#covidisntover — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: continued metaphor
And also the mainstream media was full of "people who still take fire precautions are over-anxious and stuck in the past, you have to live your life"
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We love to see it: a mask-required outdoors-first school in Minneapolis is hiring for teachers.
www.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidC...
#stillmasking #doyouknowwhereyourmaskis #covidisntover
From the ZeroCovidCommunity co... -
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"The height of Covid"
When I hear that phrase, I think of the seven cholera pandemics. Europe must have breathed a sigh of relief after the 2nd one (1826-1837). I'm sure they couldn't have imagined the 3rd pandemic (1846-1860) would be so much worse. That one finally sparked investments in sanitation -- including Haussmann's renovation of Paris.
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CW: "Survey: Masks, Protest, and Public Life" (UK)
"Survey: Masks, Protest, and Public Life
"This survey is open to all Clinically Vulnerable people, those in their families, and also people who wear masks in the UK. It asks about your experience of mask-wearing, the new protest law, and how these affect your daily life. Some questions ask about your health, or the health of a Clinically Vulnerable person in your household.
"What the new law does: From 29 June 2026, under the Crime and Policing Act 2026, police in England and Wales can designate an area around a protest for up to 24 hours (extendable to 48). Inside a designated area, wearing anything that conceals your identity — including a face mask or respirator — is a criminal offence, punishable by up to a month's imprisonment or a fine. There is a health provision, but it works as a defence, not an exemption: a person wearing a mask in a designated area commits the offence, and must then prove their health reason afterwards — potentially after being stopped or arrested.
"It takes about 4 minutes to complete.
"Who is collecting this information: Clinically Vulnerable Families (CVF), registered with the Information Commissioner's Office as a data controller [ZB887575]."
I've done the survey! It genuinely didn't take very long.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2MjV9Nj4iwXnhCg_rsc941hKvEAFJJ9BV5NSgF53_-CeBSA/viewform
#masks #UKLaw #protest #coercion #health #CivilRights #CovidIsntOver
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Masking is community care :N95HeartEyes:
#WearARespirator
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If you're a Californian who is panicking about cyclosporiasis, AND you're acting like the covid-19 risk is now zero, I'm going to guess you're not so good at basic statistics. (Or you just panic about whatever is currently in the news; that seems to be a LOT of people.) #covidisntover https://www.kqed.org/news/12091325/summer-covid-test-2026-wastewater-variants-isolation-contagious-xfg-san-francisco-bay-area-california
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CW: politics, media, 2020, 2021
It is a downer indeed.
But I wouldn't say we "collectively just decided" to abandon 2020's gains. Some rich people poured a lot of money into making things go backwards, for their own benefit.
The media push for "covid is over, back to normal now" was gigantic.
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My reflections on the leftist-ableism survey (see above)...
I thought about it and I think I don't currently identify as disabled. I sort of feel "disabled-adjacent", so to speak. I have _been_ disabled, and it might well take only one covid infection to put me back there.
So I don't plan to fill in the survey page myself. But I took a peek at the page out of curiosity, and thought about it a bit.
Covid precautions are to me a key indicator of the ableism or not of an event.
For my own boundaries, an event doesn't necessarily have to be 100% masked (and I realise there can be incompatible access needs on that front). I was pretty comfortable at BiCon last year, with a mix of masked & unmasked people and a lot of open windows.
But I want to see
- that the organisers welcome and encourage masking for those who can & want to.
- that they've thought in advance about air quality, windows and filters.
- that they've thought about where maskers can safely go to eat or drink.
- and generally that they actively welcome attempts to reduce infection risks.A vibe of "covid is over now and we don't need to bother with this stuff" is alienating to me, and, yes, ableist.
I was happy to see that the Brighton survey proactively asks about masking at events - and I think there's a lot more to say about that territory. I hope they get some good answers.
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"Covid-Safe Speed Dating and Mating with Breathe Easy London"
(By "mating" I think they actually mean "making friends", although that's a funny way to put it, considering the other meaning!)
Saturday 4 July 2026
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmLondon LGBTQ+ Community Centre
60-62 Hopton Street
Thames Path
Bankside
London
England
SE1 9JH"60-62 Hopton Street is close to public transport links including Blackfriars National Rail Station which is next door and is wheelchair accessible. The Centre is accessible by wheelchair in both entrances, and the river-facing approach has a step-free option. The site itself is on one floor at ground level."
"Standing will not be required for any portion of this event."
Suggested donation £10, but it's "pay what you can" including free.
More details inc re masks and testing:
https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/covid-safe-speed-dating-mating-with-breathe-easy-london/#CovidCareful #CovidIsntOver #access #Masks4All #BreatheEasy #events #London
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Don't go back to "normal" this time.
https://buttondown.com/impureleftist/archive/dont-go-back-to-normal-this-time/
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CW: snark/fury, all-caps (UK sick-note foolishness)
"GP fit notes declaring people unable to work will be replaced with support to help them stay in their job, under a government pilot scheme."
"GPs in two areas of England will refer patients for support alongside fit notes, while two others will stop issuing fit notes entirely. ...
"The move is part of efforts to tackle the growing number of people who are out of work due to poor health. ...
"More than 11 million fit notes are issued every year, with the numbers increasing since the Covid pandemic."
"WITH THE NUMBERS INCREASING SINCE THE COVID PANDEMIC"
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT
DO YOU KNOW ALL THE THINGS COVID DOES TO PEOPLE
WHAT "SUPPORT" ARE YOU IMAGINING BECAUSE YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE THAT ANYWAY IF YOU CARED
(at least the BBC article said the word covid, point in their favour)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy82pxlmmyno
#CovidIsntOver #LongCovid #ChronicIllness #UKPol #England #SickNotes
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今ふと思ってゾッとしたことだけど
最近始まった現代設定の漫画には「AI」（チャットボット系）を使用するキャラクターがもうちょこちょこ見かけてる
ここ1〜2年で押し付けられ始めたばかりなのに
でもその一方、コロナの存在を触れる現代設定の漫画は１つも見たことない（流行り出した当初のコロナをメインテーマとする短編な作品を除いて）
日本だけでも（後遺症の話はおろか）毎年数万人が亡くなられているのに
うまく言えないけど、普通におかしい
世間との認識の差がどんどん広がっていく😩something horrifying that I just realized
I've now seen several comics set in the modern day which have characters use """""AI""""" (LLM chatbots), in spite of it only having started to be foisted on us in the past year or two
Meanwhile (excluding a few standalone exceptions from the start of the pandemic wherein it was The Focus of the story), I have seen 0 instances of covid coming up in series set in the modern day, period
the disease that continues to kill and disable tens of thousands of people every year
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Children who are too young to mask deserve to be in public without contracting a deadly and/or disabling disease (or any disease, really).
Everyone who chooses not to mask in public forces parents to choose between isolation and high risk.
Everyone who chooses not to mask in public decreases the quality of life for families with young children.
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#covid #covidisntover #longcovid #maskup #hantavirus #humanrights
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The news, interviewing maskless folks in a grocery store in the Canary Islands, say they don't want the #HantavirusCruise to dock there because they're worried about the spread of viral infection.
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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
