Flu is at a record high, RSV, Noro, and yes still Covid are running rampant. There are pneumonia and TB outbreaks. Everyone seems to be miserably sick right now. Genuinely asking: is there ever a point where people will decide that masking is less inconvenient than constant illness?

Would love some clarity about air in LA given the rain. Everyone said we’d need a good rain before the air is better. But is it just *fixed* now or will it still take time? Ppl were saying it wouldn’t be safe for 1-2 years, with all the cleanup etc. How does the current rain factor in to all this?

I promise you, there is not a single friend of yours who masks who wouldn’t be thrilled if you put one on too when you’re with them, without having to ask. No need to guess or wonder if they’d appreciate it. 100% of the time, they appreciate it.

David Lynch’s death is a heartbreaking loss, but I think it’s important to remember he spent his last years unable to leave the house, because no one else took Covid precautions, and put him at terrible risk. Who are you harming with your refusal to care about others? variety.com/2024/film/ne...

Really helpful video for people who have questions about the air in LA! t.co/M4PJMVEYbw

It’s such a mindfuck to see ppl walk around in LA without masks because we KNOW the air is toxic. Even if the AQI is good, 9/11 showed us that the air was deadly even though officials said it was safe. It’s mind boggling to see people walking around like everything is normal🧵1/

LA people, if you’re masking outside for the air, please keep them on when you enter indoor public places. Covid is still circulating and hospitals are overwhelmed and we need to protect ourselves as much as possible right now. It’s all connected. Stay safe. I love you all.

“The patient who died had underlying conditions and was over the age of 65–“ okay and??? We are a society!!! We are supposed to use our vast collective wealth and resources to protect the most vulnerable!!

Is it pronounced biopic or biopic?

Eating a messy deli sandwich and I reached for my gf’s partially used napkin. She pointed to the two unused napkins and I was like I have to keep those untouched the whole time just in case and then throw them out.

My gf’s mom keeps asking me to explain what’s going on with “Blakely Lovely”

Spending holidays in my gf’s hometown where *nobody* else masks. We were just in crowded grocery store and a stranger in a mask came up to us and said she was so happy to see us, that she feels like she stands out but her husband has cancer and she just can’t risk it 🧵 1/

12/19/24, TEDx Talks: 'Long Covid’s Invisible Toll on Public Health with David Putrino' 'In this eye-opening TEDx Santa Barbara Salon talk, Dr. David Putrino, a renowned expert...explores the pervasive and underestimated crisis of long COVID' www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWH...

During the pandemic, I got this really cute blue jacket that I just love! I got it yesterday and I can’t wait to wear it!

Oh my god this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen you literally just CAUGHT A VIRUS the way people CATCH VIRUSES

There’s a girl on TikTok who is vlogging her experience of going to class and playing basketball and hanging out with friends and doing lil dances while knowingly infected with pneumonia and I wanna walk off cliff???

Every health insurance horror story further solidifies my desire to wear a respirator in public and protect my long term health. These gluttonous oligarchs will not do it for you, cuties!

LA sunset tonight 😍

Making a choice to live like it’s 2019 out of a desire for things to be normal doesn’t *make* them normal.

“If you can’t beat em join em” is literally so defeatist and so herd mentalityish like have the courage of conviction for once omg

“To feel like your health is free-falling in a world, a system, a country that does not value disabled people & does not value people without their labor has been clarifying to me on how I want to be able to show up for someone else.” www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

Just watched a British tourist try to get into the drivers side of an Uber and the driver was like “um no” and the guy was “like oh bugger! Other side! Sorry bout that.” Then he got into the front seat right next to the driver.

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Thankful for friends who made it possible for us all to gather safely for Thanksgiving 🧡

Hi I just got like 20 followers all of a sudden in the last 15 minutes, was I added to some list or something?

I just realized in the Truman Show when Truman starts to figure out that everything is fake and his wife suddenly turns around and starts doing a commercial, it’s like on a live tv show when things go haywire and the producers are frantically like “cut to commercial”

Ugh Elphaba is so tragically misunderstood and overlooked. She is such a kind person and she has these amazing powers and she’s literally the best singer in the whole school by FAR. Like her voice is seriously SO good she could be on Broadway.

Many people think it’s absurd to be covid cautious, because you have to sacrifice so much. Why would anyone want to do that? But on the flip side, is it not absurd that people just willingly dive into the pools of covid in order to feel normal? And are seemingly enthusiastic to go back for more? 🧵1/

A lot of you Galindas think you’re Elphabas and that’s maybe one of the bigger problems

You couldn't make it up. The New York Times, so active in getting people repeatedly infected, slips out a quiet little article saying that Covid infections can raise the risk of heart problems for years. Can we please stop pretending? archive.md/eNWvM

Oh no Wicked was SO good

“We have the tools.” We’re banning the tools. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Quick question why is my dog so fucking cute?

This is a very clear, easily laid out explanation of why you’re sick all the time. I hope people are open to hearing it. (Part 1 of 3)

Every time I open this app I automatically hold down the screen, bracing myself for whatever amazing tweet that shows up first to suddenly disappear into the ether forever. But then I remember we’re not in hell anymore.

When people who’ve masked for years manage to get covid, I think it’s easy for people who don’t mask to say, “Well they got it anyway so masking is clearly pointless.” But think of all the times they DIDN’T get it. 1/

I’ve wanted to be an actor since I was a child and now, because sets are no longer mandated to provide Covid safety protocols, I may have to give up my dream just to protect my health. And I’m so so angry. Am I the only actor trying to live? Please let me know.

A plea to maskless #healthcare workers from vulnerable patients By @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social healthydebate.ca/2024/11/topi...

Watching @naomiekperigin.bsky.social perform standup at Vulture Festival in an N95 tonight legit made me tear up ❤️😷

This New Yorker talks about how everyone is sick, sweating and coughing all over one another. She blames the warm weather - but you know what else causes those symptoms? COVID. If everyone is coughing … put on a mask! You shouldn’t need an inhaler and NyQuil every night! /1

Covid is bad to get and it’s cumulatively worse the more times you get it. I think this is helpful to think about in order to reframe mitigations for people who feel like if they can’t be perfect, they shouldn’t bother with it at all. This is not all or nothing. You are not powerless. 1/

A prevalent, virtuous mindset in the early days of the pandemic was, “I’m wearing this mask to protect YOU.” But the truth is, most people were just terrified about their own safety. And once it felt like less of a personal threat, they stopped masking.🧵1/

Hi Bluesky world, I’m Becca, a queer Covid cautious writer/director in LA! Excited to reconnect with my Twitter community and see some new faces ☺️

Every morning, the moment I sit down on the couch with coffee, my dog gets out of his bed to approach me for pets. I pet him for five sensible minutes while my coffee cools, then I pick up my coffee and start fake snoring, and on cue he walks away to sit by the door, now off duty. Bliss.

Covid is no laughing matter. "The scale of the problem that Covid is posing for individuals and society appears to be on a par with climate change: too big to tackle, so we look away" www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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After I played two straight hours of pickleball, my oura ring had the audacity to be like “You’re halfway to your activity goal! 21 minutes of brisk walking should do the trick!” Fuck off. (Are we allowed to say fuck on this app?)

Is this my year?! I’ve been SO ready to become a famous author!! Was just waiting for the right discount!!

When my dog walks ahead of me, does he think he’s navigating the mission, leading the charge, and I’m tethered to him so I don’t go astray? Does he think he’s walking me?