Kick it up a notch. Bigger is better. Fuck the noise.
#FanAndFilter #AirPurifiers #CRBox #CleanAir #CovidIsAirborne
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The #EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
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Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, #Kentucky, remains polluted.
The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
#Pollution #Environment #Climate #CleanAir #CleanWater #Cancer #News #Science #Law
The North Carolina mask ban hasn’t been entered into law yet & already there’s a story of a woman being intentionally coughed on & harassed.
The man demanded she remove her mask, called her a Liberal and himself a Conservative and tried to tell her masks were illegal in public places. She explained she had stage 4 cancer and was immune compromise and he responded by purposefully coughing on her.
This is disgusting behaviour but make now mistake - lawmakers are effectively encouraging this type of harassment. Banning medical masks emboldens those who seek to harm high risk and disabled individuals. We are already seeing it.
It’s also fascinating that her attacker felt the need to call out his political affiliation (as well as make an assumption on hers).
I need people to understand masks aren’t political. Covid isn’t political. A virus is incapable of caring what side of the aisle you’re on - and a mask is a medical device to protect the health of the wearer (and others). This politicization of masks is mainly being driven by people who are angry about mandates at the height of the Covid pandemic - they consider the months they had to mask as the most egregious violation of their freedoms imaginable - and now they’re lashing out at those who remind them of that time in their lives. They don’t want to see masks (or disabled people) ever again.
Please keep pushing back. Speak out. Get loud. Let lawmakers know you won’t stand for bills that violate a person’s right to protect themselves and their health. The harassment will only get worse from here and we need to call out bad behaviour whenever it happens - and support each other through these difficult times.
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #MaskBan #BoycottNC #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #NorthCarolina
I volunteer with @AirSupportProject , a rockstar team determined to bring #CleanAir to all, and we just released a 7-part #covid19 blog series as part of a #KnowBetterBreatheBetter campaign- Kicking it off today!
What I like about it is it that it really boils down the latest science and research into bite-sized pieces and conveys it in a way that is easy to understand and to follow to a place that you can take clear actions on.
Please check it out and share widely!
🌬️ Ready to breathe easier? 🌬️
Discover how #ventilation, #filtration, and #masking can combat #COVID-19 and other airborne diseases. Check out our blog series "Thinking Outside the Box: How to Solve the COVID Problem."
Read now: https://airsupportproject.com/thinking-outside-the-box
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When I was 21…I was told I was likely infertile and that pregnancy could and probably would kill me. I was denied a tubal ligation and/or hysterectomy because I “might meet a man who wants kids”.
It was a horrifying look at how deep misogyny runs in medicine - and how little women are trusted to know their own bodies and make decisions for their health.
I eventually had the hysterectomy- but only once it became an emergency because I was bleeding to death and they couldn’t stop it. The surgery was more traumatizing and dangerous because I wasn’t afforded the time to adequately prep.
I’m grateful to have survived - and sharing my story in the hopes it helps other women feel less alone. I hope it challenges doctors and healthcare workers to think differently about how they treat women and realize that not ALL of us can become mothers (and not all of us WANT to either).
At the end of the day - a man wouldn’t have had these issues if he wanted a vasectomy. He would have been trusted to know his body. He wouldn’t have been treated like an incubator and I sincerely doubt many men are asked whether they’ve considered that they could meet their “dream woman” and she might be angry about their sterility.
There’s no stigma about the childless cat man.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/pregnancy-will-likely-kill-you-but
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #endometriosis #abortion #womenshealth #reproductiverights #gynecology #misogyny #infertility #childlesscatlady #bodilyautonomy
I just had my first doctor tell me to ‘take off your mask so I can see your pretty face.’
I was there for an issue with my FEET. There was absolutely no reason for me to remove my mask.
I don’t know how much of this was misogyny and how much was related to pandemic politics (ie perhaps this doctor resents having to mask)… but I was incredibly uncomfortable with his remark.
I declined - as politely as humanly possible - and the whole tone of the appointment changed. I didn’t even get a diagnosis - I was told that the issue on my ankles was ‘not as ugly as I think’ ( I didn’t think it WAS ugly) and sent on my way.
I waited 18 months for this appointment - and the ‘issue’ is likely related to my vEDS and possibly severe. Multiple other doctors have expressed concern but said I had to wait for a specialist.
When patients are treated this way - it causes harm. It causes a distrust of the medical system. I can’t just ‘get a second opinion’ when the first one took 18 months.
When I’m less angry I may write an article about this - because patients (especially female presenting) deal with this crap FAR too often.
In the meantime - this experience underscores why we must always have an advocate with us in healthcare settings. It shouldn’t be this way - but it is.
My article on how to be the best possible advocate for a disabled patient: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/how-to-be-an-effective-advocate-for
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #MaskBans #NoMaskBans #bullying #CleanAirClassrooms
Want to see what we have been up to at Air Support Project? Check out our Quarter 3 update to learn more about our milestones in creating an affordable high efficiency fan-and-filter air cleaner, an airwareness support app, and our release of educational #COVID-19, #wildfire, and #hurricane blogs, again with thanks to our Balvi grantor and those who are fanning the movement to #KnowBetterBreatheBetter
https://airsupportproject.com/air-support-projects-2024-quarter-3-update/
Proud to debut our Airwareness App: a free, browser-based tool that simulates indoor air quality scenarios!
Customize room size, ventilation, occupancy, & pathogens. Visualize airborne infection risks and make smarter decisions for healthier indoor spaces.
Try it here: https://airsupportproject.com/airwareness/
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I'm trying to get submissions on #cleanair in schools by mid July, plz send to https://WHN.global/KidsZone there's a submission form at the top there and all the free magazine downloads below if u want to learn more and see examples.
Disabled people are the canaries in the coal mine. Climate change, extreme weather, supply chain disruptions and natural disasters hit us harder and faster than others.
We need our communities to look out for us, and we need to look out for one another.
My latest is about my tips for surviving heat waves and wildfires, and includes my top tips for staying cool and cleaning the air:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/heat-waves-wet-bulb-temps-and-wildfires
#climatechange #disability #ableism #eugenics #heatdome #wildfires #cleanair #emergencypreparedness #texasflood