#masks mandate

[chronicallycouchbound]

Almost twice as many people died from COVID-19 in 2021 than all unintentional accidents. COVID-19 is the third leading cause of death. COVID rates are on the rise.

The least you can do is wear a mask.

[sunderingstars]

thinking about sparkle’s performance line. thinking about how she says “this performance” and sampo says “my performance.” thinking about how she says “elation” and he says “joy.” even, perhaps, thinking about sampo’s familiarity with elation yet his simultaneous deconstruction of it, viewing his performance as his life yet ultimately steering that performance towards genuine love, care, and respect. thinking about elation not as hedonism but as dignity. anyways

[ectonurites]

Wake up babe a new Tim Drake costume just dropped (for real this time)

ah. um . yeah.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos:

President Donald Trump unveiled a brand new COVID-19 website on Friday, and it’s as unhinged as you’d expect. The homepage features Trump walking in between the words “Lab” and “Leak,” with the subtitle “The True Origins of Covid-19” beneath—a promotion of the debunked “Wuhan lab leak” conspiracy theory.  It’s the latest petty attack aimed at Dr. Anthony Fauci, who the GOP has used as a political distraction from Trump and other Republicans’ mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic that killed more than 1 million Americans. Researchers estimate that Trump’s incompetence alone may have contributed to a third of those deaths.  What follows is an evidence-free relitigation of the measures taken by U.S. and global health care officials, including attacks against Fauci and the World Health Organization. Everything from mask mandates to lockdowns is framed as part of some grand misinformation conspiracy to control MAGA. The Trump administration's pettiness is on full display, with direct accusations against public health officials who challenged the GOP’s failed COVID-19 strategies, which resulted in higher mortality rates in Republican-led areas.

Donald Trump’s COVID site on the White House website is a wet dream for COVID conspiracists.

See Also:

HuffPost: White House Replaces COVID-19 Information Site With ‘Lab Leak’ Theories

[pickled-flowers]

ik attitudes are way different because of the thousand miles between us but like dude, I'm from the Deep South US and I've had *strangers* make fun of me in public for still masking. Shit is CRAZY. People think you're bonkers if you still do that even if you're just doing like, basic common courtesy. 😭

Oh yeah no I've been laughed at too, especially at work! I guess people hate being reminded of covid and the fact that it did change the world in a pretty big way (and is also still very much around)

[commonsensecommentary]

Forcing us to wear the face diapers never had a thing to do with science. It was always about spreading fear, exerting control, and justifying election fraud. We were played for suckers by the Deep State Marxists, and we’re now suffering the consequences.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Some health-care workers in British Columbia have started receiving notification that they will once again be expected to wear masks in medical settings, but the language is ambiguous about what exactly will be required and for whom.

CTV News has obtained a memo from Brian Sagar, executive director of communicable disease prevention and control for B.C., notifying workers that “in preparation for the viral respiratory illness (season) this fall and winter” they will be reinstating enhanced infection prevention and control measures in hospitals, family doctors’ offices, and clinics effective Oct. 3. [...]

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[daisiesonafield-blog]

Abstract:

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[lamothla]

That time I cosplayed Illumi a few years back and I ran into an equally tatted Hisoka cosplayer and we both flexed in the photo

[diablo1776]

[amphibizzy]

the smell that used to bother me at wlmart in the backroom, its in the house. its through the entryways/stairway and its creeping into my space. im so fucking confused

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Sanjana Karanth and Jennifer Bendery at HuffPost:

WASHINGTON ― The federal Department of Transportation has issued a memo ordering programs supported by the agency to prioritize funding projects for communities with “marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.” The unusual four-page memo also directs thousands of employees to give special priority to projects and activities that improve transportation for “families with young children.” The directive applies to all Transportation Department-supported grants, loans and contracts, including existing agreements. “I’ve never seen a memo like this before,” said one congressional aide who works on transportation policy and requested anonymity to speak freely. “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be,” said this aide. “It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’ [The Trump administration] would hate that comparison, but I don’t know where else I’ve seen a policy of ‘we need to incentivize baby-making.’” [...] In addition to its directives related to marriage and babies, the Transportation Department’s memo blocks recipients of federal money from implementing “mask mandates,” a reference to requirements that transit agencies followed to limit the spread of infection during the height of COVID-19. The memo also requires recipients to comply with federal immigration enforcement in order to receive funding — the latest effort by the administration to target undocumented immigrants, conduct mass arrests and deportations, and deny federal transportation funds to so-called sanctuary cities.

The DOT under Sean Duffy released a totally whacked out memo prioritizing right-wing culture war items such as banning mask mandates, encouraging natalism by rewarming projects to areas with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average, and comply with the heinously cruel immigration policies by 47 targeting undocumented immigrants.

See Also:

Abortion, Every Day: Trump Administration Memo: Preferred Funding to Communities with High Birth Rates

Daily Kos: Trump Transportation chief: Want a road? Have a kid

[quaalussy]

getting ready for my first zoom visit for the research study on ppl who have recovered from BPD lol

[etapereine]

apparently they’re all traveling together in buses to the airport bc the team buses have already gone ahead? and multiple guys already out with covid this morning……

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Alberta Health Services says enhanced masking requirements are now in place at seven hospitals, including:

• Royal Alexandra Hospital (implemented October 13)

• University of Alberta Hospital and the Stollery Children’s Hospital

• Misericordia Community Hospital

• Grey Nuns Community Hospital

• Alberta Hospital Edmonton

• Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

• Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre

The requirements are also in place at the Central Alberta Cancer Centre, which is located at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Staff, doctors, volunteers, and contracted workers must wear masks in all patient care areas, elevators, stairways, common areas, gift shops, cafeterias, and continuing care areas.

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