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Nov 22 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Wow, not only have the @MTA taken down the problematic "You Do You" anti-mask signs, they have now reinstated signs encouraging New Yorkers to mask up!

Thank you to high risk and disabled New Yorkers and groups like @MandateMasksNY @BrooklynBCID for testifying at MTA meetings.
Next step: Please reinstate the mask mandate for public transportation, @MTA @NYCMayor @NYCHealthCommr @GovKathyHochul @DrMaryTBassett! #BringBackMasks
TAKE ACTION: Urge @GovKathyHochul to Reinstate the Mask Mandate on Public Transit!

No one should have to risk getting COVID-19 in order to get to work, or to access essential services like healthcare or groceries. #BringBackMasks actionnetwork.org/petitions/urge…
TAKE ACTION: Please use this tool to send a letter to @GovKathyHochul and your NY State Legislators to urge them to reinstate the mask mandate in public transit! #BringBackMasks actionnetwork.org/letters/reinst…
Brief history on this: MTA actually starting taking down original pro-mask signs in the summer before the mask mandate was ended for public transport. This predictably led to a drop in masking, especially tourists who had no idea a mask mandate existed.

amny.com/news/mta-remov…
Before the MTA took down their original pro-mask signs, mask compliance on the subway and buses was 80-90% thanks to the signs, the mask mandate, and giving out free masks. When you do all three, people wear masks!

Study: new.mta.info/safety-and-sec… Data showing high mask comp...
Ridiculously, though the reason people started to mask less at the start of summer was because the MTA took the signs down, leaders wrongly blamed "pandemic fatigue" despite the evidence that when you have a mandate, signs, and give out free masks, compliance is high.
Then at the start of fall, NY state ended the mask mandate on public transportation. And they made it worse by modifying their signs to appease anti-maskers (The "you do you" signs).

There was a huge backlash to the "You Do You" signs of course. The least the MTA should have done was to keep their original signs encouraging people to mask. The signs are even more important when there's no mandate. npr.org/2022/09/08/112…
New Yorkers, in particular those at high risk or who are disabled, have been pushing back on the MTA for months to #BringBackMasks, emailing, calling, and testifying at public hearings. thecity.nyc/2022/9/22/2336…
The advocacy of high risk and disabled New Yorkers has led to the "You Do You" signs being retracted by the MTA. Hopefully, more pro-mask signs return, as well as a mask mandate which is needed to make the subway more accessible to everyone #BringBackMasks

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Anti-vaxxers are weaponizing this headline to wrongly claim vaccines don’t work.

COVID minimizers dismiss this fact as a statistical quirk when a majority are vaccinated.

Both miss the nuanced truth; vaccines work, but we still need layered protections to prevent more deaths. Image
1️⃣ Vaccines work & are the most effective tool for preventing deaths

2️⃣ But vaccine effectiveness wanes over time

3️⃣ Most are not up-to-date on boosters

4️⃣ Unmitigated COVID spread harms the most vulnerable regardless of vax status

5️⃣ We need both vaccines AND protections
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This is known as the "base rate fallacy."

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But the establishment of a #LossAndDamage fund at #COP27 is a historic moment for the climate justice movement, won by decades of activism from frontline communities.
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Yet they undermined their own work by inventing a misleading "Community Levels" map that hides COVID transmission rates. CDC COVID transmission mapCDC COVID transmission dataCDC Community Levels mapCDC Community Levels data
This study that shows:

1. Most people think COVID transmission levels are much lower than they actually are

2. When people know there's high transmission, they're much more likely to wear a mask

It's criminal that the CDC & governments have misled the public about COVID levels Summary What is already kno...
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Saying "we can't mask anymore, because at some point we have to get back to normal" is racist. Asian countries have been masking for years. What is normal is taking collective action in order to protect others, especially those most vulnerable. #BringBackMasks
White people who are claiming "this is a reach," Asian people, have been violently attacked in Western countries for wearing masks. Western leaders have said that "wearing masks isn't in our culture." A lot of anti-mask sentiment is deeply embedded in white supremacy.
And polls on masking consistently show white people are far less likely to wear masks than people of color.

Poll from Oct: Have worn a mask at least some of the time in the past seven days:

White 39%
Black 77%
Hispanic 63%

(Source: docs.cdn.yougov.com/3vmufv6ya9/eco…) The Economist/YouGov poll ...
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The @MetOpera just posted an horribly ableist anti-mask video on Instagram.

The arts should always be inclusive and compassionate!

Please contact the Metropolitan Opera and tell them to take down the video:
212.362.6000
MetropolitanOpera@metopera.org

Here's the link to the original ableist and anti-mask video posted by @MetOpera on Instagram: instagram.com/p/CkUoW1hM-Jb/…
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