2025-April-25 Friday
492 Americans Died Last Week From COVID 19
1,227,057 Americans Dead From COVID 19 In Total
2025-April-25 Friday
492 Americans Died Last Week From COVID 19
1,227,057 Americans Dead From COVID 19 In Total
I got one of those annoying online surveys about my visit to my health centre. But I decided to respond in case I could say what I really wanted to (anonymously). Sure enough, I had the opportunity in a free text field to write about anything that would improve my visit, so I suggested the staff could wear masks as a basic infection control measure
Coffee Shop Moron Thuggery Attempt
Manager: What's with the mask?
Me: * silence *
Manager: Are you alright?
Me: Yes. It's how I stay alright.
Bird flu. Measles. Long covid.
Manager: That's all over.
Me: You must be a Trumpster!
Manager: Absolutely!
I also wear a mask because I biked here and it's been raining pollen these past few weeks.
But he doesn't need to know that. Not to mention the owner of this coffee shop died from covid-19 within its first year.
2025-April-18 Friday
439 Americans Died Last Week From COVID 19
1,226,565 Americans Dead From COVID 19 In Total
* The truth is, I’ve been carrying N95 masks in my handbag since 2001-09-11, and that has often been supplemented by ANSI Z87 impact resistant safety glasses and pairs of nitrile exam gloves and leather work gloves. These items do not take up much space or add much weight. Every New Yorker who saw the cloud of cement dust from the collapsing World Trade Center towers can understand why and how these items might be useful.
Do you guys have any recommendations for FFP2 masks that would be comfortable to wear for someone with a larger face please?
I regularly use ones from Omnitex because they're more comfortable for me and a lot more affordable, but they definitely don't feel as airtight as others I have tried like the 3M Aura 9320+ or even the Handanhy HY8220. However, these models feel like I need to constantly pull and re-adjust them as they slip over my nose or mouth, and I also have no idea how the top elastic band is meant to stay up on my head… or which way my hair is meant to go lol and I think it may be because of my larger head/face??
I'm waiting to see a specialist. He's going to make my fingers dance! [1] My reminder text said to wear a mask. Sign on the door - no entry without masking. Sign at reception - please wear a mask.
No one - staff, patients, specialist - is wearing a mask, just me.
[1] nerve conduction test for hands/wrists. Not painful, but unpleasant. My fingers will jerk and twitch under *his* control, not mine. Ick.
After all this discourse about discourse, it turns out our neighbor who did not mask may have caught some virus at the protest last week