@pluralistic
This is the kind of person who makes me afraid to leave my house here in my deep red state which is full of guns and assholes. In 2020 or 21, I got into a Lyft, and the driver, an old white man, tried to get me to take off my mask, and insisted the whole thing was fake. I've never taken a ride share since. My chronic illness keeps me inside, but the doubts about other people make that easier than it would be otherwise.
@temporal_spider @pluralistic Fuckem. Wear a mask with the weekly death stats written on it in sharpy. #CovidIsNotOver#COVID
Got the new COVID vaccine around noon yesterday and prepared by taking 20mg cetirizine (Zyrtec) a little less than 2hrs beforehand.

RESULT: Quite tired last night but absolutely fine today: far better than I've felt after previous COVID shots.

Huge thanks to
rahaeli (on BlueSky) for the tip. If you're going to try it, read the thread first: https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3l2ibmjaj662e
#covid #vaccinessavelives

Marveling, as so often, how it is that while #covid numbers are as high as they are, maybe just 2 out of every 100 people at the airport and on the plane wear a mask.

In the grand scheme of things, just how much bother is a mask, in comparison?

Glad that both events i have been going to this month — #dwebcamp and #xoxo — have sensible #covid policies.
Marveling, as so often, how it is that while #covid numbers are as high as they are, maybe just 2 out of every 100 people at the airport and on the plane wear a mask.

In the grand scheme of things, just how much bother is a mask, in comparison?

Here are several of #TimWalz's accomplishments — w/an unusual number of legislative successes scored in March 2023 alone — & setbacks during his tenure as governor.

Walz's use of #EmergencyPowers during the #pandemic — including the institution of a #MaskMandate, business #shutdowns & a #hotline number established to report people violating #SocialDistancing guidelines — outraged his critics.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Harris2024

Several lawsuits followed, including one filed in 2020 by the #conservative Upper Midwest #Law Ctr alleging #TimWalz misinterpreted the #Minnesota Emergency Management Act & illegally bypassed state lawmakers….

The case, which focused on the #COVID #pandemic#MaskMandate, eventually made its way to the MN Supreme Court, which sent it back to the MN Court of Appeals. In July 2023, that court ruled that #Walz indeed had the authority.👏🏻

#PublicHealth#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Harris2024