It’s time for our next pop up! We’ve been enjoying meeting with people and our next pop-up is in North Minneapolis. Please share, so we can get resources out to others and let people know about ways they can protect themselves and others! (1/2)

Do you or someone you know need a giant box of N95 masks? 440 pack of 3M 9205+ for $30 www.amazon.com/Aura-Particu... Shipping was slow, but from Woot.com, which means they came through the direct supply chain 3M established with Amazon after Amazon had some "selling counterfeits" issues.

Hey Twin Cities! We’re hoping to get a head start on the upcoming holiday surge. We’re keeping the goal small and hoping to fundraise another $250, so we can purchase 56 more boxes of Covid tests by December 25th. We’re so grateful for your continued support! (1/2)

Find the new Mask Request Form for Events in the link in our bio! Please use the Events link to request masks or tests for your event. Requesting them with many days in advance will make it more likely that we will be able to fulfill your request, so don't delay! linktr.ee/maskblocmsp

Goal exceeded 🥳🥳 we reached 390/350! thanks so much everyone

🎉 now at 290/350 🎉 just $60 to go to expand our kids mask sizes #MutualAid

✨update✨ we’re at 160/350 - almost half way there! 😷🤠

😷♥️We have a new fundraiser that we need help getting met! $20 a day will help us get more children’s masks for the community and we need YOUR help in doing so 💞💞 We appreciate everyone and sharing is caring! #twincities #antifa #covid

We have our pop up nailed down for the month of October and we want you to come out to pick up supplies if you are in the Saint Paul area! If you want specific inventory, feel free to put an order in to pick up at the pop up!

We’re officially closing the fundraiser we launched last March that was started to replenish our supply of duckbills, ear loop masks, and to fund the purchase of respirators with a clear panel (smile masks) to support our Deaf and HOH community/their loved ones 🧵(1/?)

🚨Action Alert🚨 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is accepting public comments through the federal eRuleMaking portal until this Saturday September 13th! Find more info 🔗 here (1/2) www.cdc.gov/acip/meeting...

A small update on our pay methods: Our paypal handle has changed effective today. Our kofi and venmo remain the same. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far to keep the bloc running. Stay tuned for fundraising updates in the coming week ✨

one of the coolest things about masks is that it doesn’t matter what variant or pathogen or allergen etc it just filters you just have to wear it

🚨Rescheduled due to possible severe weather🚨 There will be no pop up this weekend, instead you can find us at Western Sculpture Park in Saint Paul next Saturday August 23rd, from 11am to 3pm. There will be cold water, masks, and rapid Covid tests that don't expire until 06/2026

We're back with another pop-up! Join us at Western Sculpture Park on Saturday August 16th from 11am to 3pm to pick up rapid tests. These tests don't expire until June 2026, so they will be good for a while. We'll also have cold water for people stopping by! #masking #saintpaul #community

We just found out about African Immigrants Community Services having their FREE covid testing at their address of Franklin ave! We hope that people are staying as safe as they can during this time of increased spread. 🧵(1/2)

this is still happening today!! we’ll also have a limited amount of masks since the AQI is so bad

Pop up from Mask Bloc MSP for rapid action Covid tests that expire 7/17/25! Come get some tests at the corner or Nicollet Mall and 9th st by the target store to give to people before they expire. We will have cold water available for people passing through (1/2)

📢 Help us cross the halfway mark of our ongoing fundraiser to restock the bloc! Every dollar donated goes toward purchasing a variety of supplies – high quality N95 respirators, KF94s, and tests – to share freely with community members, because #WeKeepUsSafer. (1/2)

The intense cruelty of cutting Medicaid/Medicare at the start of Disability Pride Month doesn't surprise me, but it underscores an increasing need to protect and care for one another. One easy way to show solidarity, plus have safer meetings and public spaces, is to #MaskUp with an N95 or better. 😷♿

Minneapolis People's Pride is back on June 28th, 12-4pm at Powderhorn Park! This is a masks required event. Every break in the chain of transmission of Covid (and other airborne illnesses) is a benefit to our community! Masking up also helps the most vulnerable… 🧵 (1/3)

⚠😷 Another great reason to #MaskUp: Minnesota officials are warning about measles exposure at the Mall of America after a child who was infectious visited the indoor theme park on May 24th. Link: www.axios.com/local/twin-c... People who were at the mall between 5 pm and 9 pm that day may...(1/3🧵)

🎊 We’re a third of the way to our goal! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, and please share and use the donation links in our bio to give what you can to get us the rest of the way. All funds go directly toward restocking high-quality respirator masks 🧵(1/3)

UPDATE: MSP y’all rock so hard! We’re down to just over 1000 Osom brand covid tests! We’re working through our remaining requests, but if you need covid tests urgently, here are some locations we’ve dropped off tests at* a 🧵 *supply may vary, call to confirm if any remain

Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...

In just under 2 weeks, a large number of covid rapid antigen tests in our stock will reach their expiry dates! If you’re attending or hosting an event (even a masked one) before May 28th, consider requesting enough tests for all attendees to test 3 to 5 days afterwards: linktr.ee/maskblocmsp

There are COVID-Safer Community Events coming up! Mask up and play board games this Sunday, May 11, from 2 - 4 pm at the Rondo Community Library, and make sure to mark your calendar for the dates listed on the last slide too! If you need masks, use the link in our bio to access our request form!

Thank you so much to all who have already donated! We’re at 980 out of our 3500 goal and will be buying masks as funds come in. We need duckbills, ear loop masks, and clear paneled (SMILE) masks for our HOH community. Consider a donation to help us provide for the community!

We have a large amount of OSOMS rapid tests that are expiring 5/31/2025 if you need tests please request and spread the word!

I know we can't personal responsibility our way out of the US gov destroying our vital health departments. But wearing a high-quality mask (N95, KN95, etc) in public spaces is still the easiest best way you can protect yourself and community. If you quit masking, now is a good time to start again!

Upsetting news: Research for COVID vaccines and treatment is being terminated. This includes trials to improve antiviral medications, develop new drugs to help Long COVID patients, and strengthen vaccines. 🔗: www.science.org/content/arti...

You helped us meet our goal for auras! Now, we need duckbill n95s, kn95s, and clear paneled masks to restock our inventory with popular masks and expand accessibility/what we can provide to the community. Please consider a donation 💙

What a year it's been! Happy (belated) birthday MaskBloc MSP 🎉

Help Us feed our unhoused Neighbors. Goal $500

We are restocked and our cryptpad request form is open!!

Our new request form is live! Find it at linktr.ee/maskblocmsp ! And don’t worry, if you have a pending request in our old form, that will still be fulfilled!

COVID TESTING is currently closed at AICS from Feb 24-Feb 27 due to the lab employee strike. AICS ‘s other services remain available. TESTING will resume on Monday March 3rd. We are unaware of if this affects other testing facilities. If you need rapid tests, put in a request on our request form!

A new covid testing site is now available in St. Cloud, MN!

Thank you everyone for the support in meeting this goal! Feel free to support in other ways or sign up to be a regular supporter❤️😷 #WeKeepUsSafe

This is absolutely part of what mask blocs do! We use funds (donations + often members' own) in a larger pool than we would have as individuals to buy masks in bulk, at auctions, etc! That's ONE WAY we source respirators here on Dakota land near the Bdote of the rivers (Mpls/St Paul)

Good lil thread on materially supporting one another through organizing Also worth noting this is low-key what mask blocs do, affordably bulk-buying N95s & distributing them to anyone who asks 📦😷🫡

WE HAVE CDC DATA! It's a very large download so we're working on masking it accessible (especially airborne disease info, for our purposes) to people w/o hard drive space and will post when we have solutions on that front. We also have an offline CIDRAP mirror and are keeping that backed up

This is the download we're tipped to for CDC website data! Just waiting for the archive.org link to be available for downloading. Reddit thread addresses many questions, OP is very patient & kind to us all!!!

Update: we feel like we have CDC data handled (cheers to r/DataHoarders) but if you have skills related to downloading, organizing, and sharing a mostly-text-based information library with others, those skills would be useful! bsky makes DM hard, so feel free to reply or email MaskBlocMSP at gmail

With the news of the CDC's website being kneecapped and public datasets going down, we're starting efforts to run continuous backups of @cidrap.bsky.social ! We're just learning how to do this & will update when we have something available for others to download / copy.