😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yup. 100% I never enter any public indoor space without a high quality mask. 020
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I recommend reading the article by @billmckibben.bsky.social that notes 71.5% of adults reported fatigue. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o... Good stuff. Just want to add one layer to the mix: "Study: COVID-19 Associated With Quadrupled Risk of Chronic Fatigue" www.usnews.com/news/health-...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time. 010
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonMyra Batchelder @myrabatchelder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"More than 1 in 10 US healthcare workers report ongoing long-COVID symptoms, study finds" #COVID19 #LongCOVID www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mor...cidrap.umn.eduMore than 1 in 10 US healthcare workers report ongoing long-COVID symptoms, study finds 04622
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's hard to watch so many people in Pennsylvania alarmed by the state's measles outbreak but still not wearing masks. In hospitals, schools, or really anywhere for that matter. COVID never left and now measles is on the rise. N95 or better masks could make a world of difference. 152
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Hi! I run a bi-weekly Zoom hangout for COVID-cautious folks in the Pittsburgh area — good conversation, camaraderie, occasional outdoor meetups (karaoke, anyone? 🎤✨). Every other Wed, 7:30pm. Reply/DM me for the link! saltyharborsocialclub.carrd.cosaltyharborsocialclub.carrd.co⚓️ Salty Harbor Social ClubA community where precautions are normalized, not stigmatized. 020
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Here was the @aranet4 graph of CO2 during the movie. #ProjectHailMary @aranethome.bsky.social 010
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I went to see a #ProjectHailMary yesterday on opening day! Rented a theater space, invited some masked friends, checked the CO2 with my Aranet4 (it ranged from about 550-650ppm), and even ran a bunch of AirFanta 3Pro air filters! @aranethome.bsky.social #AranetDiscovery 3134
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something… 675263587625
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Heads-up: #COVID levels in Pittsburgh wastewater are "Very high" right now. See for yourself at www.pa.gov/agencies/hea... . #WearAMask #airquality 0195
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Correction!! Turns out that the recent super-high wastewater readings were errors. I got suspicious and so asked the PaWSS team about it directly, and they fixed it! So fortunately COVID wastewater levels are currently "Moderate." Not great but better than 3x high. 010
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Quick heads-up this Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh: recent COVID wastewater levels are higher than they have been since April 2023. You can decrease your chance of catching/giving COVID by testing before gathering, opening windows, filtering the air, wearing masks, and more! 150
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025You can borrow filters like these for free for your events, too, at least in Pittsburgh, via Clean Air Tools Pittsburgh: linktr.ee/cat.pgh .linktr.eeClean Air Tools Pittsburgh | Instagram | LinktreeA covid mitigation tools library 032
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025My wife, @mchristinebd.bsky.social, did a book event yesterday and I tagged along to watch and also set up 6 AirFanta 3Pro air filters to reduce viral transmission. (Five pictured, one more in back. Plug spots limited options.) We both wore high quality masks, too. #COVIDisnotover #AirQuality 52510
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 24/09/2025A few COVID-aware friends and I have been testifying at local Allegheny County Health Department board meetings to ask them restart COVID wastewater testing and this week they announced they would! A small but serious win for public health! Thanks, ACHD! www.facebook.com/AlleghenyCou... 1152
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act. 17366057317514
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonBeing Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Listen carefully to what Jimmy Kimmel said... 52814332
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonHana Michels (Personal Account) @hanamichels.bsky.social · 18/09/2025We’re gonna have a ministry of jokes in like 6 months 3455
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 06/09/2025I went to film an indoor event yesterday and wore a P100 mask + set up 8 AirFanta 3Pro filters to clean the air. Used the box fan to push outside air indoors. #CovidIsNotOver 0102
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonMarcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · 26/08/202517K views of an MD and a psychotherapist discussing health anxiety for 2+ hours. Are people who still mask in airports & elsewhere displaying “maladaptive behavior”? The 2 experts admit they are “ignorant” about Long Covid; they also seem unaware that people are still dying (130/wk in US) 1/5 161
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country? 707186276129
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 05/08/2025This recent news from BCMAC is so frustrating. The PA government encouraged the development of this facility. Now we get served poorly regulated pollution with our climate catastrophe. "Shell Plastics Plant Racks Up More Violations, Still No New Fines" www.marcellusawareness.org/shell-plasti...marcellusawareness.orgShell Plastics Plant Racks Up More Violations, Still No New Fines - Beaver County Marcellus Awareness CommunityFor Immediate Release Media Contact Hilary Flint, Director of Communications and Community Engagement, BCMAC, hilaryfflint@gmail.com Shell Plastics Plant Racks Up More Violations, Still No New Fines... 021
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 04/08/2025In many places, as you well know, masking IS the crime! You’re already there! 030
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonMECFS Clinic MN @mecfsclinicmn.bsky.social · 08/07/20252/3 Topic: Listening to the Body: Whole-Person Care for Long COVID. Panelists will bring insight into the complexities of Long COVID and the evolving tools we can use to address it—ranging from pacing strategies and acupuncture to nutrition, somatic practices, and retraining the nervous system.teams.microsoft.comJoin conversation 022
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 03/07/2025It absolutely fucking floors me that we have normalized repeat infections with this virus - I know people who have had Covid 5+ times already! Wear a mask and fight for clean indoor air and better vaccine access because we all deserve so much better than this. 052
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/06/2025I’m begging folks to mask up for Pride events! Show solidarity with your disabled and high risk peers and make the event safe and inclusive for everyone. Now more than ever we need to stay united and ensure no one is left behind. Masking is resistance. Masking is community care. 10554186
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/06/2025PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public. 332019563
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/06/2025“The only democracy in the Middle East” they keep telling us “Just because it’s Jews only doesn’t make it an apartheid state” they insist www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...aljazeera.com‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters exclude Palestinians as bombs rain downShelters are a lifeline in Israel from Iranian attacks, but Palestinian citizens of the country have been locked out. 122683
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025"Resist N'at" protest sign. #NoKings Rally Pittsburgh www.flickr.com/photos/96025... 010
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025#NoKings Rally Pittsburgh www.flickr.com/photos/96025... 100
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025#NoKings Rally Pittsburgh www.flickr.com/photos/96025... 101
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025#NoKings Rally Pittsburgh - Just a pile of photos of some sweet protest signs... www.flickr.com/photos/96025...flickr.comPittsburgh #NoKings Rally June 14, 2025Explore this photo album by Mark Dixon on Flickr! 161
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Absolutely massive #NoKings rally in Pittsburgh right now! 1122
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 08/06/2025If you aren’t working to stop burning fossil fuels at the local, national, and/or global scale, then you’re asking for wildfire smoke like this to get worse. 131
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025A couple of concerning highlights: 40% of the undergraduate students reported brain fog due to COVID-19. 37 % of the undergraduates exhibited impaired cognition up to 17 months post-infection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comCOVID-19 may Enduringly Impact Cognitive Performance and Brain Haemodynamics in Undergraduate StudentsTo date, 770 million people worldwide have contracted COVID-19, with many reporting long-term “brain fog”. Concerningly, young adults are both overrep… 031
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025This is very concerning. Considering how I would purposely listen to classical music to boost my cognitive performance while studying for exams, avoiding COVID feels like a slam-dunk. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comCOVID-19 may Enduringly Impact Cognitive Performance and Brain Haemodynamics in Undergraduate StudentsTo date, 770 million people worldwide have contracted COVID-19, with many reporting long-term “brain fog”. Concerningly, young adults are both overrep… 141
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonPaul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street 9773960611260
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonMarco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 10/05/2025HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters chant “Free our Mayor!” outside the DHS building in Newark, NJ where Mayor Ras Baraka is being held (Video: @spydermonkeywatch.bsky.social) 338154664054
Reposted by 😷Mark DixonData Report @datareport.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Excess weight in long-COVID patients linked to neurologic symptoms www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/exc...cidrap.umn.eduExcess weight in long-COVID patients linked to neurologic symptomsOverweight and obesity were significantly associated with memory issues and persistent headache, among other conditions. 1177
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The People's CDC has also developed a handy Powerpoint presentation about safer in-person gatherings here: peoplescdc.org/2022/11/17/s... . Feel free to reach out with any questions! And thanks for considering these ideas. All the best, Mark /end 🧵peoplescdc.orgSafer In-person Gatherings | People's CDCGuidelines for keeping each other safer while gathering in-person during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic are being updated As the holidays quickly approach, c ... 031
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Additional Resources I created a PDF (bit.ly/lesscovid) about reducing COVID transmission at events, with straightforward tips on the front and detailed references on the back.bit.lyReducing COVID-19 Transmission - Google Drive 120
😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It really helps if the people encouraging masking, including the organizers, are actually wearing masks. Masks can be obtained for free from MaskUp Pittsburgh: linktr.ee/maskuppittsb... .linktr.eeMaskUp Pittsburgh | Instagram | LinktreeDisabled-led mask distribution and COVID-19 info project in Pittsburgh. 150