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ALT A flyer with a light green background covered in repeated black line drawings of various harm reduction items: ear loop masks, water bottles, water filtration capsules in bottles, groceries in a bag, a hoodie, and a Corsi-Rosenthal box. The text on the graphic reads as follows: Direct Aid Fundraiser for displaced people in Lebanon. All funds raised will be sent directly to an organizer in Lebanon. Funds are anticipated to go towards various supplies (as available & needed) like: food & water; water filtration tools; winter clothes; respirators/masks; air filters; medicine; other supplies as needed. How to donate: CashApp: $everdelink. Venmo: @delinks. Please use "supplies" in the payment description. Please avoid using any other words. Please avoid using flag emojis.
ALT A mod-style image with fuchsia, rose, teal, and turquoise blocks and art deco black and white text. In the bottom left corner is a teal gem illustration with "Pan End It!" written within it. The text says, "We met with the CDC: After delivering our sign-on letter for better isolation guidance, together with Long COVID Justice and MaskTogetherAmerica we met with the CDC for further discussion. Highlights on next slide. Read our full press release at: bit.ly/advocacypressrelease " The link is highlighted.
ALT A blue background with falling confetti. On top of it is a printable zine that reads "Special Edition Zine. The Sick Times. 400 million people affected by Long COVID = 400 reasons to care. Horoscopes! Accountability reporting! Long COVID resources!" The Sick Times' mascot — caladrius, a mythical bird that heals the sick — is wearing a yellow and blue birthday party hat.
![Text reads, “A mask is just a c*nd*m (censored with little graphics of this item) for your face
The two most effective things you can do to prevent contracting HIV are to *avoid high-risk behavior* and *wear a prophylactic.* [i]]
A prophylactic (pro-full-ACK-tik) is something that *prevents* or *protects* you from illness. [47] To avoid HIV, this is traditionally a *condom*, although in recent years PrEP and PEP medication have become effective and widely available as oral medication prophylactics for HIV. [c], [d]
For SARS-CoV-2, the most reliable prophylactic we have is a *properly-fitted, respirator-grade mask.* [40], [41], [42], [43]”
Throughout the text, keywords are emphasized in Long Covid awareness teal and AIDS awareness red.
On the word “mask” in the title, a little n95 mask dangles from the M; on the bottom right, a @MaskBlocMSP logo and a QR code to linktr.ee/MaskBlocMSP](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdvXWbEX0AALuj5.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Text reads, “A mask is just a c*nd*m (censored with little graphics of this item) for your face The two most effective things you can do to prevent contracting HIV are to *avoid high-risk behavior* and *wear a prophylactic.* [i]] A prophylactic (pro-full-ACK-tik) is something that *prevents* or *protects* you from illness. [47] To avoid HIV, this is traditionally a *condom*, although in recent years PrEP and PEP medication have become effective and widely available as oral medication prophylactics for HIV. [c], [d] For SARS-CoV-2, the most reliable prophylactic we have is a *properly-fitted, respirator-grade mask.* [40], [41], [42], [43]” Throughout the text, keywords are emphasized in Long Covid awareness teal and AIDS awareness red. On the word “mask” in the title, a little n95 mask dangles from the M; on the bottom right, a @MaskBlocMSP logo and a QR code to linktr.ee/MaskBlocMSP
ALT Text reads, “If you CAREfor me LOVE me are INTERESTED in me stand in SOLIDARITY with me Share my SPACE RESPECT my body hear my CONSENT you'll wear the prophylactic/mask/condom.” Key words are highlighted in Long COVID teal and AIDS-awareness red. The words mask, condom, and prophylactic overlap in teal, red, and yellow text to imitate misaligned ink printing. In the background is an upside-down triangle in AIDS-awareness red and an awareness ribbon in Long COVID colors: teal, grey, and black. In the upper right, a @MaskBlocMSP logo and a QR code to linktr.ee/MaskBlocMSP
ALT 4 boxes of unexpired covid R.A.T. style tests
ALT A stylized green and purple rendering of a photo of Beck Levy performing before COVID-19. The text reads, “THE SICK TIMES: Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID. By Beck Levy.”
ALT A black background white white text and purple accents reads, "I thought our deal was fuck the state, we’ll do it our way. I found myself slipping through the subcultural safety net that exists for outcasts who are slipping through the cracks of mass culture and late capitalism. - Beck Levy, Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID."
ALT Blue design with the words TRANS LIVES MATTER on a trans pride flag with illustrations of disabled BIPOC trans community members gathering at a candlelight vigil. Below that, the @MaskBlocMSP logo and QR and text reading: “TDOR: Transgender Day of Remembrance” Text at the bottom over a pink and blue gradient reads,” Today, November 20, is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance honoring the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. To see all the trans people being memorialized for TDOR 2024, you can check tdor.translivesmatter.info/ “
![Quote design with transgender pride colors surrounding text: “[TDOR] seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people — sometimes in the most brutal ways possible — it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.”
– Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith.
Additional text reads, “TDOR was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, who was killed in 1998. Now, the day commemorates all the transgender people we have lost to violence in the past year.
At The bottom there is a title that says “TDOR: Transgender Day of Remembrance” next to the @MaskBlocMSP logo with QR code](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gc4PknFXMAAm4Zx.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Quote design with transgender pride colors surrounding text: “[TDOR] seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people — sometimes in the most brutal ways possible — it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.” – Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith. Additional text reads, “TDOR was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, who was killed in 1998. Now, the day commemorates all the transgender people we have lost to violence in the past year. At The bottom there is a title that says “TDOR: Transgender Day of Remembrance” next to the @MaskBlocMSP logo with QR code
ALT A muted pink triangle with the words, “Minnesota is a trans refuge, but anti-transgender violence still strikes close to home.” Next, An abstract shape with text and pink and blue flower decorations. In the shape, text reads, “On November 10th, two trans women were assaulted in downtown Minneapolis near the light rail.” There is a Google Maps satellite image labeled 5th St & Hennepin Ave. On the bottom, a logo and QR code to @MaskBlocMSP and text that reads, Source: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/two-trans-women-beaten-in-train-station-while-bystanders- cheered/”
![On the left, a photo of Rep. Leigh Finke, MN-DFL, a trans woman with curly light pink hair, bright pink lipstick, and an orange blazer. Text reads, “As Rep. Finke (D-MN), the author of MN's Trans Refuge bill, said at a rally in support of the victims, "Policy cannot change behavior. [...] We really cannot use the law to change the hearts of people who hate us."
The same way come together as a community to protect each other after anti-trans hate and violence, we must continue to work together to ensure disabled, ill, and viral-avoidant trans and queer people are welcome in our spaces. Even at an open-air rally, if comrades and allies are not wearing respirators, we cannot be safe there.
Keeping us safe requires us to prepare for what is to come and take steps to ensure our collective survival. We need to protect one another, including by wearing a high-quality respirator mask. ”
Below that, it lists the quote source as https://www.instagram.com/reel/DChRKyOxOL1](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gc4PknGW0AAtz0N.jpg?name=orig)
ALT On the left, a photo of Rep. Leigh Finke, MN-DFL, a trans woman with curly light pink hair, bright pink lipstick, and an orange blazer. Text reads, “As Rep. Finke (D-MN), the author of MN's Trans Refuge bill, said at a rally in support of the victims, "Policy cannot change behavior. [...] We really cannot use the law to change the hearts of people who hate us." The same way come together as a community to protect each other after anti-trans hate and violence, we must continue to work together to ensure disabled, ill, and viral-avoidant trans and queer people are welcome in our spaces. Even at an open-air rally, if comrades and allies are not wearing respirators, we cannot be safe there. Keeping us safe requires us to prepare for what is to come and take steps to ensure our collective survival. We need to protect one another, including by wearing a high-quality respirator mask. ” Below that, it lists the quote source as https://www.instagram.com/reel/DChRKyOxOL1
ALT A photo of a billboard from Not Recovered UK shows a child in a bed with Long COVID. The billboard reads, “Long COVID and ME/CFS destroy lives. No help. No treatments. No cure. We demand clinical trials now! http://www.notrecovereduk.org.” Black text on a white background reads, “THE SICK TIMES: Why are there almost no clinical trials for kids with Long COVID? By Simon Spichak.”
ALT Key points you should know: The only ongoing pediatric trial in the U.S. is testing a drug, called larazotide, aimed at tightening the gaps between cells in the gut to prevent coronavirus spike protein from leaking into circulation. Because of cost and age discrimination, companies often develop drugs in adults before testing new treatments in kids. The RECOVER initiative is ramping up to start clinical trials in kids soon, but parents and kids want to see more urgency. Involving parents and children with Long COVID throughout the clinical trial process is necessary to make trials more effective.
ALT Image description: Image shows background with a white color and blue left borders. Top text reads, “Sign Up to Speak in Support of Tracking Heathcare Acquired COVID Infections at the UPCOMING AHRQ Council Meeting on Nov 20th at 3 pm ET!" A maroon color rectangle is below the top text. Bottom text reads, "Volunteer to speak at AHRQ by Nov 20, 2024 at 1 pm ET. Email them at [email protected]" There's a loudspeaker being raised by a pink colored hand on the bottom left corner. There’s a purple “People’s CDC” icon at the top left corner.
ALT A stylized green and purple rendering of a photo of Beck Levy performing before COVID-19. The text reads, “THE SICK TIMES: Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID. By Beck Levy.”
ALT A black background white white text and purple accents reads, "I thought our deal was fuck the state, we’ll do it our way. I found myself slipping through the subcultural safety net that exists for outcasts who are slipping through the cracks of mass culture and late capitalism. - Beck Levy, Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID."
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SUBTITLE: CONCERNED ABOUT COVID-19 OR LONG COVID? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
BODY: PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH STUDENTS WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT UWM UNDERGRADS' KNOWLEDGE & PERCEPTION OF C19 / LC.
Email us at maskblocmke@protonmail.com from your student email for access to the survey!
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