It's hot, and it's smokey - how can you protect your lungs outdoors with a mask without overheating? By adding an exhalation valve! See this thread for how to install a Zimi exhale valve on your favorite mask. 1/2

Masking up is so essential for our family! Respirators have made our family's quality of life so much better," says Joy Vines, co-author of The FPIES Handbook, shown here in a GVS Elipse Source Control with a colorful cloth cover. 1/

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who masked up for any reason, and to those who signed the petition this winter! We got the attention of the hospitals and the media and will continue to fight for the safety of all Coloradans and the right to breathe clean air. 1/3

Source: Dever7: “A Colorado hospital brought back mask mandates as flu hospitalizations surged. Will others follow?” By Óscar Contreras www.denver7.com/lifestyle/he...

A Colorado hospital brought back mask mandates as flu hospitalizations surged. Will others follow?

With about four months remaining into the flu season, Denver7 is getting answers about the measures hospitals are taking to stymie health care-related flu infections.

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The MaskTogetherColorado (@wemaskcolorado.bsky.social) petition, sponsored by MaskTogetherAmerica (@togetherwemask@bsky.social) was signed by hundreds. Add your name!  ✍🏼 bit.ly/MaskUpColorado 💗😷#MaskTogetherAmerica

Universal masking policies needed in all Colorado hospitals

Colorado is currently experiencing a record-breaking respiratory illness season. We ask that UC Health and Children's Hospital follow the lead of Banner Health this winter season in ensuring the safe...

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Math Prof. @mariagillespie.bsky.social, founder of MaskTogetherColorado ( @wemaskcolorado.bsky.social), was interviewed by Óscar Contreras, @denver7.bsky.social for advocating for universal masking in Colorado hospitals to combat the unprecedented surge in flu cases. bit.ly/Denver7_on_MTC 🧵

Wow! We're nearing 200 signatures! Keep it going! We'll deliver the petition on Monday. Please sign and share this weekend no matter where you live! #MaskTogetherColorado to save a kid's life from flu this season or keep each other safe from #COVlD ❤️😷 actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...

Universal masking policies needed in all Colorado hospitals

Colorado is currently experiencing a record-breaking respiratory illness season. We ask that UC Health and Children's Hospital follow the lead of Banner Health this winter season in ensuring the safe...

actionnetwork.org

#Colorado is having a record-setting #flu season, and yet some of the major hospitals have not reinstated universal masking! Please sign/share. Kids are dying preventable deaths, and we can and should do better. #MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...

Universal masking policies needed in all Colorado hospitals

Colorado is currently experiencing a record-breaking respiratory illness season. We ask that UC Health and Children's Hospital follow the lead of Banner Health this winter season in ensuring the safe...

actionnetwork.org

“Happy to report that one week after traveling on an 11 hr flight to visit my elderly grandparents during a bad flu season, our masks kept us safe and helped us avoid spreading any airborne viruses to them, and we are able to enjoy Christmas together!”—Sinead O’Brien, @cleanairie.bsky.social

Many people try to put the virus out of sight and out of mind, but a study found “COVID can cause alzheimer’s like plaques in Eyes and Brain,” which unfortunately means many people can try to put the virus out of sight and out of mind but sight and mind are where it stays.

Every now and then, a person with no agenda, no ulterior motive and no self-interest will take pleasure in helping you to succeed, grow and live your purpose. This person will operate in love, will seek no praise and will want nothing in return. This person is a gift. ~ Craig Harper ♥️♥️♥️

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ALT: a bunch of red hearts on a white background with the website planbphoto.com at the bottom

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Nothing will get better unless and until we reject the system that prioritizes and protects the ultra wealthy at the expense of everyone and everything else. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

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Thanks for sending me warm wishes! So happy that I tested negative twice 48 hours apart. I still mask up when I go out, just in case. I don’t want anyone to get sick because of me!🤞🏼😷 👉https://www.instagram.com/p/DM26jxgsVPu/

Antivaxxers own this. Infectious disease minimizers own this. Public health officials and media who keep promoting "immunity debt" own this. news.sky.com/story/why-ar...

Why are child vaccination rates the lowest they have been in more than a decade?

The World Health Organisation sets a 95% target for routine childhood vaccinations to ensure herd immunity and protect the vulnerable who cannot have immunisations themselves - but uptake in England h...

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Our Clean Air Event was a huge success! Recording at youtu.be/eVfbeJ8J8Ww. The takeaway? Breathing clean air is a necessity, and we can use simple tools to provide layered protection from airborne hazards, ranging from COVlD to wildfire smoke. #MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica 😷 ❤️

🚨According to the @who.int, aches and pains in muscles or joints are common LC symptoms among the 200 different symptoms reported by patients. bit.ly/WHO_LC

Post COVID-19 condition (long COVID)

WHO fact sheet on post COVID-19 condition (long COVID), including key facts, scope of the problem, symptoms, treatment, self-care and prevention.

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Julie Lam@msjulieslam.bsky.social · last yr.

This is what #LongCOVID pain looks like— result of only one infection. 🛌. I sent this to my doctor at 5:00AM. No cure. Keep getting worse. Protect each other. #MaskTogetherAmerica

FDA’s top vaccine official Vinay Prasad rejected broad uses of 2 COVID vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite staff experts' safety assurances. FDA’s vaccine staff signed off on approving the Novavax vaccine & wks later on Moderna's next-gen. mRNA Covid shot for anyone 12 & up. 🛟 Medsky

Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots

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Their love is no less real.🐦 Their grief is no less profound.🐦 Love is love & loss is loss. 🐦 #BirdsOfBsky #NatureCommunity #SilentFireworks #BanFireworks How many birds will die from fright this #FourthofJuly from #fireworks AGAIN 🐦💔

So excited for our clean air event next week! Tuesday, July 8, 6-7 pm, Denver. In person and zoom access available, featuring local experts! Registration link and details here: coloradocommunitymedia.com/2025/06/27/p... #MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica ❤️

Here are more maskers to follow: @msjulieslam.bsky.social @cclaremdmph.bsky.social @wemaskcolorado.bsky.social ‪‪@n95orhigher.bsky.social @ancirabecky.bsky.social

TW 📢 Last week, AFSP advocates met with Congress to support #mentalhealth and suicide prevention. Now it’s YOUR turn! 💙 Urge #Congress to pass the Saving Our Veterans Lives Act and the Dr. Lorna Breen Act today. Take action now! afsp.quorum.us/campaign/132...

Take Action on our 2025 Advocacy Forum Bills!

Hundreds of AFSP advocates came together in our nation’s capital to meet with members of Congress, championing programs that will prevent suicide and promote mental health. Now, you have the power to ...

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People often ask me if I’m ever going to stop wearing my mask. They ask in such an exasperated tone, as though my mask is infringing upon their lives in some way. I like not being sick. If I had known how effective respirators were before COVID, I would have worn them before!

Remind me to make a mug that says "Weird Covid obsessed hermit" ✌🏼 I'd rather be accused of this than of mocking people who take health precautions

Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home. We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.

A king wears a crown for it signifies having rule over others, so you who oppose kings should understand that the opposite of wearing a crown is not no crown at all, no, the opposite of wearing a crown is wearing a mask for it signifies having care for others.

If your friends and relatives ask what we must do now that the marches are over, tell them what we must do is take care of one another, and if your friends and relatives ask must we do this until the next march? during the next march? after the next march? simply reply: yes.

COVID, Flu & RSV in Colorado update, 6/11/25 Hospital admissions for all viruses remain low but climb for COVID. COVID Wastewater trends tick up slightly but remain low. Covid positivity is up slightly. No major changes to report, but COVID appears to be simmering.

To sum it all up? RSV & Flu are low. We are in a holding pattern for measles. COVID remains low, but shows some signs that it might begin heating up.

Mask Together Colorado will be holding a Clean Air Panel in hybrid (in-person plus Zoom streaming) mode on July 8 - all are welcome! Register at bit.ly/3ZpuKz3 #CleanAir #MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica 😷❤️

Waiting for my PT appointment for Long COVlD joint pain on a painful rainy day, wishing to see more masking amidst the rise in COVlD worldwide with N.B.1.8.1 in NYC, CA, OH, RI, VA and WA… @togetherwemask.bsky.social