Monadnock Covid-19 Mask Connection

01/17/2022

Now we have definitive proof that masks really are effective.

12/28/2021

Epidemiologists warn that when it comes to preventing omicron, not all masks are equal.

12/14/2021

YOUR HELP NEEDED:

Hi Folks!

This coming Thursday (12/16) the Keene City Council will be voting on a Mask Mandate proposal, which would require everyone in Keene to wear a mask when they’re inside in public places.

If you’d like to see your fellow citizens wearing masks indoors in public places to protect others, please send an email to the members of the Keene City Council as soon as possible to let them know.

This is a divisive issue and many anti-mask people are very vocal, so EVERY LETTER REALLY COUNTS.

And it’s easy: you can send individual letters - or you can send one to all of the Councilors together. And it can be as simple as something like:

Dear City Councilors:
I want to feel safe when I shop in Keene, so I’d appreciate it if you’d vote in favor of a city-wide mask mandate.
Thank you very much!
Your name
Your address

Here are the addresses of all the City Councilors. You can paste them all into your email address bar and write just one letter.

If you think this is important, please do it - and forward the info to your friends, as well.

[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Thanks!!

07/25/2020

After a coronavirus outbreak where only those wearing plastic visors were infected, the Swiss government has said plastic shields are inadequate protection and should only be worn in combination with a face mask.

07/25/2020

(W) Could it be any more clear?

07/17/2020

This is how to wear a fabric mask safely during COVID-19 ⬇️

07/14/2020

Wearing a mask is a symbol of love - not politics.

"Today I wore a mask to Target.

I was hot.

I was uncomfortable.

My glasses were foggy.

No one could see my really cute lipstick I just applied before I put my mask on because I still have standards to uphold people. Also, the lipstick thing is automatic, and I keep forgetting about the mask.

I smiled with my eyes at my fellow mask wearers to encourage us all in our mission of love. Friends, masks are not a symbol of fear. They are a symbol of love. We know wearing a mask protects us some, but even more so it protects those around us.

If there’s a chance we could be sick and not know it, even a small chance, we care for those around us by wearing this bit of fabric around our faces.

We accept being uncomfortable and living differently and taking this extra step as a way of serving those around us as a way of acknowledging we are all connected and what I do might, in fact, affect others.

‘You do you’ is really no way to plow through a pandemic. We need each other like it or not. So, we wear a mask as a way of saying we are all in this together and even if I am just fine, I still care about what happens to you. As a way of trying to get back to living in community together outside the walls of our homes.

It’s such a simple thing to do really...this mask wearing.

It is not living in fear.

It is siding with science.

It has nothing to do with politics... I couldn’t care less about your politics as I keep my breath off you in public.

Today I wore my mask for you. And for your child with asthma. And for your daughter who is pregnant. And for your mom who just got done fighting cancer. And for your perfectly healthy coworker who could still get it. And for your husband who is working as a nurse to take care of those fighting the virus. And for your cousin who just really needs to open up their restaurant again. And even for your Uncle Bill who is in his 80’s and doesn’t believe the virus exists.

Mask wearing is about living in love and in service to our fellow humans... all of them. If there is a chance that what I did today kept someone safe I will sleep better. And who doesn’t want to sleep better?

So for the time being, let’s all keep our breath to ourselves tucked behind a jaunty piece of fabric (I’m eyeing up one with a Golden Girls pattern) as a way of saying, ‘Hey, I might not know you or ever see you again or even agree with you about anything, yet I care.

Mask wearing for the win."



Credit: Hiding in the Closet with Coffee by Amy Betters-Midtvedt

07/12/2020

07/06/2020

Bad news for bandana wearers. Plus, scientists pinpointed which fabric works best for home-made face masks.

07/01/2020

Masks are now a divisive issue, even as new Covid-19 cases reach record levels in the United States.