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Becca Roth

@Becca_Roth

Jun 22

Yesterday I was hanging out outside a beachside hotel/convention center with a friend, and I had to pee. So I put on a mask because I always mask indoors, and I noticed that there were all these women walking around the convention center wearing floral dresses 🧵1/

They all had name tags and goodie bags and bouquets of flowers. And I was like cool, maybe this is like a convention for people who love gardening or something. So I went into the bathroom in my mask, and these two women came in and started staring at me 2/

They giggled to each other and
back at me. Fully just mean girls out of central casting. I know I’m often one of the only maskers in public spaces, but at this point people mostly just mind their business. No one really gives me a hard time about it so this was a bit jarring 3/

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Becca Roth

@Becca_Roth

Jan 15

It’s such a mindfuck to see ppl walk around in LA without masks because we KNOW the air is toxic. Even if the AQI is good, 9/11 showed us that the air was deadly even though officials said it was safe. It’s mind boggling to see people walking around like everything is normal🧵1/

I need you to know that this is exactly how people have felt for years about Covid. Before I lose you and you think, “that’s stupid, they’re not the same” I invite you to gently examine why they might be. 2/

Ppl walking outside maskless in LA are told the air is safe even though you and I know it just can’t be. Ppl who stopped masking in indoor public spaces were also told it’s safe to keep exposing ourselves to Covid, but it doesn’t actually make sense that it would be. 3/

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Becca Roth

@Becca_Roth

Dec 22, 2024

Spending holidays in my gf’s hometown where *nobody* else masks. We were just in crowded grocery store and a stranger in a mask came up to us and said she was so happy to see us, that she feels like she stands out but her husband has cancer and she just can’t risk it 🧵 1/

We told her she’s absolutely doing the right thing and if anyone gives her a hard time they’re the ones with the problem. She thanked us and told us that she saw us and just needed to say hi. She was clearly looking for connection and she wanted to feel less alone. 2/

I just want ppl who consider themselves to be kind and conscientious & don’t mask to consider for a second that you’re making the world less safe. Even if you don’t mean to. It’s not hypothetical. This is the reality you’re contributing to. I’m sorry if that makes you feel bad 3/

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Becca Roth

@Becca_Roth

Sep 25, 2024

The fact that Covid is dangerous is at odds with how most people live. So they pretend it’s not, because it’s too hard to do anything about. It would be more convenient for it to not be true. But it is true. So what can the average person do to mitigate in a realistic way? 1/

A lot of people seem to think that Covid mitigations are all or nothing. The thinking seems to be if you can’t mask all the time, you’re simply not a person who masks at all and there’s no point in doing it ever. You either mask or you don’t. 2/

I would love if people took mitigations all the time. But given the fact that most people take ZERO mitigations, what can we do to reduce harm as much as possible? 3/

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Becca Roth

@Becca_Roth

Aug 22, 2024

Humans are social creatures above all else and I’ve been noticing that there’s a tipping point when it comes to mask mirroring. I want to share a surprisingly positive and hopeful experience that I had a few months ago 😷🧵1/

I took an acting class in the spring, and, just like in almost all spaces, l was the only one who masked. It was awkward and uncomfortable but I've gotten to the point where I no longer feel weird or like I have to explain myself, because I know I'm doing the right thing. 2/

But l was still nervous about being in a class full of unmasked people when covid was surging in our area, so a few weeks into the class I messaged everyone to let them know about the surge, telling them that it's not a bad idea to start masking again. 3/

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Becca Roth

@Becca_Roth

Aug 21, 2024

I’ve started collecting articles and studies about covid whenever I’ve come across them. It helps to have something easily accessible to share with people when they want to call my bluff (or, more positively, when they genuinely want to learn). Here they are for your convenience:

A literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coron…

Long COVID science, research and policy
nature.com/articles/s4159…

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