Looks like there's a discount code that brings the price of an ElastoMaskPro down from $70 to $30 (πΊπΈ) -- basically getting a free mask for the price of the filters.
reusable-respirators.com/produβ¦
A couple years ago, they sent me one to check out. Though it never became part of my regular rotation, it has some good (and not-so-good) features -- it's comfortable, breathable, and svelt, but employs thin, non-adjustable/replaceable straps.
Even with NIOSH N95 certification and filters that last a year, $70 is way too pricey imo (never mind $129, Flo). At $30, though and especially if you haven't been able to find a P100 you're comfortable wearing, it might just be worth a look.
breathesafeair.com/elastomaskpβ¦
reddit.com/r/MasksForEveryone/β¦
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hWIVMKfEβ¦
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The other masks: [breathe], precision air (two sizes), dentec nxmd, and 3m 7500 (two sizes)")
ElastoMaskPro Review - The Most Breathable N95 Reusable Respirator?
ElastoMaskPro by Reusable Respirators LLC is a half-face elastomeric respirator that offers distinct advantages over other popular devices in the category.Ethan Brooke (Breathe Safe Air)
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A remote long covid clinic -- yeah, there's probably no interest in or need for something like that, right? Better just mothball it. π
π Alberta had a long COVID program that never saw the light of day fitzhugh.ca/local-news/the-stoβ¦
> Tools for remotely assessing fatigue and breathlessness were designed, developed, and then shelved before clinical implementation.
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π How school eligibility influences the spread of infectious diseases medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11β¦
> Researchers analyzed the natural age cutoff for kindergarten eligibility in California to compare COVID-19 rates between children old enough to start school and those who were not.
> The study's findings underscore the complexity of school-based transmission and highlight the effectiveness of school-based prevention measures.
Q&A: How school eligibility influences the spread of infectious diseases
A study in JAMA Network Open sheds light on how school attendance influences the spread of infectious diseases, using COVID-19 as a case study.University of Michigan School of Public Health (Medical Xpress)
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A disposable face mask stuck in a tree that will be there till the tree dies.
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π Masks Off -- The push to criminalize face coverings puts everyone at risk thebaffler.com/latest/masks-ofβ¦
Masks Off | Jess McAllen
Across the country, mask bans are being pitched as a solution to crime and discrimination. But they put everyone at risk.Zachariah Webb (The Baffler)
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This is heart-rending but I relate on so many levels. I am not a musician, nor do I suffer from long covid. I have pre-existing health conditions that make me want not to get sick with something potentially worse. I guess I'm just a ghost. And you can't count ghosts.
"When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID"
"Friends texted their fears to me frantically: βIs music over? Are shows done?β I thought back to informal and unconventional gigs, the freedom and potentiality those moments held, and reassured my friends, sequestered in our separate biomes. I said and believed: βMusic always finds a way, youth culture always finds a way, underground culture always finds a way.β
thesicktimes.org/2024/11/15/miβ¦
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@auscovid19
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Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID - The Sick Times
βMaybe now vocalists will finally start bringing their own mics,β I tweeted in the first days of March 2020. My virtual audience was mostly friends I met by participating in subcultures in and adjacent to the DIY tendency of hardcore punk rock.Beck Levy (The Sick Times)
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π CANADIAN Rapid Antigen Test SITUATION as of November 2024 docs.google.com/document/d/e/2β¦
ht @nb_covid_info
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πΉ HouseFresh -- the best quiet air purifiers (2024) youtube.com/watch?v=Mzip-NfdRTβ¦
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
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@pandemicene @novid #CovidIsNotOver
Boosting this phenomenal resource on #covid19 #covid #LongCOVID that I return to time and time again. Thanks for keeping it updated as studies come out, @augieray!
mastodon.social/@augieray/1121β¦
Augie Ray (@augieray@mastodon.social)
So, here is the spreadsheet. I defy someone who thinks COVID is just like the flu to spend just ten minutes perusing the findings of these 500+ studies. I don't like scaring people, but people should be more frightened.Mastodon
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Some sales + resources for US-based #COVIDcautious #covidconscious #stillCOVIDing #covidaware #ZeroCovid folks #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #WearAMask #MasksWork #maskup @maskup @pandemicene @novid
Masks/mask related:
linktr.ee/buymasks - (at)buymasksUS on Instagram has a linktree for mask resources and more coupons. I will do my best to update the below, but please also utilize this as a resource (and follow them on IG if you're on there!)
maskbloc.org/ - Find your local mask bloc for free masks (and/or to donate to)!
behealthyusa.net/collections/c⦠- 70% off POSH KF94s from BeHealthy with code POSH70 (many cute colors and designs for adults and kits though they expire in less than a year). They also have a bundle of 100 Blue 2D KF94 for $50, and the main BeHealthy site often has codes for 20-40% off retail priced masks too, they carry many korean KF94s.
alliantbiotech.com/ - redimasks (adhesive n95s - good for MRIs) 50% off with code M4E50%
armbrustusa.com/ - HIYX13RN for 30% off (sign up for emails and texts for other semi-regular coupon codes, n95s, kn95s, they allow you to purchase single masks to sample as well).
bonafidemasks.com/ - TRUST25 for 25% off (kn95s).
bloxdirect.com/ - $.25/ea duckbill n95s (caveat- shipping is pricey).
protectly.co/ - \VitaCore CAN99 Black Respirators 10 packs are 20% off with code VitaCore. Protectly also offers mask samples for purchase (n99 and n100 excluded), and has a 10% code when signed up for sms alerts.
stauffersafety.com/ - They have both the normal 3m 9205 auras and the cloth elastic version auras (9210s). Free shipping over $50 too.
officedepot.com/a/products/700β¦ - office depot has 3m auras and a 25% off code when signed up for text alerts (and free shipping over $50).
fittests4all.bigcartel.com/ - Home mask fitting kits (pre order).
sipmask.com/ - 20% off sip mask valve with code SIPMASKBLOC (subscribe and save excluded).
Air Purifiers:
officecrave.com/lorell-hepa-42β¦ - Lorell 420 Air Purifier for $47.25 (reviewed here, same unit just taotronics branded: housefresh.com/taotronics-ap00β¦)
bulksupply.com/lorell-hepa-420β¦ - 4 pack of filters for the above $12.21(they also carry the air purifier for $52.64).
Tests/test related:
store.pharmalynk.com/products/β¦ - $5.98/ea Flowflex sale
amazon.com/Flowflex-COVID-19-H⦠Flowflex rapid tests - 5 tests (but multiple swabs and vials in one box, heads up) for $32 (less if you setup subscribe and save).
target.com/p/flowflex-covid-19β¦ - Flowflex 5 pack (also all in one box) for $35.
lifehacker.com/where-to-find-a⦠Comparison of the NAAT tests on the market.
shop.aptitudemedical.com/ - Metrix NAAT tests (also available on Amazon).
shop.3eohealth.com/ - 3eo NAAT tests.
virus.sucks/pluslife_en/ - Info on Pluslife NAAT tests (email discount [at] virus dot sucks for discount codes).
ondemand.labcorp.com/covid-19-β¦ - PCRs for $79 (either overnighted to you, which you overnight back, or in person in some locations). PCR testing at walgreens is $130, for comparison.
Covid Positive (Rapid, NAAT, or PCR) - What To Do:
peoplescdc.org/2023/01/10/what⦠- People's CDC guide (has a symptom tracker and isolation diary).
docs.google.com/document/d/1z7β¦ - Clean Air Club's Guide (includes a symptom tracker).
pharmd.substack.com/p/i-have-c⦠- Guide with some supplement recommendations that may prevent Long Covid, adult and children dosing suggestions.
Covid Positive (Rapid, NAAT or PCR) - Telehealth Options:
hidrb.com/covid - A Paxlovid telehealth option (that doesn't require video calls!) to get a paxlovid RX if you have a positive rapid, NAAT, or PCR test.
sesamecare.com/medication/paxl⦠- Another Paxlovid telehealth but does require video appointment
plushcare.com/covid-medication⦠- Another Paxlovid telehealth option but does require video appointment
agelessrx.com/metformin/ - Metformin telehealth option (prescribed for antiaging, and best to do before you test positive as it's mailed out to you)
CO2 Monitors:
cleanaircrew.org/aranet4coupon⦠- Clean air crew constantly has an aranet coupon code (to buy from Naltic industries), if there isn't an aranet sale this is likely the cheapest way to get one.
smartairfilters.com/en/productβ¦ -SmartAir CO2 monitor (under $70, comparison with Aranet here: breathesafeair.com/smartair-coβ¦).
inkbird.com/products/wireless-β¦ - Inkbird Iam-T1 (usually around or under $110, comparison with Aranet here: breathesafeair.com/inkbird-iamβ¦).
a.co/d/d3QH6oW - Vitalight CO2 monitor (usually under $50, much shorter battery life - 8 hours at best, review here breathesafeair.com/vitalight-mβ¦).
digikey.com/en/products/detail⦠/ mouser.com/new/sensirion/sensi⦠- Sensirion scd4x. Also way cheaper than Aranet, needs to be plugged into a USB A port and only shows colors (green, yellow, red) but does show readings in app.
Naomi Wu reviews the Vitalight and Sensirion in this video here: youtu.be/Fo2cZiRyokk
Vitalight Mini CO2 Detector Review - An Affordable Alternative?
One product has taken this goal to heart. The Vitalight Mini CO2 Detector (also called the Vitalight CO2 Monitor) is an affordable carbon dioxide monitor thatEthan Brooke (Breathe Safe Air)
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π Comparing strategies for the mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection risk in tiered auditorium venues nature.com/articles/s44172-024β¦
> β¦in general, positions in the near field of an emission source were at high risk, while the risk of infection from positions in the far field varied depending on the ventilation strategy. Occupancy, airflow rate, residence time, virus variants, activity level and face masks affected the individual and global infection risk in all venues.
Comparing strategies for the mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection risk in tiered auditorium venues - Communications Engineering
Sophia Mareike Geisler and KevinΒ Harry Lausch with colleagues study the impact of ventilation strategies on the risk of COVID transmission.Nature
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<cw: don't read if you wish to remain calm>
The laissez faire way of handling sarscov2 infection and transmission described in this abomination of an article is everything that's wrong with how we've been told to deal with the ongoing pandemic. Complete negligence by the authorities ergo complete negligence by individuals
π Tim Dowling: two of my sons are home β and have brought Covid with them theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2β¦
Tim Dowling: two of my sons are home β and have brought Covid with them
Sitting at my kitchen table, waiting to be fed and watered, enjoying the pets, no housework. I wouldnβt mind being ill myselfTim Dowling (The Guardian)
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A couple of responses to Tim Dowling's article
π theguardian.com/world/2024/novβ¦
Covid is no laughing matter when it continues to hurt so many
Letters: Dr Elke Hausmann and Sue Hewison respond to Tim Dowlingβs column about his sons testing positiveGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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π βWe need Psychologistsβ¦ but please donβt psychologise Long Covidβ bps.org.uk/psychologist/we-neeβ¦
βWe need Psychologistsβ¦ but please donβt psychologise Long Covidβ
Dr Aspa Paltoglou hears from physician Dr David Joffe about whatβs needed from our discipline; from Janina Bradshaw about what Psychotherapists can do; and from occupational therapist Kirsty Stanley.The British Psychological Society
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π EPA Updates Ventilation Guidance to Prevent the Spread of Respiratory Viruses at Home, School, and Work epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-updatβ¦
EPA Updates Ventilation Guidance to Prevent the Spread of Respiratory Viruses at Home, School, and Work | US EPA
EPA News Release: EPA Updates Ventilation Guidance to Prevent the Spread of Respiratory Viruses at Home, School, and WorkUS EPA
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π Air Quality Monitor with Raspberry Pi 5, PMS7003, and Viam hackster.io/JoyceJetson/air-quβ¦
> Connect a particulate matter sensor to a Raspberry Pi to trigger a DIY air filtration system
#CleanAir #IAQ #CovidIsAirborne
Air Quality Monitor with Raspberry Pi 5, PMS7003, and Viam
Connect a particulate matter sensor to a Raspberry Pi to trigger a DIY air filtration system.Hackster.io
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more particles in a room do not increase Covid risk. More people do. Particles are not a good proxy for people. CO2 is. Better use a CO2 sensor.
That is not to say that particles do not matter. They do. They should be filtered out. They just donβt matter in the context of Covid.
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@hhf strictly speaking, the bioaerosols that carry sarscov2 virions are indeed particles -- albeit generally considered to be smaller than 2.5 microns -- and it is by filtering out these smaller particles with crboxes, hepa filters, and respirators that their concentration in a room and thus transmission events can be reduced. CO2 is merely a proxy, though beyond the acidity of the air it plays no direct role in the transmission of pathogens.
But I do understand the point you intended to make and for someone uninitiated in fluid dynamics and IAQ it's important to understand that a pm2.5 sensor doesn't identify the presence of airborne pathogens. The article itself doesn't invoke sarscov2 either, but swapping in a CO2 sensor is exactly what I had in mind in this context π
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Conspiracy of Silence?
There seems to be a conspiracy of silence around COVID. How did everyone get this memo but we didn't? We noticed it beginning a couple of years ago. This is how it goes:
No one can say they have COVID. If you mention that C word, people go quiet and change the subject or turn away, acting as though they haven't heard. You're allowed to say you have something (flu, summer cold, persistent cough, some virus) as long as you minimise it. If you see someone wearing a serious mask, pretend you haven't seen them. If someone asks you how you are when you're not well (with one of those mystery illnesses) you say you are feeling fine now. You pretend not to notice that so many people around you are falling sick. And you put down the rise in serious health issues in your friends to aging.
And no one talks about it. So I'm breaking the taboo. I'm saying it out loud.
@askazero
@auscovid19
#covidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborn #Covid #NotInDenial #YallMasking
#EllieKPosts #conspiracy
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Canadians! Interested in helping out? (It's super quick)
COVID and flu monitoring
For the 2024-2025 surveillance season, the FluWatchers program continues to track cough and fever activity in the community, to help monitor flu, COVID-19, and other seasonal respiratory illnesses. The FluWatchers program gathers data on healthy participants as well as those experiencing cough and fever, so it's important that you try to answer the questionnaire each week whether you are healthy or sick. That will allow us to calculate more accurate rates of illness each week.
I just answered this week's FluWatchers survey! My weekly responses contribute to monitoring flu-like illness in my community. Help out by becoming a FluWatcher today! cnphi.canada.ca/fluWatcher/reg⦠#FluWatchers
#COVID #covisIsNotOver #YallStillMasking @auscovid19 @askazero
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That's great! The survey is super easy and quick, no trick questions, takes no more than a couple of minutes.
@askazero
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Iβve been filling out this survey for a couple of months and itβs literally 30 seconds or less to answer it - in case anyone is worried about not having enough time.
I just have two questions to answer every week: βdo you have a fever?β and βdo you have a coughβ - options are βyesβ or βnoβ or βIβm not sureβ. Thatβs it.
If you havenβt had your latest Covid booster they may ask you about whether youβve had it. Still super quick to answer.
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π Many deaths attributed to natural causes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have instead been due to the virus nia.nih.gov/news/many-deaths-aβ¦
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I have a Luggable from CleanAirKits.com. It's MERV-13 instead of HEPA, but similar very good purification and the computer-case-fans make it quiet.
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is there a covid-safer events group, like for @askazero ?
I guess not, because without being split by geography it's be too much irrelevance?
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@subjacentish EVERY event you attend is COVID-safer
the tricks is the no trespassing sign
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$40USD DIY fit testing kit by @philipn: fittests4all.bigcartel.com/proβ¦
Reviewed by @ghhughes: youtube.com/watch?v=-UEKtJRI4pβ¦
#MaskUp #WearARespirator #CovidIsAirborne
Home fit testing kit!
** Note: kits will be back in 1-2 days after we catch up with shipping **. Check back in a couple days or add your info below to be contacted when...Home fit test kits & supplies
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A hypothetical scenario might be getting a very small infectious dose, the virus replicates a few times and just barely makes it to the detectable level, her body slaps it down, she tests negative again (and, one would hope, clears the virus for good). In theory, sometimes the immune system does rack up a swift and thorough win.
I dunno how likely it is.
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π courier-journal.com/story/newsβ¦
> Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg plans for Louisville Metro Police to begin enforcing a decades-old ordinance that makes wearing face coverings in public illegal in an attempt to curb gun violence, he said in a news conference Tuesday.
What is the mask ordinance to be enforced in Louisville? What we know
Louisville Metro Police will begin enforcing an ordinance from 1983 that makes wearing face coverings in public illegal. Here's what we know.Killian Baarlaer (Louisville Courier Journal)
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π Understanding Cumulative Risk -- The health implications of repeated COVID infections longshadowofcovid.substack.comβ¦
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"Two years ago, one of us (A.C.) made a prediction in Fortune Magazine that a few years of βlearning to live withβ COVID (i.e., pretending it doesnβt exist) would lead to a billion cases of Long COVID. A recent estimate pegs the total incidence so far at 400 million cases of Long COVID. Long COVID is well on its way to becoming the worldβs most common disease."
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Is there anything wrong with fear? Healthy fear has saved many lives. Think about it.
I get accused sometimes (or it's implied) that I'm living in fear as I take precautions to avoid catching COVID. I mask using a great quality N95, I avoid crowded locations, concerts, use curbside pickup, don't eat indoors in restaurants etc.
I do these things because I have chosen to educate myself about the risks (long-term as well as short term) of catching COVID, as well as the ways to mitigate those risks.
Is that living in fear? On the contrary. I can relax, knowing that as far as possible I am protecting myself according to the best scientific recommendations.
But I suppose it is a level of fear in the sense that my awareness has instigated these behaviors. I think of it as a healthy, informed fear. I have the same healthy fear of getting run over crossing the road. I have educated myself and know that crossing blindly, anywhere, without looking, will put me at risk of being hit by a car or truck. So this healthy fear makes me look for a crosswalk, press the button if there is one, and wait for the traffic to stop, before taking my life in my hands and stepping off the curb.
People would think I was stupid (and they would be right) if I ignored the risks, listened to the calm, authoritative voice of people, even friends, telling me that there is little chance a vehicle will be coming along this road at this time, so the risk is small, and I got hit. Is this living in fear? No one would think that.
So why is there not the same attitude to being fully informed and protecting yourself against a disease which continues to seriously affected the lives of hundreds of millions around the world and has even killed many millions?
It's a mystery. A bit like the 'mystery virus' affecting so many I know. Why are they all stepping blindly off the COVID curb, so many getting hit, so to speak? Because they don't want to know?
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@auscovid19
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I never saw the reply to my post from that person as it was deleted on our server.
But thanks to all for the rational, science based replies.
@themaskerscomic @askazero
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in reply to trendless π¨π¦ • • •the design feature I like is the way the filters are protected from external things.
Also the fact that when you remove the filter pucks, the corpus can just be dunked in soapy water.
What I don't like: the price of the filter pucks, the fact that replacing one of the straps (should they tear) seems impossible.
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