Es stelle sich die Frage, warum das Tragen von Masken sowohl in reaktionären als auch in liberalen Mainstream-Medien als kulturell legitim für Spott betrachtet werde. Ja, warum? www.thecanary.co/global/world... #COVID #CovidIsNotOver #COVID19 😷 #MaskUp #MaskeAuf

I'm #OneOfTheTwo 😷 #JonStewart and shame on you for your mockery. Avoiding ill health & disability from infectious disease ourselves & protecting others is not a joke. People ask us why we mask. It may be curiousity, or hostility, judgement & mockery. Do better. www.thecanary.co/global/world...

It’s especially dismaying to see Stewart go on the attack against masks when his lone direct foray into politics was heroically fighting for 9/11 first responders’ health care coverage in Congress after they become immunocompromised rushing into crumbling buildings. www.jezebel.com/jon-stewart-...

I took podcast bro Jon Stewart's latest jab at people who wear masks, the gobsmackingly vacuous Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, and his ascension to becoming America's newsman and posited that his career tracks along the major themes of this era of collapse. www.jezebel.com/jon-stewart-...

ICYMI: Comedian Judah Friedlander responded with an Instagram reel with the caption, “why are you trying to belittle people for wearing a mask?”, attaching hashtags including #covidisairborne and #disabilityjustice. www.thecanary.co/global/world...

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“In Aug 2024, Jon Stewart shared that he had contracted COVID. ‘Apologies for last week. I did not do a show because, as a frail old man, I got COVID for the first time and holy shit am I not a fan. So it knocked me on my ass. I was knocked out, feverish for days.’” #oneofthetwo

“Comedians like Jon Stewart are positioned to see that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the decommissioning of the comedian political class, are symptoms of a wider problem. This is not a shift of party politics, but rather restructuring towards managed collapse.” #oneofthetwo

“Jon Stewart isn’t the only comedian on a flagship show who has experienced a serious health event since the beginning of the pandemic. In 2023, 6 weeks after his second reported COVID infection, Stephen Colbert was hospitalized with sepsis from acute appendicitis.” #oneofthetwo

“Do you see the hypocrisy? Because I do. When I get COVID, it’s like, ‘Holy shit, this is real, this is violent.’ When someone else wears a mask, it’s like, ’Haha, what are you hiding, you little freak?’” #oneofthetwo @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social

“Because the uncomfortable truth is that the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t care if you’re an establishment comedian. You can’t ‘rebrand’ your way out of vascular damage. You can’t do a GQ profile that gets your T Cells back.” #oneofthetwo @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social

“The segment aired in the midst of exponentially increasing COVID-19 infections, long-term illnesses and deaths. SARS‑CoV‑2 transmission is increasing in the US, with the CDC estimating that, as of mid‑December, COVID‑19 infections were increasing in 31 states.” #oneofthetwo

“The WHO lists 7 million COVID‑19 deaths worldwide. However, all‑cause mortality statistics, which estimate pandemic excess deaths based on historical baselines of expected mortality, suggest that the true global toll of COVID range as high as 30 million persons.” #oneofthetwo

“Perhaps the most famous celebrity mask wearer is Tom Hanks, who was photographed on the NYC subway wearing a face mask. Hanks clarified on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ‘I’m doing a play right now so I cannot get sick… I’ve had COVID enough in my life.’” #oneofthetwo

I saw a link to this article (1st🔗) in reply to this tweet by Hiroshi Yasuda (2nd🔗): Article: Did COVID almost kill Stephen Colbert in 2023? (Nov 7, 2025) www.thecanary.co/global/world... OP link: x.com/Yash25571056...

Yes 🙌 Covid is not gone 😷

Be safe and get vaccinated if you can.mask up ! it does save lives.

www.thecanary.co/global/world... when you know, you know

@DALupton on X wrote: Great article on the continuing disruption posed by C19 infections among cast and crew in the performing arts #CovidIsNotOver https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/11/06/tom-hanks-mask/

Agree with Tom Hanks. Wear a mask. The next pandemic is just around the corner and covid is still with us.

Tom Hanks on mask wearing: “I’ve had COVID enough in my life” www.thecanary.co/global/world...

“In 2023, The Late Show had weathered multiple COVID-related interruptions, first in April, then in October. Weeks later, the situation escalated when Stephen Colbert underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix, describing how he ‘was not aware of the trouble I was in.’”

“Stephen Colbert’s health scare, and its proximity to the show’s COVID cancellations, raises an important question: could his acute appendicitis and subsequent complications relate in part to the infection a few weeks before?”

“Many continue to think of COVID‑19 as ar respiratory infection, but it is increasingly clear that it is a multisystem, neurovascular disease. SARS-CoV-2 is not limited to the airways because it targets the endothelium, the layer of cells lining every blood vessel in the body.”

“A 2025 study found that the rate of complicated appendicitis rose significantly, even adjusting for treatment delays. A 2024 multicenter retrospective study found that SARS-CoV-2 infection raised the odds of complicated appendicitis by more than 3 times.”

“A study in The New England Journal of Medicine reported deficits in attention, memory and executive function after COVID-19 that were comparable to years of aging. For Stephen Colbert, whose craft relies on sustained presence, even modest cognitive changes may affect delivery.”

“The appeal to a core self is a concept that exceeds virology, but Stephen Colbert might recognize as adjacent to metaphysics, maybe what Aquinas might call ‘essence.’ Something inviolable, even by a pathogen as comprehensively destructive to the biological self as COVID.”

“Stephen Colbert”: Nation, tonight’s Word is— [On-screen graphic: “COVID”] They say COVID can cause memory loss. Which is great news for anyone who still remembers the past decade. [Measured in milligrams of Effexor]”

“Stephen Colbert: Now, some folks say repeated COVID infections might make us less empathetic, more self-centered. To which I say: Finally, some good news! [America but EXTRA]”

“STEPHEN COLBERT: The important thing is: I’m fine. We’re ALL FINE. If we’re not, I hereby declare a new normal. [Mission Accomplished (again)] Because in the end, America, COVID doesn’t change who we are—it helps us forget who that was. [“The Word” static-glitch fade-out]”

“The effects of COVID extend into changes in personality, including reduced empathy and increased irritability. Neuroimaging studies offer potential mechanism. A PET-scan study found increased glial activation in the prefrontal cortex, linking inflammation to brain injury.”

“A BMC Infectious Diseases survey found that 94.7% reported cognitive changes and a high proportion reported sleep disturbances, depressive symptoms and personality shifts. Beyond what people call “brain fog,” COVID may disrupt the neural circuits that regulate emotion.“

Good on Tom Hanks for normalizing masking, its a really bare minimum community minded practice that you can do while our government goes full fascist/eugenics.

Article daté du 6 novembre *2025*. On lui souhaite que sa salle de théâtre soit aussi bien équipée pour l'amélioration de la QAI, que tous les travailleur'euses de la culture soient mieux protégé'es. On voit encore des FFP2 sur certains sets de films et séries, heureusemt. @winslowsp.bsky.social

"Je joue actuellement dans une pièce de théâtre, donc je ne peux absolument pas tomber malade… J'ai déjà eu le #COVID suffisamment de fois dans ma vie, je n'ai pas besoin de revivre ça. Je porte donc ce masque pour des raisons de santé."

“The Open Letter followed an action in AMC’s New York headquarters, where an empty wheelchair was placed with a sign reading ‘Disabled Artists Will Not Be Erased.‘ In October, the artists living with Long COVID reported that no response had been received from AMC or Eric Bogosian’s representatives.”

“In July 2025, the theater makers living with Long COVID released an open letter to AMC Networks and actor-playwright Eric Bogosian, who stars in Interview With the Vampire, requesting transparency about any public relations activity that may have affected visibility of their news coverage.”

“Narrative control of the pandemic extends to COVID conscious artists. The disabled theater makers behind Wake Up and Smell the C*VID: An Evening Without Eric Bogosian, about COVID’s impact on the arts, have been documenting what they describe as ‘patterns consistent with crisis PR suppression’”.

”It pretty much works all the time.” Tom Hanks gets that masking keeps him safe and healthy. Read more about it → whn.global/youve-got-a-... #PublicHealth #MaskUp #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention #LongCOVID

This is about more than Tom Hanks; and the exposes long COVID in the arts www.thecanary.co/global/world...