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Nina Wildflower
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Music fan. UK science teacher in an FFP3 mask.

The right mask makes it easy to sing, perform, teach, or speak in public.

#N95 #FFP2 #FFP3 #YallMasking

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The silence is deafening on COVID.

The plan is to keep people in the dark.

If you still wear a mask. If you still protect yourself and others. If you test. If you stay home when you are sick. If you still acknowledge that #CovidIsNotOver - you are a candle.

Candle (original)
The BA.3.2.* COVID variant is nicknamed "Cicada". It's been underground for a while.

Masks stop it, but maths is my prime concern. We must reduce transmission, so it has limited opportunity to mutate further.

Cicada Cicada (original)

#SaltingTheVibes #YuleMasking #MathUp
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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24 days. 24 different masks.

Advent Calendar - Day 7

In The Bleak Midwinter (Christina Rossetti, with extra lyrics by my children)

Mask: Zekler 1503v - ask if you want to know more about this mask.

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking
December 7, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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24 days. 24 different masks.

Advent Calendar - Day 6

River (Joni Mitchell cover)

Mask: Vitacore CAN99 (headstrap) - ask if you want to know more about this mask.

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking
December 5, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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Sigh. Pandemic, nearly year seven, no one understands how anything works.
When most people say "during Covid" they mean "when we did infection control in schools".

"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".

So of course it's "worse than Covid".

#CovidIsNotOver
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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If you're coughing, sneezing or vomiting, be a decent person and stay at home. Just keep your bugs to yourself.
When most people say "during Covid" they mean "when we did infection control in schools".

"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".

So of course it's "worse than Covid".

#CovidIsNotOver
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
When most people say "during Covid" they mean "when we did infection control in schools".

"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".

So of course it's "worse than Covid".

#CovidIsNotOver
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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24 days. 24 different masks.

Advent Calendar - Day 5

Green Growth The Holly (Henry VIII)

Mask: Lupa FH01P3M FFP3 NR D - ask if you want to know more about this mask.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking
December 4, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I teach. Today a student asked me "How come you know so much good music?"

I don't stream. I don't have a Spotify Wrapped.

From my kids.

I heard this for the first time when my son was singing it in the shower.

He wears a mask in school too.

Cops & Robbers (Underscores cover)
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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24 days. 24 different masks.

Advent Calendar - Day 4

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Andy Williams cover)

Mask: Oxyline XR250/350 (earloop) - ask if you want to know more about this mask.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking
December 3, 2024 at 11:11 PM
At lunchtime today some students I teach invited me to do the 6-7 dance.

I politely declined. To me, 6-7 means that we've done 6 pandemic years and we are into the 7th. It's not something I feel like dancing about.

I'm glad they don't realise - it's not their responsibility.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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24 days. 24 different masks.

Day 3 of my 2024 Christmas Advent Calendar

Driving Home For Christmas (Chris Rea cover)

Mask: GVS Segre - ask if you want to know more about this mask.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking
December 2, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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24 days. 24 different masks.

Day 2 of my 2024 Christmas Advent Calendar

The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole cover)

Mask: JedX FFP3 5141 - ask if you want to know more about this mask.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking
December 1, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The time in my life when I've been most proud of being British was when I served on a jury.

Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash cover)
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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5 years 11 months ago, I become very concerned.

5 years 10 months ago, I wander my city, dazed, knowing what's going to happen soon.

5 years 9 months ago, I read an email that suggests anosmia is a symptom. I decide to do everything I can to not get infected. Still doing so.
6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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24 days. 24 different masks.

Day 1 of my 2024 Christmas Advent Calendar

Winter Time (Robert Lewis Stevenson)

Mask: 3M Aura - ask if you want to know more about this mask.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking
December 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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Aotearoa Covid Action (ACA) is holding its first ever online open mic night! It will take place on the 6th of December from 8pm to 10pm and is open to all sorts of art forms; singing, playing an instrument, reciting poetry/prose, showing your visual art, etc.
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Shame.

I'm not making a musical advent calendar this year.

I did it for 3 years. I don't need to do it again.

A little🧵about wearing a mask, and shame.

#YuleMasking #ChristmasFever
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I'm waiting for "Winter Reflections" to begin.

If anyone wants to join us afterwards, get in touch.

Winter Time (Robert Louis Stevenson)
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

Most people ignore COVID. But the effects are in plain sight.

Sherlock Holmes (Sparks cover)

(Sherlock Holmes would also tell you we can't solve the problems with UK courts by eliminating juries)
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The time in my life when I've been most proud of being British was when I served on a jury.
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hearing Boris Johnson whine about the UK Covid-19 Inquiry reminds me of something.

#PartyGate

A🧵about whether the UK Covid-19 Inquiry can “learn lessons for future pandemics"

Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Stick McGhee cover)
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Following the 2nd report of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, a bunch of people are moaning about lockdown, saying we should have been more like Sweden. Moaning about the report.

You folks won - the world decided to ignore COVID.

Why are you so miserable?
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
RIP Mani

Made Of Stone (Stone Roses cover)
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Today is International Men's Day, when we celebrate men & boys.

This is a🧵about how my sons influence me.

#CauseAndEffect
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Follow-up appointment at the doctor today.

The doctor was off sick.

Thank you to their colleague, who covered the appointment.
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM