Source: Dever7: “A Colorado hospital brought back mask mandates as flu hospitalizations surged. Will others follow?” By Óscar Contreras
www.denver7.com/lifestyle/he...
The MaskTogetherColorado (@wemaskcolorado.bsky.social) petition, sponsored by MaskTogetherAmerica (@togetherwemask@bsky.social) was signed by hundreds. Add your name! ✍🏼 bit.ly/MaskUpColorado 💗😷#MaskTogetherAmerica
Math Prof. @mariagillespie.bsky.social, founder of MaskTogetherColorado ( @wemaskcolorado.bsky.social), was interviewed by Óscar Contreras, @denver7.bsky.social for advocating for universal masking in Colorado hospitals to combat the unprecedented surge in flu cases. bit.ly/Denver7_on_MTC 🧵
Wow! We're nearing 200 signatures! Keep it going! We'll deliver the petition on Monday. Please sign and share this weekend no matter where you live!
#MaskTogetherColorado to save a kid's life from flu this season or keep each other safe from #COVlD ❤️😷
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#Colorado is having a record-setting #flu season, and yet some of the major hospitals have not reinstated universal masking!
Please sign/share.
Kids are dying preventable deaths, and we can and should do better.
#MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica
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At an airport, Sinead and her husband were wearing BNX N95 respirators and their daughter was wearing a flomask.
“Happy to report that one week after traveling on an 11 hr flight to visit my elderly grandparents during a bad flu season, our masks kept us safe and helped us avoid spreading any airborne viruses to them, and we are able to enjoy Christmas together!”—Sinead O’Brien, @cleanairie.bsky.social
Many people try to put
the virus
out of sight and out of mind,
but a study found
“COVID can cause
alzheimer’s like plaques
in Eyes and Brain,”
which unfortunately means
many people can try to put
the virus
out of sight and
out of mind
but sight and mind
are where it stays.
Every now and then, a person with no agenda, no ulterior motive and no self-interest will take pleasure in helping you to succeed, grow and live your purpose.
This person will operate in love, will seek no praise and will want nothing in return.
This person is a gift.
~ Craig Harper
♥️♥️♥️
Nothing will get better unless and until we reject the system that prioritizes and protects the ultra wealthy at the expense of everyone and everything else.
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Julie, holding a COVlD-19 antigen test that shows one line, which depicts a negative test result. And she is wearing an N95 respirator, blue frame glasses and a blue color top.
Thanks for sending me warm wishes! So happy that I tested negative twice 48 hours apart. I still mask up when I go out, just in case. I don’t want anyone to get sick because of me!🤞🏼😷
👉https://www.instagram.com/p/DM26jxgsVPu/
Antivaxxers own this. Infectious disease minimizers own this. Public health officials and media who keep promoting "immunity debt" own this.
news.sky.com/story/why-ar...
A photo after the event showing panelist Jose Luis-Jimenez (upper left), event organizer Susan (upper middle), panelist and board member Fiona Gau (upper right), moderator Maria(lower left), and co-organizer Mish (lower right). Everyone is in respirators of various sorts, allowing each to breathe clean air as well as filtering the air that they breathe out around others.
Fiona (at left) and Maria (at right) watch as Jose answers a question at the panelist table. Panelist Stephanie Williams is shown on the TV screen behind them, participating remotely. An air filter whirs behind Fiona and UV light illuminates the ceiling.
Mish stands behind the tools table, showing an array of clean air tools to help you stay safe and healthy.
All four of the Aranet CO2 monitors that the organizers and panelists brought agreed - the air in that room was extremely clean! Outdoor air tends to read in the 400s or 500s in terms of CO2 concentration, and despite being indoors the highest readings we got were in the mid-600s. We opened the sliding door and a window and had several large air filters running, as well as UV lights to deactivate viruses in the air. Our Clean Air Event lived up to its name!
Our Clean Air Event was a huge success! Recording at youtu.be/eVfbeJ8J8Ww.
The takeaway? Breathing clean air is a necessity, and we can use simple tools to provide layered protection from airborne hazards, ranging from COVlD to wildfire smoke.
#MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica 😷 ❤️
🚨According to the @who.int, aches and pains in muscles or joints are common LC symptoms among the 200 different symptoms reported by patients. bit.ly/WHO_LC
FDA’s top vaccine official Vinay Prasad rejected broad uses of 2 COVID vaccines, citing unknown risks or injuries despite staff experts' safety assurances.
FDA’s vaccine staff signed off on approving the Novavax vaccine & wks later on Moderna's next-gen. mRNA Covid shot for anyone 12 & up. 🛟 Medsky
A bird is shown mourning over the death of a fellow bird.
Their love is no less real.🐦
Their grief is no less profound.🐦
Love is love & loss is loss. 🐦
#BirdsOfBsky
#NatureCommunity
#SilentFireworks
#BanFireworks
How many birds will die from fright this #FourthofJuly from #fireworks AGAIN 🐦💔
Maria from Mask Together Colorado is shown wearing an Omnimask clear front respirator with 3M pancake filters, holding an Aranet CO2 monitor, and wearing a Mask Together Colorado T shirt that says "Breathe Clean Air. Anywhere. #MaskTogetherColorado"
An image showing three more of the MaskTogetherColorado organizers, the Mask Together Colorado logo, and the headline "PRESS RELEASE: Local volunteers run an upcoming Clean Air Even with expert panelists amid weakening public health resources". It then quotes the article as saying "“I hope we can help everyone access better tools and data for staying healthy in this day and age,” says Susan, another organizer in the group, whose caregiving role means that she cannot afford to ignore such issues. “Coloradans deserve the freedom to make choices that protect their health and their loved ones, and that includes access to vaccines, the right to wear a mask, access to data, and telehealth options. We’re fighting for those rights.”"
So excited for our clean air event next week! Tuesday, July 8, 6-7 pm, Denver. In person and zoom access available, featuring local experts! Registration link and details here: coloradocommunitymedia.com/2025/06/27/p...
#MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica ❤️
Here are more maskers to follow: @msjulieslam.bsky.social @cclaremdmph.bsky.social
@wemaskcolorado.bsky.social @n95orhigher.bsky.social
@ancirabecky.bsky.social
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📢 Last week, AFSP advocates met with Congress to support #mentalhealth and suicide prevention. Now it’s YOUR turn! 💙
Urge #Congress to pass the Saving Our Veterans Lives Act and the Dr. Lorna Breen Act today. Take action now!
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@codaleynews.bsky.social Please join us!
People often ask me if I’m ever going to stop wearing my mask.
They ask in such an exasperated tone, as though my mask is infringing upon their lives in some way.
I like not being sick. If I had known how effective respirators were before COVID, I would have worn them before!
So you have been written off as some sort of weird Covid obsessed hermit
Remind me to make a mug that says "Weird Covid obsessed hermit" ✌🏼
I'd rather be accused of this than of mocking people who take health precautions
Be warned: Trump will likely use his war with Iran as a pretext to further suppress dissent at home.
We must resist his efforts to stifle freedom of speech, make warrantless searches and arrests of Americans, and put more military onto our streets.
A king wears a crown
for it signifies
having rule over others,
so you who oppose kings
should understand
that the opposite
of wearing a crown
is not no crown at all,
no, the opposite
of wearing a crown
is wearing a mask
for it signifies
having care for others.
If your friends and relatives ask
what we must do
now that the marches are over,
tell them what we must do
is take care of one another,
and if your friends and relatives ask
must we do this
until the next march?
during the next march?
after the next march?
simply reply: yes.
COVID, Flu & RSV in Colorado update, 6/11/25
Hospital admissions for all viruses remain low but climb for COVID.
COVID Wastewater trends tick up slightly but remain low.
Covid positivity is up slightly.
No major changes to report, but COVID appears to be simmering.
To sum it all up?
RSV & Flu are low.
We are in a holding pattern for measles.
COVID remains low, but shows some signs that it might begin heating up.
![An ad for the event with the Mask Together Colorado logo and a sun at the top on a blue background, saying "Join Mask Together Colorado's Clean Air Panel - Tuesday, July 8, 6-7 PM, Denver, CO - In-person and virtual access available"
Then a section below with a wildfire smoke background saying:
"What are we breathing? How dirty air is making us sick... and what YOU can do to stay healthy!
Q&A with expert panelists:
Dr. Jose Luis-Jimenez, Aerosol scientist [headshot above]
Fiona Gau, Public Health Expert [headshot above]
Stephanie Williams, Community Activist [headshot above]
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An ad for the event with the Mask Together Colorado logo and a sun at the top on a blue background, saying "Join Mask Together Colorado's Clean Air Panel - Tuesday, July 8, 6-7 PM, Denver, CO - In-person and virtual access available" Then a section below with a wildfire smoke background saying: "What are we breathing? How dirty air is making us sick... and what YOU can do to stay healthy! Q&A with expert panelists: Dr. Jose Luis-Jimenez, Aerosol scientist [headshot above] Fiona Gau, Public Health Expert [headshot above] Stephanie Williams, Community Activist [headshot above] "
Mask Together Colorado will be holding a Clean Air Panel in hybrid (in-person plus Zoom streaming) mode on July 8 - all are welcome! Register at bit.ly/3ZpuKz3 #CleanAir #MaskTogetherColorado #MaskTogetherAmerica 😷❤️
Waiting for my PT appointment for Long COVlD joint pain on a painful rainy day, wishing to see more masking amidst the rise in COVlD worldwide with N.B.1.8.1 in NYC, CA, OH, RI, VA and WA…
@togetherwemask.bsky.social
Health & Economic Benefits of Routine Childhood Immunization Program in the US, 1994–2023: Prevent illnesses & save lives.
Flu, COVID & RSV immunization weren't included, which might result in an underestimate of the benefits attributable to the program.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Colorado confirms first measles outbreak as 2nd Arapahoe County resident in 2 days tests positive for measles:
www.denver7.com/lifestyle/he...
