Jolenta Greenberg
@jolenta_
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I used to be on here as jolenta_g. author, comedian, host of @howtobefinepod formerly: WNYC, BBC, SiriusXM
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Immunocompromised people: Any chance we could mask like, at least in healthcare settings. Liberals who don't mask: HOW DARE YOU REMIND ME I CONSIDER CERTAIN PEOPLE DISPOSABLE!!! IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR ME TO TELL MYSELF I'M A GOOD PERSON!!! THIS IS A BAD TACTIC! YOU'RE DERANGED!!.
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Since the late 1970s we've lost over 800,000 Americans to AIDS. in the past 4.5 years we've lost around 1.2 million Americans to COVID. We think of the former as a horribly mismanaged crisis that devalued the lives of people at risk. but we're nailing it with the latter?.
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People who still mask in public bother you so much because you know, deep down, they're right.
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CDC has literally okayed sending kids to school with lice. They want you back at work so bad they're gonna let everyone get lice. cute.
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Like, imagine being left for dead by people with attitudes like yours. I'm on chemo, and like never get any viruses bc I mask. But living is hard because people like you act like we're losers for knowing our risk level & being determined to not be an "acceptable loss".
i really can't imagine being covid cautious in 2024. like how are you living.
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Y'all know this narrative that most covid conscious people are perfectly healthy people who've recently acquired a mental illness is an excuse you've come up with to justify no longer valuing the lives of people who are high risk.
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This is what mask bans do:.- they stigmatize people who have to wear them.- they make others feel more entitled to demand people take their masks off. - they give the impression that masking is so unnecessary, you're up to no good or need to be "educated" if you're wearing one.
Well, it finally happened to me. ER nurse called HOSPITAL SECURITY on me last night because I declined to remove my mask--despite repeatedly stating immune compromised, have #LongCOVID, can't risk reinfection & asking to speak to my ER doctor on options. Public health? Free fall.
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People defending a woman who didn't mask around her husband with terminal cancer are saying "he was dying anyway". A relative of mine was dying of cancer - covid hastened her death, caused tons of clotting all over her body, and caused needless pain in her last hours.
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Hate to say it, but I'm not the kind of medically vulnerable person that can be peer pressured into devaluing my life so much that I constantly put myself at risk so I can go to brunch or smile at a stranger at a store.
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If you think masking is hard - you'll super think chronic illness and a dysregulated immune system are hard.
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So if I understand the internet correctly. having a dead spouse makes you an untouchable saint who is always right and should speak for all sick people. and being critically ill and speaking up for your own right to life and treatment makes you a "deranged psycho?".
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People who still mask are usually medically vulnerable and doing it to protect themselves or someone they love who's vulnerable. When we left the vulnerable for dead saying "we have the tools" - masks were it. So to assume everyone you see who masks is an anxious freak, is wild.
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When I mention people on chemo as an example of high risk people - why is the assumption I'm a mentally ill sycophant and not just literally a person on chemo who wants to not get killed off by a virus that is very likely to do long term damage or kill someone like me???.
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If you actually didn't care about COVID you wouldn't be so obsessed with pointing out how "delusional" people who still have to mask are. If you didn't care, you'd leave it alone. The way you ignore people you see on the street that are unhoused or mentally ill. .
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How come people can accept that "covid isn't going away anytime soon" But cannot wrap their minds around the idea that for some people this means masking can't go away? . Like do they think all vulnerable people have already died off so there's no one that needs to mask anymore?.
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if you're a "liberal," a "leftist", or a "socialist" and you no longer mask for the safety of vulnerable people & others. you're actually conservative and super selfish.
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officials saying the vulnerable will fall by the wayside & saying it's good news that only people w comorbidities and dying, is a quiet a systemic extermination campaign against high risk people.
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I'm not a huge fan of the "I've lived with someone super vulnerable and now that they've passed I no longer have to acknowledge covid or do my part to mitigate it" attitude.
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Bad news - disabled people begging for masks aren't Feds. You're just calling them that because you're so desperate to pretend the pandemic is over, you'd rather further condemn them to death than do something as small as masking.
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real question - why are you okay risking a 25% chance of lasting symptoms/disability to do literally everything? How is getting groceries w a face "feeling free" worth that risk?. I can tell very few of you are able to imagine how shitty a life of constant illness is.
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People who came to speak against the mask ban arrived at the Nassau County Legislature meeting & signed up to speak before the pro ban speakers. Hardly any anti ban speakers have been called- but numerous pro ban speakers have been called & allowed to go over time. #NoNYMaskBan.
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Pro mask ban protesters are harassing people who are maskings at the Nassau County Legislators meeting and Nassau County Legislators are ignoring this and threatening to kick out people who point out this harassment. #nonymaskban.
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giving a terminally ill person covid is evil. simply asking if someone gave their sick husband covid, after they already said they did online, is NOT evil.
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Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you're the "freak" for acting like spreading and getting a level 3 biohazard pathogen (aka SARS) over and over again is totally normal and will have no lasting negative effects?.
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I really would like @ACTUP to speak to this person riding hard for them with so many followers - . really disturbing to call disabled members psychotic anti-social freaks - you know ACT UP works with people who are HIV+, that means immunocompromised, AKA extra vulnerable to covid
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Police commissioner just yelled tantrum style "we are the most peaceful police department in the country!". This Nassau County Legislature meeting is a shit show #nonymaskban.
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security is called immediately when people against the mask ban speak longer than 3 minutes at the Nassau County Legislator meeting - people for the mask ban are allowed to go over and asked nicely to finish up. #nonymaskban.
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No amount of pressure to be "normal" is worth becoming more disabled in a world that literally tosses sick people away like trash.
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aka - now that there's no more "we're in this together" and "I mask to protect you" you pretend anyone who does mask or does need public health to be effective is suddenly mentally ill so you don't have to take their desire to keep living seriously.
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Stopping all covid precautions has forced medically vulnerable people (like those that are HIV+ or have cancer) to stay away from all public areas. like, you all banish these people to stay home forever, then criticize them for never getting out. Pick a lane.
@spicymillenium @_pem_pem I’m sure there are a few bad actors but unfortunately I think a lot of them are just weird and annoying because they don’t interact with people outside of twitter very often.
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what's more likely: .a group of the population is going insane with fear and trying to control people's faces? .OR.people who have been informed by Drs that they're high risk are staying up to date on current info & research and understand how to take preventative measures?.
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I pity anyone so fragile they lose their shit over masks, they'd rather catch a virus that does T-cell damage similar to AIDS, than adapt and cover their faces sometimes.
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another speaker is bring up the great point that roughly 1 in 37 people have covid right now, so it's pretty much guaranteed that people are currently contracting covid at this Nassau County Legislator meeting #nonymaskban.
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I keep saying this. The denial is so deep because we can't face the fact that we kinda knowingly harmed our kids and set them up with health problems so we could rush into a "new normal".
Once you've infected your kids repeatedly, you're going to profoundly resist any information that says that you may have permanently harmed them.
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when you're on the "left for dead" side of the equation this mental gymnastics is all pretty obvious. But you guys think you're nailing it - so I thought I'd let you know, we see through your shitty excuse and don't think it's a valid reason to leave vulnerable people for dead.
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If you firmly believe that it's not your job to participate in public health - I have bad news you already participate in it, you just can't handle change. hand washing, not drunk driving, not smoking in public, using elevators- these are all public health measures we partake in.
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not changing and and letting infection after infection ravage your body isn't "learning to live with it" it's denial, babies.
@thesamwisest @chronicallybeee Covid is never going away lol and just like the flu it here to stay.… either you learn to live with it or stay the f home… And for surly I’ll be out not wearing a mask just like everyone. stop playing victims bc it’s been almost 5 years nobody cares… 🤷♀️.
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"This ought to be called the disabled lives don't matter act" - a speaker at the Nassau County Legislature meeting regarding the bill to ban masks #nonymaskban.
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Next speaker points out that "the state does not have any right to know our private medical information & the state does not have the right to force people to be exposed to covid" #nonymaskban.
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I understand people who are vocal about still mitigating covid, they are vulnerable - their lives depend on it. I cannot for the life of me understand the people dedicated to trying to gaslight everyone into thinking covid is no big deal - since when do we ride hard for viruses?.
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People who mask are being equated with terrorists now at the Nassau County Legislature meeting. #NoNYMaskBan.
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if you think @actupny was bullied by covid conscious members ask yourself: is acting like curbing the spread of covid is impossible, and vilifying disabled activists the best way to support an org that was founded to protect the vulnerable from a spreading virus?.
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You're all so concerned about your quality of life at brunch & while you travel and get and pass along covid over and over - too bad you decided that another group of people gets no quality of life for years on end, in exchange for your need to go to concerts & see smiles.
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"perceived intent is not enough to convict someone of a misdemeanor" - someone finally speaking some sense at the Nassau County Legislature meeting re mask bans. She also points out this bill is so poorly written, it doesn't even describe what a mask is #NoNYMaskBan.
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even if a group of the population went mad with fear & obsession w face coverings, they wouldn't bother you that much if you actually thought they were wrong. Cults exist with extreme beliefs that they push on people, why aren't you tweeting about & harassing them?.
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like you all have SO much sympathy for imaginary people on chemo - but when an actual person on chemo chimes in, you'd rather assume they're mentally ill than listen to them, take them seriously, or consider the fact that your choices impact their health and safety sometimes.
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This speaker also notes that if he, as a 6ft tall white guy that looks healthy, gets harassed for mask wearing, what happens to people without that social status if this ban passes? #nonymaskban.
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People will ride to the end of the earth to protect a widow's right to spread misinformation about medically vulnerable ppl. Ask them to listen to a real seriously ill or dying person, and they tell us to shut fuck up or embrace SARS bc it's the only way to truly live laugh love.
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Minority leader says "if someone with a mask on is just observing a demonstration, this law is saying they can be charged with a misdemeanor. if a police officer goes up and starts asking what's wrong with you? are you sick? that's unconstitutional".
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everyone for the mask ban somehow got picked to go during the first round of speaking, this had to have been choreographed. I think they thought they'd speed through this and not even have to hear from people who opposed the ban. #nonymaskban.
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Another speaker says we owe the young black woman who was escorted out an apology. and she points out the bias in the Nassau County Legislator meeting, when white speakers who are for the mask ban got loud, aggressive and went over time - they weren't escorted out. #nonymaskban.
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Next speaker asks "people can get medical exemptions to wear a mask- is that before or after they are arrested? .#nonymaskban.
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If you need to label people who still mask as "crazy hypochondriacs" - you're doing to to quell your own anxiety about constantly risking your health/the health of others around you. Or you think you're truly invincible and every vulnerable person should already be dead by now.
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Now he's yelling about how his cops went through hell "during George Floyd" - how is this even about mask bans anymore?? #nonymaskban.
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another speaker who is against the mask ban notes that when laws empower one citizen to police another - black citizens will always be targeted #nonymaskban.
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a speaker points out that Nassau County police have a past of disproportionately targeting black and brown people - and this mask ban will be another reason to racially profile #NoNYMaskBan.
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Mask bans are eugenics. If you are for them and jewish you should be ashamed - because thinking disabled people deserve to be in danger and die off so you feel more comfortable in your day to day life, is very "hitler" of you.
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sources: we've lost 700,000 Americans to AIDS by 2018, and then roughly 20,000 more a year since then.adding up to around 820,000 total deaths since the late 1970s
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@nervtechsupport we can't show up, because it's an unsafe environment for vulnerable people. My ass on chemo would get killed by your unmasked socialists. and they don't seem to care.
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Knowing how damaging COVID and post viral issues can be = going full Cassandra.
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And btw we've lost over 1,000 Americans per week all last month (August 2024) and preliminary numbers show over 1,000 deaths per week the first two weeks of Sept. In just the past 6 weeks we've lost over 6,000 people - so these deaths aren't a thing of the past
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people speaking against the mask ban are noting that politicizing & banning masks leads to harassment and assaults against those that mask for health reasons #NoNYMaskBan.
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sources: according to the CDC the number of cumulative deaths in the US due to COVID is around 1.2 million (as of mid August, and this is considered an undercount)
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They're trying to spin this mask ban vote to be about "do you trust the police or not?" #nonymaskban.
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Nassau County Mask ban - legislature points out the law says if people are simply congregated with masks on they are technically violating the law. #nonymaskban.
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The level of hypocrisy involved when certain jews invoke "never again," while arguing to criminalize being disabled in public, is mind blowing. Like, you know who came for the disabled first? That guy we say "never again" about. #NoNYMaskBan.
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If you actually didn't care and thought COVID was just a cold, you wouldn't do mental gymnastics to assume people on chemo are actually "crazy people addicted to fear and controlling others." You'd let them follow drs orders and assume they know what's best for themselves. .
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Police commissioner says "we'll bring in experts to train us. and we will be respectful and ask if there is a medical exemption" #nonymaskban.
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My mom masks to protect me because she occasionally helps me out while I'm on chemo- she also shops at @KeyFood . So @keyfood - my mom isn't allowed to shop in your establishment & keep her daughter on chemo safe at the same time? . Are you banning glasses? They hide identity too.
“Mask Not Allowed” sign outside Key Foods. @KeyFood’s, why are you promoting the spread of COVID, which is still disabling and killing people? Also, are disabled people not welcome at your store? 🤔
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The Nassau County police commissioner cannot say any info or stats about crimes committed with masks - he doesn't have any on him. He can get it to ya though . Legislatures would like some data considering they're expected to vote a mask ban today #nonymaskban.
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It really sends the message that you can't see beyond yourself or remember that other people are in the same position as the loved one you lost.
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@CoraCHarrington many of us are scared by the people canonizing her for having to navigate death while also saying covid is no biggie and can be slept off - the second part of that attitude causes harm to those of us that are currently on chemo and can't get covid.
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If you thought covid was actually no big deal, you'd be fine testing whenever you're sick to rule it out. Instead, you'd rather not know and don't like saying the word "COVID" out loud. If it's a dirty little secret, you care.
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@CinnamonMelody2 The minority leader brought this up a few times and it was pretty much ignored.
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If you need to lash out at people who mask or mention masking online - bad news, you care just as much about masking as covid conscious people. You're so sensitive to the mere sight or mention that you need to lash out. because you know those of us in masks are RIGHT.
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this same speaker is now being asked to leave because wanted to go over time the way all the people who supported the mask ban were allowed to. Nassau County legislators are treating everyone who is against the mask ban with noticeably more hostility.
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"bad actors" keep being cited as the reason to ban masks at the Nassau County Legislature meeting - like bad actors implies outliers - so you want to ban an accessibility tool because of a few outliers? Masking doesn't = hatred against jews, I say this as a jew. #NoNYMaskBan.
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A speaker notes that many people who were against masking at the beginning of the pandemic because of individualism are now fighting to take away the individual right to mask. It's government over reach that is more about silencing opposition than safety #NoNYMaskBan.
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People who refuse to mask: .Don't listen to medically vulnerable people - they're just angry shut-ins. Also people who refuse to mask:. If you're vulnerable just stay home. super convenient that only coping strategy you suggest is the thing you point to to discredit us.
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This man, and this man alone (Vinay Prasad) has made me lose so much respect for @UCSFMedicine . When I lived in the city I was in awe of that institution and the research they did - now I scoff and cannot believe they stand behind someone so damaging to public health.
Vinay Prasad of @UCSFMedicine is now endorsing unpasteurized milk in order to squeal about how harmless he thinks H5N1 is.
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@vanillaopinions @SewerSocialism what if you don't know you're ill and happen to be around someone you don't know is on chemo (spoiler - there are more of us than you think, and we're fucking everywhere with the audacity to want to like participate in society and go to work).
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This Nassau County Legislature meeting is getting unhinged -people are acting like masking is entirely about hate against jew. Pro Israel protesters are allowed to yell throughout it's disturbingly emotional and irrational #NoNYMaskBan.
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@thedemsocmarul people on chemo that have been forced out of society by this attitude don't need to "seek help" from anyone Society that has decided they're worthless, you'd be pissed too if you were left for dead by people as selfish as yourself.
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pointing out someone didn't mask around their immunocompromised spouse isn't deranged, sociopathic, or cruel. y'all are acting like pointing out something this woman claims she did is worse than actually endangering a medically vulnerable persons health.
aren't you the one who stopped masking around your cancer stricken husband.
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the item passes with a vote of 12-0-7 (the 7 are abstaining). the mask ban passes #nonymaskban.
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What's with all the "leftist" internet writers determined to shit on disabled people for not loving being left for dead in the face of an ongoing pandemic. Like are we the girly-pop trend to dunk on du jour?. How is this cute, girlboss?.
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Before assuming someone who masks is mentally ill - try assuming they're high risk. People on chemo & w autoimmune diseases need to work, get groceries, see dr's. It's impossible to completely stop interacting w the world, & that's bad for us anyway, so chill when you see a mask.
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The people supporting #unmaskhateny spent hours harassing and intimidating immunocompromised people (like people on chemo) in order to "stop hate and harassment" . Maybe don't use hate as a tool to "unmask hate?". #NoNYMaskBan.
@CovidCanada1 I have never felt so violated and discriminated in my whole life. The crowd wouldn't stop jeering at disabled and immunocompromised people and advocates. What I saw was deep hatred towards people who wear masks indiscriminately. I was in a different country. This is not America.
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mask ban advocates keep citing how bad harassment is and how the ban is needed to curtail it - WHILE they are aggressively harassing people who have to mask. This Nassau County Legislators meeting is going great #NoNYMaskBan.
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Being able bodied & focusing on "new normal" doesn't mean we aren't being encouraged to kill off people who are high risk. genocide style.
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a lifelong LI resident points out that she was trying to deescalate an altercation without a mask on and was removed earlier - she notes it's terrifying to imagine what would have happened if she was masked during this.
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also why post such wild shit and then block anyone who wants to engage in the discourse that you started so aggressively. You just needed to announce you are an asshole and then bounce?.
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the fact that y'all are so triggered and defensive about this just confirms I'm right. Do you harass people with schizophrenia for being ill? Do you mock mormons for their strong beliefs? If you didn't care about these "morons in masks" you wouldn't be tantruming in replies.
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