1/2: City of Van is seeking input re: accessibility planning, claiming to centre 'community care'. They're doing this w/ in-person events without mask requirements or clean air measures.

Here are ways to make your voice heard:
#BringBackMasks #DisabilityTwitter #CovidIsNotOver

I wear a mask in public because Covid is NOT mild, it’s a dangerous level 3 pathogen, and we are still in an active pandemic. I want masking in public spaces, especially hospitals, so if you agree, show me your mask in comments, copy this and let’s see who’s out there. #MaskUpC19

I really wish for this day too.

#COVID19
#COVIDisAirborne
#COVIDIsNotOver
#MaskUp
#HighRiskCOVID19

Feeling inspired by all of the angry anti-mask trolls. May start a daily “I mask because” post 😏
Today’s: #IMaskBecause anti-mask ableist bullies don’t scare me, and because I refuse to be bullied into submission by those who would prefer me dead. #HighRiskCovid19

I wear a mask because I value my life, and yours. I wear a mask as an act of love and respect. #IMaskBecause I think living is pretty cool. Fashion trend of the year = staying alive. #CovidIsAirborne #DavosSafe crew, why do you mask? Let’s show how fashionable we are! 📸😷

Love seeing people use art as advocacy 💕 #HighRiskCovid19 #NoBodyIsDisposable

I wear a mask in public because I am #HighRiskCOVID19 . I also wear a mask for everyone else who does! And lastly for all of you who do not because I do not want you to know chronic illness like I do. Aren’t my daughter and I lovely just the same? Airgami - Origami Mask #Maskup #MaskUpC19 😷

As for children and adults that have increased risk from COVID… perhaps we could finally let them out of lockdown one day… so they too can play with us… without being harmed and killed…

Long COVID link to mental health conditions prompts federal advisory.

Being unvaccinated increases the risk of long COVID.

Conditions could include depression, anxiety, psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder & PTSD.
#HighRiskCOVID19 #CovidIsNotOver

latimes.com/california/sto…

I got my 3rd dose of the #BivalentBooster today😷

Thankful that these large #COVID19vaccine clinics still exist😁

This is a safer option as an #immunocompromised person, as opposed to a maskless pharmacy

#HighRiskCOVID19 #MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy #COVIDisNotOver #CovidIsntOver

shaping sound worlds continues today at 6:30 pm ET over zoom with a workshop + work share on reimagining sharing live sound in the digital realm.

it's not too late to register: forms.gle/9VaGw6czLciMHp…

#ShapingSoundWorlds #OnlineClasses #HighRiskCovid19 #RemoteAccess

The newest update from Mass General Brigham on if at-risk patients can ask providers to wear a mask… #MGH #MGB #HighRiskCovid19 #Masks

massgeneralbrigham.org/en/patient-car…

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The cdc doesn’t care that for many of us with immunodeficiencies we don’t make antibodies to vaccines therefore there are no protections for us. We are simply left to isolate forever or die. It’s unacceptable #cvid #primaryimmunodeficiencies #immunocompromised #HighRiskCovid19

.Chicago Tribune did a little story on my remote portrait project of immunocompromised folks from across the US & how we've lost our civil right to access the public sphere b/c everyone is pretending the pandemic is over & refusing to mask.

#COVIDIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthcare

With Evusheld not currently authorized, CDC recommends people with weakened immune systems and household members take multiple prevention measures to protect themselves against COVID-19. More: bit.ly/3bGvO6p

ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITY 📣 The City of Vancouver wants feedback on their Accessibility Strategy til Friday, June 30! Join us to let them know Covid safety & #CleanAir are part of accessibility. Survey link & template answers: docs.google.com/document/d/1m_…

#CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks

TW: ableism

CTV News Vancouver: equating mask-wearing with criminality is reckless & harmful, particularly when so many disabled, marginalized & #HighRiskCovid19 people have been harrassed for wearing masks.
Contact CTV: bc.ctvnews.ca/contact-us

#DoNoHarmBC #MaskUp #BringBackMasks

Twitter randomly decided to let me follow accounts again so I just followed (back) some cool people I know from COVID cautious Insta 😷💙🤗

Still Coviding Community Virtual Events (PUPPYCAT INTENSIFIES) 𝕶𝖎𝖊𝖗𝖆 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊

#HighRiskCOVID19 #MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy #immunocompromised #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDIsntOver

So many healthcare providers aren’t protecting us from COVID-19!

Learn how disabled folks can assert their federal protected rights under the ADA to safely access healthcare #CovidIsNotOver #LongCOVID #NoBodyIsDisposable #HighRiskCovid19 #DisabilityTwitter #CripTheVote #NEISvoid

Join Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, The Center for Independent Living, and Senior and Disability Action for our “Fighting for Safe Access in a Masks-Optional Healthcare Environment” workshop on Tuesday, June 27th, from 12:30 - 2:00 PM PST over Zoom. Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Senior and Disability Action (SDA)

Free webinar starting now from VCIL!

'Ensuring Equitable Access During Inequitable Times: ADA and the Ongoing COVID Pandemic'

#HighRiskCOVID #HighRiskCOVID 19

zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Ooh, look at the eugenicist in LoC's thread. It's because of jagoffs like this that I'm largely shut out of public life. And apparently I'm projecting unnecessary fear and anxiety when I do leave the house. #CovidIsNotOver #HighRiskCOVID19

i need organizers who aren’t disabled, or elderly, or have #LongCovid , or are otherwise #highrisk #HighRiskCovid19 , to also stay safe. to protect your energy + health (3/8)

If you believe disabled, immunocompromised & #HighRiskCovid19 folks belong in public spaces, please join me in letting the City of Vancouver know how to make that happen.

Online June 7, 6-8pm: bit.ly/43h6n6o
Survey til June 30: shapeyourcity.ca/accessibility-…

#CleanAir #MaskUp

As a #HighRiskCovid19 person, this freaks me out because that seems more likely the doctors/PT offices (only place I go) will stop masking requirements. This will not make us safer, people are still dying and getting Long COVID! #DisabilityTwitter

BREAKING: President Joe Biden will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, a move that formally restructures the federal response to treat the virus as an endemic threat that can be managed through agencies’ normal authorities. apnews.com/article/biden-…

Nathalie Jacoby Yes me, immunosuppressed. 5x vax. I’m really careful and don’t mingle outside of my bubble. #HighRiskCovid19

Vilet Vs Everything! Amy Nakajima Dalia Hasan Dr Karen Walker MD, FRCPC, BSc, BA, yadda yadda JosiePosie Kim Crawley 😷 @[email protected] Concerned Citizen Jess josephine joy Lola 🔪 Karen Robson Geoffrey P. Johnston😎😷🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💉 Lynne Irwin Ann Marie Pincivero 🌻🇺🇦💙 Cassandra 🏺 ♓️👑 Kamilah Lindsey 👑 #clubDirty30 #BLM 1Mar𝒵ipan (strangest of times) 🌈 🌼 вríttαnч ~ 🐰 💕|#spríngtímє #hαppчprídє Random (@[email protected]) 😷 D1s4b1l1ty-J4ck CSA AAMAC1989 AA&MDSIF La Vie M.D paige ✨All Cats Are Beautiful DarthBonn 👻 Dr Claudia William MD MScHAL 😎 If anyone here lives in Ontario, there is a Still COVIDing Ontario FB group (I’m one of the admins)

There are Still COVIDing FB groups for other locations in 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸 too

There are also groups for #HighRiskCOVID19 people

I added JosiePosie recently to the Ontario one 😁

One notable omission from the Accessibility Strategy is consideration of #HighRiskCovid19 folks, #CleanAir , or immunological accessibility in general. If this is a priority for you, DoNoHarm (BC) has their own guide: twitter.com/DoNoHarmBC/sta…

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

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