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/ - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

beccaroth.bsky.social • 47 days ago

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/

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susankiddie.bsky.social•46 days ago

After years of watching people walk around maskless, sucking in Covid aerosols during an ongoing pandemic, doesn't surprise me one little bit.

dannyfdonahue.bsky.social•47 days ago

It would have been mind boggling to me in 2019, but it isn’t these days. Par for the course tbh.

beccaroth.bsky.social•47 days ago

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/

beccaroth.bsky.social•47 days ago

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/

beccaroth.bsky.social•47 days ago

The ppl exposing themselves to wildfire air without protection think they are rational humans following guidance. You know better than that because it’s OBVIOUSLY unsafe. So why would Covid somehow be safe to get repeatedly just because you were told it’s somehow ok now? 4/

beccaroth.bsky.social•47 days ago

Can you actually explain how covid, a vascular disease that shut the world down and damages our immune systems long term and is the reason we’re all struggling to recall common words, is somehow safe, other than the fact that they told you it’s now suddenly safe? 5/

beccaroth.bsky.social•47 days ago

Other than the fact that other people are acting like it’s safe? When you can see with your own eyes that MANY people are acting like the wildfire air is safe when you know in your bones that it just doesn’t make sense? 6/

beccaroth.bsky.social•47 days ago

Yes we have vaccines now and they’re amazing but they don’t prevent transmission, rarely prevent infection, and don’t prevent long covid. The acute emergency phase may be less dangerous now, but the long term effects are just as devastating and are worse with each infection. 7/

waxtaber.bsky.social•46 days ago

EXACTLY!!! I am screaming to the rafters, “PM2.5’s people!! Google it… and the put on a damn mask!!!”