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At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top.

Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top.

Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.

Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.

It’s hard to explain the hope I had at the beginning of the pandemic. I was scared, but I also thought we were going to become a more inclusive society. We would care more about chronic illness.

Having that hope ripped away and replaced with eugenics & fascism has been incredibly painful.

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a11y-ai Accessibility explained by those impacted. Check any website for barriers and generate the perspective of those who face them.

A11y-AI is an experiment using the storytelling capabilities of generative AI to bring the impact of accessibility violations to life. It aims to inspire web professionals to take action.

As a disabled web accessibility practitioner. This pisses me off. Extremely.

GENERATIVE AI DOES NOT AND CANNOT EVER REPRESENT DISABLED PEOPLE.

Just fucking hire disabled people like me who know what they're doing.

Believing AI over disabled people is ABLEISM and DEHUMANIZING. For fucks sake.

To all of the chronically ill & covid conscious people out there who are isolating today and cannot safely see loved ones on Thanksgiving — I see you. I'm with you. You're not alone in this ❤️

Being wrong is hard. If anyone who has downplayed the harms of COVID wants to stop doing that, I vow to have nothing but grace for you. I’ll go to bat for you and you will be awesome.

If you’re traveling this holiday season, remember to wear an N95 mask.

There’s COVID, flu, and other respiratory viruses circulating—especially in indoor public spaces. The best way to avoid long COVID and other lingering conditions associated with viral illness is simply not getting sick.

Mask.

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Add me if you like!

NBers check out this list for mutuals
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If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from whatever device you were using without explanation

Don’t believe those who claim science proves masks don’t work | Lucky Tran A new scientific review of the efficacy of masks is deeply flawed. That hasn’t stopped some from touting it

Many studies show masks work. But those with vested interests have created confusion using the same disinfo tactics as tobacco and fossil fuel companies. Governments need to stop caving into bullies and instead, consistently and unapologetically educate the public on the importance of wearing masks.

See this tweet with regard to problems with self-styled queer allies in #NewBrunswick:
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After COVID emerged and as it continues, I am no longer able to view the world the same way. I will never be able to again. A common tact adopted by many has been refusal to acknowledge it - we are changed.

Some say it is over, but it isn't. We'll be sorting this out for years.

Crossposting

I'm still seeing people asking what #SearchTheLandfill is about so I'm going to post some articles all in one place to help folks get caught up. Please spread the word, especially if you are not from Canada.

It's exhausting to have to continually explain to people why you don't want to catch Covid and haven't returned to full 2019 normal

Yes excellent addition!

- 7-14 days since last possible exposure (longer is better)
- minimum 2 days of testing with negative results
- use HEPA air filtration before, during, and after; open windows if you can
- if you want to be super safe, wear a mask and stick to hand stuff lol

The NB Conservative gov't said they needed to review Policy 713 b/c of "hundreds" and then "thousands" of complaints about name changes being kept from parents.

There were none. No complaints.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-school-pronoun-changes-complaint-1.6923174

Fatigue Can Shatter a Person Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience.

Whenever I write about long-covid or ME, I get waves of emails from chronically ill folk who say they feel seen and heard.

But with this piece on fatigue (and PEM), I'm *also* hearing from healthy people saying that they finally get what their loved ones are going through.

Which feels amazing.

They are intentionally framing climate and COVID as problems for individuals to deal with to distract us from holding the powerful accountable.

“Ignoring COVID” means ignoring equity. Unless governments actually acknowledge that they still need to do much more to mitigate the harms of COVID, millions of people who are higher risk or have Long COVID will never be able to “ignore COVID.” That’s a travesty.