Don’t Go Out When Sick: Long Covid Disables 1/5 People. Please Wear a Mask.

✅ Know the research: it is crucial to be vaccinated and get boosted every 6 months to avoid major illness, but vaccines still aren’t 100% preventative against infection. Wearing a mask WORKS. One in five people infected (symptomatic or not) develop Long Covid, which consists of 200+ illnesses including early Alzheimer’s, diabetes, stroke, myocarditis, asthma, chronic fatigue, brain shrinkage, heart attack, and more. It can last several years - even among the young, athletic, and healthy. You should wear a mask to protect yourself, but also to protect vulnerable people. ✅ If sick, STAY HOME because not doing so guarantees you will spread the virus and cause long term sicknesses or deaths. Those unmasked spread it to the immunocompromised and vulnerable! Just because someone *else* is wearing a mask doesn’t mean they are completely protected - BOTH people should wear one to fully prevent transmission. ✅ SIDE WITH SCIENCE: get vaccinated to lessen risk of severe illness, get your 100% safe booster shots, and wear a mask when you go out. Avoid crowded activities, host virtual events, and wear an N95 mask while traveling (airports/hotels are super spreaders). Consider that those around you may be immunocompromised and could die if you give them Covid. ✅ Covid is not over, it is extremely serious and Long Covid will have a dangerous impact on society’s long term health. This is science, not a political statement. Protect yourself and others. ❤️‍🩹