@pezmico Vaxed 8 times so far, masked with N95 whenever going outside. I had ONE cold — professionally tested NEGATIVE for #COVID19 by PCR (at a testing site, NOT a home test) — early in the pandemic when I couldn't yet get N95s and made do with baggy blue "surgical" masks. Since I started wearing N95s, I have had ZERO respiratory infections of ANY kind. This virus is NOT invincible. #ZeroCOVID
Accompanied my Mom to doctor's appointment this morning. This was mainly for getting another prescription for her recurring gout issue. She got a physical checkup too. Her doctor & his MOA were masked up. None of the other medical clinic staff & no other patients were masked.
Location of masking report: Burnside Medical Clinic - office in lower part of building - there's a different office with same name on main level.
En route to pharmacy to pickup prescription refills. A #SelfPortrait in the car.
All except 1 staff is masked at Burnside Medical Office, lower level office with bad air ventilation. There are 5 other patients in waiting area & only one is masked(blue surgical mask). Mom & I are only ones here wearing N95s. We have opted to sit closer to entry/exit & around the corner from the unmasked open mouth breathers.
@ABScientist Oh, I know that very well as I'm still #ZeroCovid & lost more offline connections since mask mandates were removed. My social circle has diminished because almost everyone has decided to ignore covid dangers. I have only a handful of safe friends left.
I blast highway to hell, almost every time I have to go to hospital for work or personal related reasons. It's hellish for #ZeroCovid disabled folks like me because our hospitals aren't really covid safe & they haven't been safe for a few years now. It is where Dad & big Auntie were infected. Mask policy returned to hospitals recently but almost all staff just wear the flimsy surgical blue masks. I wear my own N95s & use a nasal spray for additional protection.
I'll be playing highway to hell again at 10am because I have to go to VGH for a client meeting.
Gegen den #rechtsruck in antiautoritären, linken oder auch liberalen Bubbles! 
Ein gesamtgesellschaftlicher Rechtsruck verschiebt auch die eher "linken" Teile der Gesellschaft tendenziell nach rechts. So sind viele Diskussionen der letzten Jahre sehr von der Auseinandersetzung mit rechter Ideologie geprägt während die Ausgestaltung antiautoritärer Konzepte ausbleibt oder sogar als realitätsfern belächelt wird.
Über alle politischen Spektren hinweg scheint sich ein #alman Konsens breit zu machen: Es gibt ein Problem? Verbieten!!! Bestrafen!!!
Das klingt immer ganz hart und entschlossen, oder? In Wirklichkeit ist es das Gegenteil radikaler Politik. Nicht nur macht es unsere Welt immer autoritärer, sondern es löst auch keine Probleme. Das wissen wir bei #hanf, aber scheinbar halten es viele Leute für eine gute Idee Nazis zu verbieten #afdverbot oder Jugendliche Zuhause einzusperren #ZeroCOVID oder Sexarbeit zu verbieten.
Dadurch gibt es aber nicht weniger Nazis, mehr Gesundheit oder weniger Patriachat. Damit haben wir nur ein unfreundliches gesellschaftliches Klima sowie erschwerte Bedingungen für radikale Politik. Denn Brände, die unter dem Deckel eines Verbots schwelen, lassen sich kaum je löschen.
Unmasked colleague at LTC today, while I was walking out with my plant gift:
Why do so many people always gift you pretty things?
Me: I'm a genuinely kind, caring & thoughtful person. I don't work unmasked around anyone, especially vulnerable elderly folks. That's probably why you never get any gifts.
*Pointing to her unmasked face*
*invisible mic drop*
Reaction: Stunned into silence as I continued to walk out of the building.
She probably thinks I'm a total bitch now 
Oh well. She asked. I just answered, honestly 
Friends and colleagues on #Mastodon: let's make this our new platform instead of replacing one commercial site (#X #Twitter)
for another one ( #bluesky ). #fediverse and community-owned social media is the future!
Besides, what is the point of replacing a toxic far-right platform full of antivaxxers with a liberal bubble filled with hysterical #facemask fetischists and #ZeroCovid fanatics?
Shoutout to all the #HandyDart & #Taxi drivers in #VictoriaBC who are great with remembering my transportation safety needs & happily wear quality masks when they transport me to/from work.
I've just been informed that I need to find a new server if I want to write very long posts, so I'm looking for one. Since I'm #ZeroCOVID, I'm wondering whether zeroes.ca might be suitable. But I'm also from the USA. Does that server welcome members from this meth lab of a nation?
Cat face mask over my N95 mask.
Quick pharmacy pickup outing.
I had heard anecdotally that perhaps the immune response for this round of booster was less.
It’s been about 12-ish hours and I’m feeling the aches set in. I’m not hopeful I’ll be spared but I’m grateful for an immune response. Writing this to remind myself to be grateful in another 12 hours when I feel like total shit.
I feel another #hyperfixation coming on ngl. I watched Relearning Economics video on air quality, and im a little bit obsessed.
I'm finding it a very interesting conversation that overlaps with #ZeroCovid and #covid prevention more broadly.
I might even make a Notion research document 
All of your political 'heroes' will be dead or disabled by #LongCovid or just #Covid in general because none of them are #CovidCautious & campaigning in massive #unmasked crowds.
Fucking criminal. Fucking shitass brains. Fucking #EugenicsEnablers. Fucking ignorant, selfish #PlagueSpreaders.
If you feel offended - you are fucking guilty of being a #eugenics enabler. Mask the fuck up.
Getting picked up at 5:30pm to head to community collage creating event. I'm unsure if it's indoors or outdoors as event info didn't clarify. I'm bringing 2 masks & my personal air filtration device to keep myself safer, if it's indoors.
The first #COVID19 #data released by the #BritishColumbia for #Disease Control since the official end of the province's #PublicHealthEmergency shows #hospitalizations decreasing, but still near their highs for the year.
There were 175 test-positive #COVID patients in #BChospitals as of Thursday, according to the #BCCDC. That's down from 204 at the start of last month, but still the fourth-highest total of 2024, and more than double the 76 people #hospitalized at this time last year.
The BCCDC's most recent update showed 368 new, lab-confirmed #COVIDinfections in the province, though that number significantly #underestimates the spread of the #virus because most people in the province do not qualify for lab-based testing.
From @thetyee
Gregory said the database is a good idea for some diseases, in particular for some vaccines that do protect people from infection. But when it comes to COVID-19, he said, the vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission.
“Relying on vaccinations as the measure of whether people are likely or not to transmit [COVID] to vulnerable patients is a very dangerous strategy,” Gregory said.
Instead, he added, it would be best if everyone wore masks in public health settings whenever possible.
Mitigation measures such as properly worn N95s, HEPA air filtration, ventilation and avoiding high-risk areas like indoor crowded spaces are “all variant proof,” Gregory said. “No variant has evolved to circumvent an N95.”
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/05/No-Longer-Official-Emergency-COVID-Remains-Crisis/
- from the back passenger seat of a taxi. With my last KN95 mask - all my remaining ones are N95s. I have thousands stocked up from last year.
