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Anyway I encountered, to my astonishment, a NEW wacko anti-mask argument on FB today!! It is this: 1) I believe that you haven't been sick since 2021, BUT 2) it's not because you mask consistently, because 3) Masks don't work against viruses, ergo 4) YOU HAVE CHANGED SOMETHING ELSE W/O REALIZING IT

btw this occurred in the comments on a post about ME/CFS and masking on planes, which came across my dash because I am active in various COVID-aware spaces but which can only have come across This Guy's dash because he has been rage-engaging with similar content. I wish I loved anything as much >>

Anyway I encountered, to my astonishment, a NEW wacko anti-mask argument on FB today!! It is this: 1) I believe that you haven't been sick since 2021, BUT 2) it's not because you mask consistently, because 3) Masks don't work against viruses, ergo 4) YOU HAVE CHANGED SOMETHING ELSE W/O REALIZING IT

(Spoiler alert: No I haven't) But this one does have the virtue of novelty (at least to me), so I humoured him by listing all the ways I'm back to pre-COVID normal + all the ways I'm not: (1) I rarely eat indoors in restaurants, (2) mask.

It's only a fact of life if you refuse to take ANY precautions 🫠 Individuals can mask & get vaccinated. Health care facilities can require masking. Employers can encourage masking, provide more paid sick days, allow more WFH. Governments can make vaccines available to everyone, subsidize masks &

And like, obviously the things you can do as an individual are the things that have the smallest impact overall, BUT I will note that I have had COVID only once (early Omicron wave, Dec 2021), thanks to being that pedantic weirdo who has worn a 3M Aura in indoor public spaces ever since.

It's only a fact of life if you refuse to take ANY precautions 🫠 Individuals can mask & get vaccinated. Health care facilities can require masking. Employers can encourage masking, provide more paid sick days, allow more WFH. Governments can make vaccines available to everyone, subsidize masks &

THIS. Exactly, specifically this. The time I would save if I didn't have to say "Nope, piss off" to an offer of AI "assistance" fifty times a day ... !

Once again I am begging conservatives to understand (or even just recognize) the difference between censorship and people disagreeing with your uninformed takes. Freedom of expression =/= freedom from mockery, my dudes

Someone on instagram just made fun of me for not knowing what it means to have red paint on the bottom of your shoes. (Context: Hudson Williams interview at TIFF.) Look it up, they said. You’ll understand why everyone was so excited. I looked it up. If anything, I now understand less than before 🤣

Update: Someone told me to “just say [I] know nothing about fashion” (true! Top marks!) and someone else told ne to “just say [I’m] a miserable kvnt [sic] and move on” (a little harsh, but full marks for creative spelling). The way a comments section can read “it’s weird to cheer the shoes” as >>

Someone on instagram just made fun of me for not knowing what it means to have red paint on the bottom of your shoes. (Context: Hudson Williams interview at TIFF.) Look it up, they said. You’ll understand why everyone was so excited. I looked it up. If anything, I now understand less than before 🤣

Once upon a time, Telehealth Ontario was great—you could call, wait a little, talk to an RN and get guidance for how to deal with your thing at home or advice to see your family doctor soon or go to Emerg immediately. Now we have this Doug Ford thing called 811, and it is … well. 1/n

Telehealth used to be part of how people decided when to go to Emerg. If this is “system” is what we have now, folks must be showing up in Emerg just in case all the time. We almost did! Also feel terrible for the (too few) nurses working 811, who must get so many angry, frustrated ppl. 7/8

Once upon a time, Telehealth Ontario was great—you could call, wait a little, talk to an RN and get guidance for how to deal with your thing at home or advice to see your family doctor soon or go to Emerg immediately. Now we have this Doug Ford thing called 811, and it is … well. 1/n

Diagnosis: cellulitis. Redness up arms already receding, doctor approved of using Sharpie lines to monitor. Spouse couldn’t remember last tetanus shot so he got one, and we left with a scrip for antibiotics. Stopped at pharmacy and bakery (for bagels) on the way home. Debriefed Offspring then 6/n

Once upon a time, Telehealth Ontario was great—you could call, wait a little, talk to an RN and get guidance for how to deal with your thing at home or advice to see your family doctor soon or go to Emerg immediately. Now we have this Doug Ford thing called 811, and it is … well. 1/n

decided to let him sleep. She took the night shift, with my phone’s ringer on for when the nurse called back, and I got some sleep. I woke up around 07:00 and checked in; the nurse had not called back but Offspring had found a nearby walk-in clinic opening at 10:00. She woke me again at 08:30 4/n

Once upon a time, Telehealth Ontario was great—you could call, wait a little, talk to an RN and get guidance for how to deal with your thing at home or advice to see your family doctor soon or go to Emerg immediately. Now we have this Doug Ford thing called 811, and it is … well. 1/n

I called them last night around 21:00 to ask for advice on what Offspring and I were pretty sure was an infected cut on Spouse’s finger. Spoke to a very nice person who said they had no medical training and couldn’t give us advice but would we like a callback from a nurse? In about 7 hours? 2/n