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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-10-13 11:06:14
Content warning: covid-careful dentists

Was talking elsewhere about dentist safety trickiness and said this...
I really think it could be a goer for some dentist or other to allocate, say, one morning a month where they start the day super covid-careful, and only take appointments from people like us. Then the staff could test in the morning, and each patient could test when they arrive, and of course that cohort of patients wouldn't object to wearing proper masks in the waiting room.
Whoever developed this model would get customers from miles around.
The only thing which makes me doubt its viability is that it seems like all the dentists tend to be really busy already (or all the good ones, anyway), so the business incentive isn't as compelling as it might be.
#dentists #UK #masks #AirQuality #CovidIsntOver

@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-10-05 08:42:00
Content warning: London protests / police / law / proposed mask ban

"After Saturday’s protest, the chair of the Metropolitan police federation said officers policing protests in London were “emotionally and physically exhausted”.
"Paula Dodds said: “Enough is enough. Our concentration should be on keeping people safe at a time when the country is on heightened alert from a terrorist attack. And instead officers are being drawn in to facilitate these relentless protests.”"
Well that's the government's fault for having completely unnecessarily created this conflict and brought the law into disrepute!
No wonder the police are "emotionally exhausted", when they have to keep on arresting peaceful old people like their grandparents, and being mocked for it! Not what any of them probably imagined their job was gonna be!
But this to me is the worst bit of news in that article:
"The planned new power follows protest-related measures in the crime and policing bill going through parliament, which bans the possession of face coverings ... at protests"
Planning to ban masks, in the time of covid. Denial or what.
I wonder if they've done an "impact assessment" for that bit of the law, because it certainly would disproportionately affect people disabled with Long Covid & similar things.
#UKLaw #masks #London #protests #Palestine #CovidIsntOver #KeirStarmer

@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-09-10 20:45:41

New: a helpful, thoughtful "How-to guide for Covid-safer events", from the Breathe Easy group in Sheffield!
#CovidIsntOver #CovidIsAirborne #CovidCareful #covid #events #AirQuality #masks #Sheffield #England

@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-10-18 11:30:31
Content warning: covid-careful "Resilience Toolkit" events - Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, London, Glasgow

"In these sessions, Nkem will offer an introduction to the Resilience Toolkit, focusing on embodied self-awareness as a foundation for liberatory relational and collective work. ...
"Together, participants will practise real-time regulation tools that harness the body’s innate biology to settle overactive and pdetrimental responses – reclaiming energy, creative flexibility, and connection to ourselves, one another, and our shared liberation. ...
"Masking is mandatory - we will have some spare masks available at the venue. Full COVID policy will be shared via email once you have registered."
#ResilienceToolkit #Sheffield #Leeds #Bristol #London #Glasgow #England #Scotland #liberation #events #Masks4All #CovidCareful #UK