beginning of the pandemic, I could do many things in my life. In 2023, I started to consider setting limits because I was seeing that so many people were not wearing masks anymore and I was trying to find the words to really figure out what I wanted to do. In May 2024, I had a symptomatic COVID infection that caused me to develop dysautonomia and that really disables me (even more).

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking #DisabledLiberation #DisabilityJustice

From now on when someone asks me why I'm masking I think I'll just say "solidarity with the protesters who are getting arrested for it."

#stillCOVIDing #covidconscious #COVIDcautious #maskup #maskbans #protest #SaltingTheVibe #SaltingTheVibes #yallmasking

always nice to see a YouTuber matter-of-factly show their pandemic precautions in their video. In 2025, no less!

(This is a sewing video. Opus Elenae making a Hanbok-inspired wrap skirt.)

https://youtu.be/_EYCXbYzfmk

#MaskUp #SaltingTheVibes #YallMasking

Dear activists, who are you willing to lose?

The protester

The protester developed Long CVD after an infection at her favorite restaurant. Now she has ME/CFS which comes with debilitating fatigue. Her symptoms worsen significantly after physical, mental, and emotional activity. She can no longer attend protests.

The community organizer

The community organizer developed Long CVD after an infection from a dance party.

They have dealt with mental health struggles their entire life. But LC has worsened their depression symptoms and they no longer organize events or actions. They were one of the few people in town doing this.

The zine maker

The zine maker developed Long CVD after an infection at a medical appointment. Their LC triggered inflammatory arthritis in their hands and now they cannot hold their art supplies without causing pain. They've had to stop making zines.

Possible lasting effects from a COVID infection

Extreme tiredness

Problems with memory

Being lightheaded or dizzy

Problems with taste or smell

Sleep problems

Shortness of breath

Cough

Headache

Fast or irregular heartbeat

Digestion problems

Migraines

Lung disease

Autoimmune disease

Chronic kidney disease

Heart disease

Mood disorders

Anxiety

Stroke or blood clots

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

Myalgic

encephalomyelitis-

chronic fatigue syndrome (ME-CFS)

Mast cell activation

syndrome

Fibromyalgia

Diabetes

Hyperlipidemia

From "Long COVID: Lasting effects of COVID-19" via the Mayo Clinic Aug 2024

Wear a mask, clean the air, follow disabled creators, advocate for LC research, and support your local mask bloc!

• Remember: covid is not over, 50% of infections are asymptomatic, minimum 10% of infections end up in long COVID, re-infections wreck us, COVID spreads and moves like cigarette smoke.
• There is no way to “train” the immune system
#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking #DisabledLiberation #DisabilityJustice

Ableism repeatedly pushes suicidal thoughts into disabled people.

Not wearing a mask also pushes us closer to that direction. Not wearing a mask means not defending disabled lives and not stopping mass infection.

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

A while ago, my aunt told me that "we fragile people" are the ones who have to keep wearing masks. People use various terms that, to me, are completely eugenic, to say the least, and insults disguised as euphemisms. The term people repeat most is vulnerable, but when my aunt used the word fragile, the first thing that came to mind was literally a baby. A child. And I really wonder at what point there is such a huge lack of solidarity with people who are living proof that we need interdependence and care.

I wonder if my aunt would also dare to say that a baby is fragile and use it as an excuse not to take care of it.
#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

"masking ruins my outfit" ok so aesthetic or not killing you community what do you think it's more important babe

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

The vast majority of the population hasn't asked themselves whether it was really safe to stop wearing a mask because the state hasn't provided the right to have that conversation. When there are no viable options, it seems like we can't create a new topic to talk about, but we are capable of doing so.

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

Having Long COVID means experiencing two isolations: one for being disabled and the other for being clear evidence of the state's negligence in the pandemic we continue to experience.

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

Imagine talking about privilege and supremacy and literally looking the other way with coronavirus eugenics and how it's disabling and killing the most oppressed communities.

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

A while ago, my mother told me I wasn't living a life, and I told her I hadn't even asked myself what a life was exactly. I don't want a life where I hang out with people who wouldn't be willing to take care of me. I don't want a life where I'm with people who wouldn't visit me in a hospital or call me. I don't want a life of not caring I'm doing enormous harm to our communities.

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

Seeing the negligence surrounding infections and the enormous frequency with which I'll have to be hospitalized, I'm literally making my will just in case anything happens.

I'll try to be as clear as possible because there are a lot of things to do if I die.

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

Wearing a quality mask (fpp2 or similar) every day is a clear form of solidarity with all the oppressed, but especially with those who cannot wear it due to certain disabilities.

#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone #LongCovid #YallMasking

😷❣️♿Today is a good day to practice community care! Disabled lives deserve to be cared for, just like all oppressed lives. Wearing a mask is putting this idea into practice. I wish you all a wonderful day, may mutual support and solidarity inhabit your practices and hearts. And may complicity with eugenics burn. Let's oppose the culture of trivializing infections.

My recommendation: start wearing a mask outdoors in your neighborhood, take a walk, and start getting used to the feeling again!

I also recommend being able to be in communities of people who wear masks, especially online, but also in person in some places! search your mask bloc in @maskbloc.org and I'm always available to chat and try to support you through this process, which I know is a difficult transition. My telegram is demianmasks.

Whenever someone makes you feel like you're exaggerating, please remember that COVID causes disability and death. In my case, my life is miserable because of persistent COVID. Not everyone knows the great work you're doing by wearing a mask, but we know it's the right thing to do, and that's why we practice it.

• 50% of COVID infections are asymptomatic.
• AT LEAST 10% of infections end in persistent COVID.
• Vaccines don't prevent infections.
• Reinfections destroy us. There's no way to "train" the immune system because it's not a muscle. The reality is that you don't build your immunity with repeated infections. Vaccines strengthen the immune system by teaching it to recognize pathogens without all the risks. Focusing on infection prevention is key.
• Antigen tests give false negatives. The way to know if you have COVID is with a PCR test.

#LongCovid #YallMasking #WearAMask #CovidRealistic #HealthSelfDefense #CovidIsAirbonw #birdflu