Broadwaybabyto<p>Texas and New York are currently trying to enact mask bans, even as measles cases sore and politicians adopt eugenicist mindsets that say it’s our “patriotic duty” to remain healthy. </p><p>You know what helps people stay healthy? Wearing a mask. </p><p>Don’t let them say medical exemptions are the answer:</p><p><a href="https://www.disabledginger.com/p/nassau-county-ny-makes-masking-illegal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disabledginger.com/p/nassau-co</span><span class="invisible">unty-ny-makes-masking-illegal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newyork</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nomaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomaskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wearamask</span></a></p>
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refraction :verified_transgender:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ahimsa_pdx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>broadwaybabyto</span></a></span> masks have been super helpful in the summer months to deal with our allergies. we have an air purifier at home that also helps a lot, but still have to open windows sometimes and go outside. just gonna say the minor discomfort of a well fitted and breathable mask is nothing compared to the asthma issues we'd have previously on a bad pollen day.<br>we wear masks for allergies, we wear masks for air pollution (which in a city is a daily issue, there's a lot of cars unfortunately), and we wear them to protect ourselves and others from infections. all of these are valid and important uses.</p><p><a href="https://catcatnya.com/tags/NoMaskBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMaskBan</span></a></p>
ahimsa<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>broadwaybabyto</span></a></span> Hell, even if someone wants to wear a mask to avoid pollen (due to hayfever) that should be okay! </p><p>And it should definitely be okay to wear a mask to avoid a virus! (flu, Covid, etc)</p><p>No. Mask. Bans. Ever!</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/NoMaskBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMaskBan</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Mask bans are ableist, discriminatory ugly laws.</p><p>Disabled advocates have been warning for years that if people didn’t help normalize masking, bans would follow</p><p>Please call legislators in New York and tell them No mask bans! </p><p>Medical exemptions aren’t enough, everyone needs the legal right to mask</p><p>The police are not doctors. They can’t determine who’s “sick enough” to wear a mask. </p><p>Many people with invisible illnesses struggle to get healthcare workers to take us seriously. We don’t want to be questioned by police.</p><p>Everyone should be allowed to mask up to prevent covid.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nomaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomaskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/noNYmaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noNYmaskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/sarscov2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarscov2</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uglylaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uglylaws</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>If you think mask bans are “no big deal” because there’s medical exemptions, please consider the following:</p><p>😷 Police are not doctors <br>😷 Many disabilities are invisible <br>😷 Disabled people don’t live in a bubble. I need my friends and caregivers to mask to protect me <br>😷 Everyone should have the right to protect their health, you shouldn’t have to already be sick to be permitted to mask <br>😷 Criminalizing masks sends a message that maskers are “bad”. It emboldens anti-maskers and increases odds of aggression</p><p>The reality is that mask bans are discriminatory, ableist and eugenicist. They push disabled people out of public spaces. They put marginalized and POC at increased risk of police profiling. </p><p>There’s no official policy for a medical exemption either, it’s at police discretion. </p><p>If you’re stopped and questioned, you will have to prove you’re masking for the “right reasons” </p><p>I’m more than willing to admit that if I were stopped by a cop for masking, I would appear nervous, shaky, tachycardic and probably “suspicious”. </p><p>Not because I’m doing anything wrong, but because my illnesses do not respond well to stress and the police are stressful. </p><p>It’s not right to put the onus on the masker to defend their right to mask. We’re still in a global pandemic. Texas has a measles outbreak. There’s tuberculosis in Kansas. Bird flu is spreading and it’s the worst year for influenza A in over a decade. </p><p>Masks are a public health tool. They’re a disability accommodation. They should NOT be criminalized. </p><p>For more on mask bans and medical exemptions, I wrote an article on the Nassau County ban here: </p><p><a href="https://www.disabledginger.com/p/nassau-county-ny-makes-masking-illegal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disabledginger.com/p/nassau-co</span><span class="invisible">unty-ny-makes-masking-illegal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nomaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomaskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/northcarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northcarolina</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uglylaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uglylaws</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/h5n1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>h5n1</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/longcovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longcovid</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Another day, another attempted mask ban. This time in Maryland. </p><p>Please, if you stopped masking we really need you to start again. It will reduce the number of Covid and flu cases, but it will also help normalize masks as a health tool. </p><p>Disabled people need you to help fight us these ugly laws:</p><p><a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1081F.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bil</span><span class="invisible">ls/hb/hb1081F.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskbans</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nomaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomaskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uglylaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uglylaws</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborme</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>North Dakota becomes the latest state to try & enact a mask ban</p><p>Pay particular attention to this part of the bill</p><p>“With intent to conceal the identity of individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask”</p><p>Being masked with other maskers should NOT be a crime</p><p><a href="https://ndlegis.gov/content/application-template" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ndlegis.gov/content/applicatio</span><span class="invisible">n-template</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nomaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomaskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisnotover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisnotover</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uglylaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uglylaws</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilityrights</span></a></p>
It's John Brown Time<p>Version 2 of the Ban Proof Respirator is finished. Much improved over Version 1. Cost = about $80. Un-bannable N95+ protection. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/maskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskban</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nomaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomaskban</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/ban-proof-respirator-bpr-version-2-07e4b45ef843" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@samyoureyes/ban-pr</span><span class="invisible">oof-respirator-bpr-version-2-07e4b45ef843</span></a></p>
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