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  1. We’ll be fundraising for the next few weeks, but don’t delay! Make your donation today, and it will be matched by a generous sponsor.

    donatemask.ca/fundraiser

    We’ll use every penny to send #masks to folks across Canada, just in time for the start of the school year. 🎒 😷

    #MaskUp

  2. We’ll be fundraising for the next few weeks, but don’t delay! Make your donation today, and it will be matched by a generous sponsor.

    donatemask.ca/fundraiser

    We’ll use every penny to send #masks to folks across Canada, just in time for the start of the school year. 🎒 😷

    #MaskUp

  3. >Numbers are low in comparison
    >Ppl are still getting hospitalized, dying
    >No mention of long-COVID but some will get it [long-COVID has passed asthma, is the biggest chronic condition in the USA]
    >South and Midwest hit hardest, but infections are rising everywhere
    >Only airborne virus with a summer season (!) lucky us
    >Medical groups still recommend annual COVID vaccinations, esp for elderly and children
    #Immunocompromized #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #FaceShield #Sneezy
    npr.org/2026/08/14/nx-s1-59271

  4. Burgers for scale? If your doctor says "don't eat more than 2 burgers a day for your health", this would be like sitting down to eat 667 burgers at once. If you eat a burger every 5 minutes, that'd be 55 hours of nonstop eating burgers.

    #AirQuality #Smoke #health #MaskUp #CleanTheAir #CleanAir

  5. Burgers for scale? If your doctor says "don't eat more than 2 burgers a day for your health", this would be like sitting down to eat 667 burgers at once. If you eat a burger every 5 minutes, that'd be 55 hours of nonstop eating burgers.

    #AirQuality #Smoke #health #MaskUp #CleanTheAir #CleanAir

  6. The worst air quality in the world? Chilliwack and Sunshine Valley AQI > 300, Hozomeen AQI reaching 3000. [1]

    For scale, 3000 ug/m3 is hundreds of times the recommended limit:

    The EPA is setting the level of the primary (health-based) annual PM2.5 standard at 9.0 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/ m3) [2]

    Awful, terrible, no-good air.

    Wear a mask! Run air purifiers! Trust your nose if you smell smoke, and your eyes when you see haze!

    [1] map.purpleair.com/air-quality-
    [2] epa.gov/system/files/documents

    #AirQuality #Smoke #health #MaskUp #CleanTheAir #CleanAir

  7. The worst air quality in the world? Chilliwack and Sunshine Valley AQI > 300, Hozomeen AQI reaching 3000. [1]

    For scale, 3000 ug/m3 is hundreds of times the recommended limit:

    The EPA is setting the level of the primary (health-based) annual PM2.5 standard at 9.0 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/ m3) [2]

    Awful, terrible, no-good air.

    Wear a mask! Run air purifiers! Trust your nose if you smell smoke, and your eyes when you see haze!

    [1] map.purpleair.com/air-quality-
    [2] epa.gov/system/files/documents

    #AirQuality #Smoke #health #MaskUp #CleanTheAir #CleanAir

  8. Sketches from the waiting room today.
    Great how fast kaiser moves people through. Also means i dont get to flesh out too many sketches. But got one really nice one today.

    #pencil #sketch #seattle #maskUp

  9. CW: Our Mask Required Events Calendar for August 2026! (2/2)

    Individual and group masked strength training at @ground_up_barbell_club, schedule varies.

    Mask enforcement at events is up to the discretion of the host & we include these events for awareness but can not guarantee masks actually required. Please feel free to check in with the hosts of these events for further information.

    #maskup #SEPAS #maskrequiredevents #communitycare #wetakecareofus

  10. CW: Our Mask Required Events Calendar for August 2026! (2/2)

    Individual and group masked strength training at @ground_up_barbell_club, schedule varies.

    Mask enforcement at events is up to the discretion of the host & we include these events for awareness but can not guarantee masks actually required. Please feel free to check in with the hosts of these events for further information.

    #maskup #SEPAS #maskrequiredevents #communitycare #wetakecareofus

  11. Everyone should get all vaccines and boosters! But don't pretend it's over. We still need masks and clean air #covidisairborne #stillmasking #maskup

  12. Everyone should get all vaccines and boosters! But don't pretend it's over. We still need masks and clean air #covidisairborne #stillmasking #maskup

  13. Only the 2nd or 3rd time this has happened:
    Somebody took my elevator, figured out they took it from me, and apologized before the doors closed!
    This time, they were looking back and forth, at the "L" sign meaning "lobby" and then at me, who had gotten off on *their* floor when they got on. I finally said "I won't share" and they said "Oh, sorry" as the door closed.
    #HappyMonday #MaskUp #respirator #FaceShield #LongCOVID #CovidIsNotOver #BirdFlu #hanta #virus #ebola #CommonCold #what #you #got

  14. @VeeRat
    OMG. I don't think I've heard a clearer example of this. Tragic for your relative, and for us.
    This explains why so many in nursing and doctors offices became complacent about protections.
    I think about this kind of impact often. These people have a compromised decision making ability. And they're driving the car next to me on the highway. Or, oh,God, voting. Truly frightening.

    #covid #maskup #mask #vaccination

  15. @VeeRat
    OMG. I don't think I've heard a clearer example of this. Tragic for your relative, and for us.
    This explains why so many in nursing and doctors offices became complacent about protections.
    I think about this kind of impact often. These people have a compromised decision making ability. And they're driving the car next to me on the highway. Or, oh,God, voting. Truly frightening.

    #covid #maskup #mask #vaccination

  16. I was getting out of my car yesterday about 6 miles from a recently active wildfire. AQI 150 with visibly poor air.

    An older woman nearby indicated my mask. “That’s not a bad idea!”

    We exchanged a few more sentences before she sat down on a bench and lit up a cigarette.

    In her defense, the cigarette did have a filter. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    #MaskUp #PacificNorthwest #WildfireSmoke

  17. I was getting out of my car yesterday about 6 miles from a recently active wildfire. AQI 150 with visibly poor air.

    An older woman nearby indicated my mask. “That’s not a bad idea!”

    We exchanged a few more sentences before she sat down on a bench and lit up a cigarette.

    In her defense, the cigarette did have a filter. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    #MaskUp #PacificNorthwest #WildfireSmoke

  18. Time to wear your respirator if you go outside! Story includes a photo of a jogger wearing an N95 as they run along the waterfront in Portland. (thought it would be in the preview...)

    "Portland air quality ranked worst among major cities worldwide"

    opb.org/article/2026/08/04/air

    #Oregon #PDX #Portland #Wildfires #MaskUp

  19. Time to wear your respirator if you go outside! Story includes a photo of a jogger wearing an N95 as they run along the waterfront in Portland. (thought it would be in the preview...)

    "Portland air quality ranked worst among major cities worldwide"

    opb.org/article/2026/08/04/air

    #Oregon #PDX #Portland #Wildfires #MaskUp

  20. Just a reminder to those of you that aren't masking all the time, but are dealing with smoke in your area, the n95's work really well for smoke too.

    #WearAMask #KeepMasking #MaskUp #PNW

  21. Just a reminder to those of you that aren't masking all the time, but are dealing with smoke in your area, the n95's work really well for smoke too.

    #WearAMask #KeepMasking #MaskUp #PNW

  22. @HopelessDemigod agree it would help.

    And I will add for anyone reading this, even if you don’t have the simple things at hand to build a Corsi-Rosenthal box, know that an N95 mask works well with smoke, too. I got a lot of relief this afternoon even with the windows open. Eyes still watered but the pain in the chest from smoke inhalation went away. Plus you can wear a mask out of the house.
    #MaskUp

  23. If you wear certified N95/KN95s daily, do you have a favorite brand that comes in black? Bonus points if they have adjustable ear loops.

    I have been buying from Maskc for years and am gonna reorder if there isn’t a better alternative.

    #MaskUp