#Covid is still killing people

[runs-4-pinkcupcakes]

My grandmother died this week from COVID pneumonia. My father died 3 years ago from COVID. Both in good health, taken suddenly from me, no goodbye, and who could still be here today.

If you say COVID is no big deal, just like a common cold or the flu, you can go 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻 yourself!

[playingplayer2]

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[hafwen]

Care about disabled people? Keep wearing your masks, social distancing and getting your vaccines

[theofreakingbell]

forgive me if I'm a little late to this? but let me get this straight: 

Neil Gaiman asks for fans coming to his events to please mask for everyone's safety

when asked why he isn't mandating them he says he tried but the venues won't allow it

many people don't listen, or don't see the ask bc it isn't official from the venue, and show up maskless

Neil now has COVID (for a second time, which means his risk of complications is higher) along with anyone else who got infected at that event

I just. y'all. please. 

If you are going to a fan event, especially a big one like a con where there will be tons of people, you need to be wearing a mask right now. Actors and other people who work in entertainment who meet with many people and frequent large gatherings or are part of con staff for instance are at significant risk of COVID from the sheer amount they are being exposed to, not only from acute infection but cumulative damage from multiple infections or long COVID and post COVID complications. COVID levels are nearly as high as they were in the first wave in 2020 and being vaccinated does not guarantee u cannot catch and/or transmit it(this study from this year says it's around 1 in five). Please be excellent to each other and do your best to not get your faves, their staff, or other fans sick. 

why and how masks work and what types are the safest (you can get good masks in all sorts of colors now btw if u want to match ur cosplay or stuff, ProjectN95 is a good source, and Jelli has clear masks if u want to have ur face visible)

I wish Neil a speedy and full recovery, and I hope more people listen to him and others trying to keep fans and creators and staff safe right now ❤️

#FansMaskUp

[flugame-mp3]

im going to kill with hammers whoever invented the stupid idea of trading musical legboots. girl we are all watching the same illicit shaky iphone recording of sweaty guys on stage LET ME HAVE IT

[phoenixonwheels]

Me: (talking to a friend in the UK) “So… I hear NHS doctors with Long Covid are suing the NHS. Does that mean they’re actually masking in medical facilities over there?”

Friend: “I spent the entire weekend at the hospital because (relative) had a stroke and I saw exactly one doctor wearing a mask.”

Me: . . .

[voskhozhdeniye]

[comradecowplant]

so things are not going well with my new elderly socdem friend unfortunately.

[docmerlin]

public perception on illness has shifted so far that people think i'm insane for not wanting to hug them when they're visibly sick but if they see a medical mask in any context they freak the fuck out

[juanabaloo]

if you live in the USA and are feeling especially overwhelmed rn, remember we are living through both a modern day civil rights movement (like the 1960s) and a genocide that our govt is funding (like the Holocaust). keep fighting. if you need a break, rest up. take care of yourself. i believe that we will win.

[sealeneee]

siiiiiiigh

[ye-olde-trojan-horse]

I have a cold, and it’s only 3 days into pride month.

this feels homophobic of the universe.

[stellamusing]

Pleased to report that I'm just as insane over the barricade boys as I was in 2012

[autumnalhalcyon]

has anyone else who still masks encountered any whackjobs who scream and berate anyone who isn't delusional enough to believe COVID either no longer exists or "Is Just The Flu" and still wears a mask to protect themselves and loved ones?

bc ive had at least two instances of people nearly having aneurysms over me just. existing while wearing a mask within the past couple of months, and ive no idea what drives these people to act so deranged over a fucking mask lol

[countess-of-edessa]

oh yeah it would be good to get covid rn i don't have anything going on atm

[inspectorseb]

Guess who’s miraculously the only person in my house that don’t have Covid 💪🏻

Both my parents are miserable right now and we knows they got it from my grandfather who we saw Sunday but didn’t find out he had it until Monday. I don’t have it now but if I get it I’m gonna be fucking pissed cause I have never had Covid in the over 4 years it’s been around. And I’m the only person I know who still always wears a mask whenever I’m out in public

So I have now quarantined myself to the living room where I’m sleeping on an air mattress. I mean it ain’t that bad tho cause I’m right next to the kitchen and it means I have the big ass tv and my ps5 lol. You might be thinking why not just stay in your own room? Because of the shitty timing we’re supposed to be completely redoing my room rn which means all my shit is everywhere, I have no floor, I can’t sleep in my own bed 💀

Also there is a long ass rant about stuff in the rags that you don’t have to read. Really you didn’t even have to read anything anyways lol.