#masks😷
That gives me an idea for some on-brand baking subjects. I couldn't decide where snowmen's ears are located so the masks only have one strap. 😏😷⛄
December 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
America, if you’re not going to wear a mask, could you PLEASE take up the habit of sterile saline nasal irrigation to mitigate possible exposures & shorten your illness?

Trump & GOP are shutting down hospitals & making health insurance unaffordable.

🚩ERs will be overwhelmed.
😷 N95 masks+rinse=HELP
Essentials in saline pharmacology for nasal or respiratory hygiene in times of COVID-19 - PubMed
Saline interacts at various levels relevant to nasal or respiratory hygiene (nasal irrigation, gargling or aerosol). If used from the onset of common cold symptoms, it may represent a useful add-on to first-line interventions for COVID-19. Formal evaluation in mild COVID-19 is desirable as to establ …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The Christmas Eve service is mask-required and will be held at First Unitarian Church of Rochester (220 S Winton Rd) at 2pm. Should be a good time for folks across the left-leaning theistic and atheistic spectrum!🎄😷
December 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
patch.com/connecticut/...
Good advice:
This group which oversees hospitals & ambulatory care offices in New England strongly recommends that visitors wear face masks. Contagious respiratory illnesses are soaring, and, lots of people visit their hospitalized loved ones during holidays.
#mask-up 😷
Trinity Health: Put On Your Masks While Visiting Hospitals, Medical Centers
The medical group, which oversees hospitals in Hartford and Stafford Springs, among other facilities, issued a mask recommendation Friday.
patch.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I’m in my 70s, immune compromised, and aware of the effectiveness of vaccines. And spouse and I wear masks whenever we leave the house. I may die soon, but not, hopefully, from stupidity.
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"The youngest and oldest Canadians are getting hit the hardest. The highest rate of weekly hospitalizations was in adults aged 65 years and over and children aged 4 years and younger.

Data showed that 44% of the new cases detected were in those aged 19 years or younger."
Flu hospitalizations nearly double as H3N2 spreads across Canada - National | Globalnews.ca
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of the flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
globalnews.ca
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Madeira has 😷 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 as flu cases rise and 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 during Christmas 🔔 making masks mandatory in 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘀 🏥 🧬

▶️ www.timesofmadeira.com/mask-use-now...

#Madeira #HealthUnits #MaskOn #FlueSeason
Mask Use Now Mandatory in Madeira’s Public Health Units
Madeira has strengthened health rules as flu cases rise and social contact increases during Christmas, making masks mandatory in all public health units.
www.timesofmadeira.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Airborne viruses don’t read headlines. Flu is circulating, COVID too, and many masks seem to function as symbolic scarves. A strange ecosystem, medicine. The behavior remains… aspirational. 🫣😷 #flu #covid #maskup
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@wcia3news.bsky.social you reported that Unit4 was NOT going to ban medical masks, yet “surgical” (recently shown to ⬇️ infection risk 54%) are medical 😷 Why would the policy be DATED 12/16? Clearly the email was intended. It would have been instated without push back.
youtu.be/67oNqgyNCCs?...
December 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🚨 Remember! 🚨

Preventive measures can help reduce transmission and protect those at high risk. Measures include:

💪 vaccination
🙌 frequent handwashing
↔️ maintaining physical distance
👥 avoiding large gatherings
💨 proper ventilation
😷 wearing masks in healthcare settings

More on erviss.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🎯😷✊️
Applies to all healthcare settings everywhere: respirator masks must be required. Negligence is not acceptable. Half measures are not sufficient.
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
And I hate this time when we had to isolate ourselves from people and wear masks.😷😷😷
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Covid almost got him and with things going the way they are, we could have another airborne pandemic and we know how much they all hate to wear masks. 😷
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
At the NAC to hear Kellylee Evans. 🎄🎉

Some people masking here and there.

Many people sneezing, sniffling and coughing but they’re strangely not the ones wearing masks. 😷

Sigh…
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Hi friends — pick up some free masks today! You can request tests or specific masks via our request form (🔗 in io), email, or DM 💕 😷 Stock up now if you're gathering for the holidays!
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Happy to do my part! 😷 As it turned out, there were about 4-5 folks on my flight in masks as well.
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Love this gift idea! 💝 Throw in some KN95s too (medium size for women & smaller faces) 😷 Easier to use than N95s, more effective than baggy blue surgical masks I see so many elderly people wear, probably because it’s hard to find KN95s in stores and many elderly folk can’t navigate online shopping.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In the year of our glorb, 2025, I've heard the "masks don't work" discourse come up twice this week. Once online & once IRL. I have worked in healthcare most of my life, including during COVID.

You don't have to trust anyone else - Just ask your doctor if they reduce the risk. I implore you. 😷
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I have more masks than you could ever know dl😷And I use them still.💙💙
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In a hospital waiting room with 17 other people - many who are coughing - my husband and I are the only ones wearing masks 😷 😷
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
At least they were all wearing masks. 😷
December 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
😷 Flu, along with RSV and other viruses that spread through the air and close contact in winter, offer additional reasons to wear high-quality masks and follow other health measures.
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
No mention of masks 😷? I'm really struggling to understand why OPH seems to consistently avoid recommending masks when they are proven to work. Remember when the masking we all did in 2021 actually *eradicated* a strain of the flu?
December 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Many large communities have Mask Blocs where you can request some samples or even a bunch of masks. They have been instrumental in making sure people have access to well fitting masks to avoid repeated infections.
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
They also seem to be having an exploding Norovirus season (so to speak) south of the border, so masks and hand washing with soap not just alcohol is a sensible belts and suspenders approach right now.😷
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Well, most superheroes do wear masks. 😁😷
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM