Technicians wear high quality masks (N95 / KN95) when preparing astronauts before take off
Surely, if astronauts need protection from COVID (and other airborne viruses), immunocompromised people need it too
Immunocompromised lives matter just as much as astronauts’ lives
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Please wear a mask in public spaces to protect us from a virus that could 💀 us or cause further disability
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#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
#MasksSaveLives #MasksWork
#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy
@lalolajimenez.bsky.social 😷
@princewatercress.bsky.social 😷
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Please wear a mask in public spaces to protect us from a virus that could 💀 us or cause further disability
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#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
#MasksSaveLives #MasksWork
#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy
Technicians wear high quality masks (N95 / KN95) when preparing astronauts before take off
Surely, if astronauts need protection from COVID (and other airborne viruses), immunocompromised people need it too
Immunocompromised lives matter just as much as astronauts’ lives
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A screenshot of Tatiana Maslany’s recent instagram story. She’s doing indoor rock climbing. She’s wearing a black top and pants, a grey respirator mask, her back is to the camera, and she’s climbing multi-coloured rocks.
Tatiana Maslany wearing a mask while rock climbing 🤩
Be like her and show that you truly care about #immunocompromised / #disabled / chronically ill people
#TatianaMaslany
#OrphanBlack
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy
Me wearing a black CAN99 mask and eye protection. My shirt is grey and it says “keep calm and stutter on”. I’m wearing a black hoodie.
Smiling with my eyes but feeling stressed as I’m waiting for my 🚙
According to wastewater data, COVID levels are high (source: wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro... )
If you know that immunocompromised ppl need extra protection from COVID, please don’t abandon us like the gov’t & society did in 2022
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Please protect us by wearing a mask (preferably KN95 or better) in public spaces
They come either in earloops which are great but straps are more protective
COVID still exists in 2026
It’s still 💀ing people & causing long term or permanent disability (LongCOVID)
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Your risk of LongCOVID increases after each reinfection
Another thing - COVID damages your immune system
This is partly why many countries around the world have had the “worst flu season” in many years
Protect yourself, your family, friends, and community
If you know better, do better
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@princewatercress.bsky.social 😷
@lalolajimenez.bsky.social 😷
A screenshot of Tatiana Maslany’s recent instagram story. She’s doing indoor rock climbing. She’s wearing a black top and pants, a grey respirator mask, her back is to the camera, and she’s climbing multi-coloured rocks.
Tatiana Maslany wearing a mask while rock climbing 🤩
Be like her and show that you truly care about #immunocompromised / #disabled / chronically ill people
#TatianaMaslany
#OrphanBlack
#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisntOver
#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy
@princewatercress.bsky.social 😷
@lalolajimenez.bsky.social 😷
Thread 🧵
Your risk of LongCOVID increases after each reinfection
Another thing - COVID damages your immune system
This is partly why many countries around the world have had the “worst flu season” in many years
Protect yourself, your family, friends, and community
If you know better, do better
🧵 3/3
Please protect us by wearing a mask (preferably KN95 or better) in public spaces
They come either in earloops which are great but straps are more protective
COVID still exists in 2026
It’s still 💀ing people & causing long term or permanent disability (LongCOVID)
🧵 2/3
Me wearing a black CAN99 mask and eye protection. My shirt is grey and it says “keep calm and stutter on”. I’m wearing a black hoodie.
Smiling with my eyes but feeling stressed as I’m waiting for my 🚙
According to wastewater data, COVID levels are high (source: wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro... )
If you know that immunocompromised ppl need extra protection from COVID, please don’t abandon us like the gov’t & society did in 2022
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When a family member (or friend) tells you “I can’t” or “I need X for safety & accessibility” or “I need you to wear a mask”, you should believe them and validate their experiences
They’re the expert on their own safety, accommodations & disability / medical condition
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It doesn’t matter if you know 1 or 2 people with the same condition or disability
Everyone is different
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Here’s a late Happy New Year 🥳
We’re starting the New Year in North America with overwhelmed hospitals & a flu strain that some are calling a “super flu”
We’ve learned nothing from 2020 and 2021
We actually eliminated a strain of the flu thanks to mandatory masking
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Doctors are saying ERs are overwhelmed
This affects care for accidents, heart attacks, etc
Things would be safer for everyone if we all wore a mask in public spaces & got vaccinated
There have been reports of children dying from this new flu strain (go look it up for yourself)
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If you care about children, then please protect them from both the flu & COVID by wearing a mask in public and getting your updated vaccines
Elderly people and #immunocompromised adults are also at higher risk of hospitalization and 💀
Please protect us
Our lives matter
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@lalolajimenez.bsky.social 😷
@princewatercress.bsky.social 😷
Thread 🧵
If you care about children, then please protect them from both the flu & COVID by wearing a mask in public and getting your updated vaccines
Elderly people and #immunocompromised adults are also at higher risk of hospitalization and 💀
Please protect us
Our lives matter
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Doctors are saying ERs are overwhelmed
This affects care for accidents, heart attacks, etc
Things would be safer for everyone if we all wore a mask in public spaces & got vaccinated
There have been reports of children dying from this new flu strain (go look it up for yourself)
🧵 2/3
Here’s a late Happy New Year 🥳
We’re starting the New Year in North America with overwhelmed hospitals & a flu strain that some are calling a “super flu”
We’ve learned nothing from 2020 and 2021
We actually eliminated a strain of the flu thanks to mandatory masking
🧵 1/3
Things chronically ill / disabled / immunocompromised people go through:
Family members & friends refusing to make gatherings accessible (e.g. refusing to wear a mask & use HEPA air purifiers)
Gaslighting by family & friends
Being told to try harder
Being told you’re looking for attention
It’s long past time for people to confront the realities of our ableist system.
They can no longer be granted the luxury of looking the other way while millions of people suffer.
It’s time for change.
Disabled people are not less than.
If you’re suffering and scared to admit you’re disabled… I get it.
I promise you there’s a huge community waiting to welcome you and provide support.
We must get loud & stay loud and fight for equality.
Fight for medical care
Fight for accommodation
We won’t be left behind
There can be no social justice without disability justice.
Yet too many people, even so called “progressives” are more than willing to leave disabled people behind.
That’s why it’s so important that we take up space.
That we don’t hide our suffering.
When your disabilities are invisible … it’s easy to hide.
To play through the pain and pretend to be fine so you don’t have to face the discrimination & ableism that’s rampant in society.
The problem is, if we hide … nothing changes.
It took me years to identify as disabled
It’s still not too late to wear a mask!
Covid and flu are raging. People are traveling for the holidays & getting sick in the process.
A well fitted respirator like an N95 protects you and those around you.
It’s an investment in your health plus it shows solidarity with the disability community.