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thank you @CleanAirLA for the free n95 masks and covid test kits!
if you’re in the la area, check out their booth in front of amoeba music in hollywood for free high quality masks! protect your lungs from smoke pollution 😷
We are fulfilling request as fast as possible, but they are coming in faster than we could’ve ever imagined— get masks faster at @LAPublicLibrary, and of course from the folks at @CleanAirLA stationed at @amoebamusic !
We could really use more translators of MANY languages, ESPECIALLY spanish! If this is a skill you would like to offer us, please join us this evening ⬇️
Support your local mask blocs!! 😷
Many of which are staffed by volunteers who are immunocompromised + disabled!!
Shanahan & I’s mask distribution yesterday was only made possible through the amazing @MaskBlocLA 💞
PSA: Even though there are sometimes temporary reprieves in local AQI readings, as long as nearby fires continue to burn, there is a continuous health risk to breathing in dangerous particles and toxins in the air. Don’t roll the dice, keep wearing your mask!
The public needs to see more fact sheets like this one by @CAPublicHealth on how to best protect yourself from smoke produced from burning vegetation. It explains the need to use elastomeric respirators equipped with P100 & organic vapor filters in order to be protected from the harmful vapors produced.
https://t.co/CmVDYIX8iZ
Unfortunately, homes, businesses, vehicles & other things that have burned down have produced harmful gases that causes cancer, heart damage, brain damage, lung damage & pregnancy issues.
Why is the government not alerting the public or even first responders about anything but N95s? Even people like @DrEricDing are absent in the discussion on needing to quickly upgrade protections.
We need people like @SenSanders@SenWarren to speak up & pressure the Administration to ensure the federal government immediately distribute their stockpiles of elastomeric respirators to those fighting the fire in LA but only having N95s or lower protections.
The worst part of the situation is the Biden Administration knows full well the importance of upgrading protections from N95s to elastomeric respirators with multi gas filters.
They explain themselves the significant reduction in occupational illnesses that occur when those fighting forest fires are upgraded to elastomerics. Unfortunately with the LA wildfires, a lot more than just firefighters are exposed to dangerous levels of smoke & could greatly benefit from knowing to consider far better options that they can pick up at most hardware stores or Amazon.
https://t.co/od7UsbwCvi
Unless we make sure the 10,000+ firefighters & those closest to the fires have proper protections against the smoke, we will be facing another situation like 9/11 where a single event causes widespread diseases among firefighters.
@TogetherWeMask@AndrewJacobsNYT@mistyrebik@morgfair@LauraMiers@LazarusLong13@sri_srikrishna@drsanjaygupta@MaskBlocLA@DrJudyStone@DavidALieb@SenSanders@yaneerbaryam@AbraarKaran@TaylorLorenz@PattersonNBC@j_g_allen@jimmykimmel.
A couple of people that passed had disabilities. My Uber driver even told me that there's not enough drivers to help evacuate wheelchair users. When we say that Disabled people are one of the most vulnerable in crisis, listen to us and include us in emergency planning.
Learned tonight that a teacher at an LAUSD school would love to bring in air purifiers and has permissions from the school. Would anyone in our amazing community know of the best leads to secure purifiers? DM for more info. cc: @LieslMcconchie@TonyColaneri@DonEford
The air right now is vaporized motor oil.
The air right now is vaporized everything in your parents garage.
Vaporized insulation, paint, plastic.
The air rn is not just 'smoke', the air right now is POISON.
MASK UP LA.
We have them, we will get them to you, we won't stop💙
Thank you for your patience, we know need is overwhelming and are simultaneously acquiring product, assessing quality, and trying to track it, while getting it out as quickly as possible. Meetings are happening more often than they aren’t. Stay tuned for more as it comes.
Anthony Mitchell and Justin Mitchell are 2 victims of the #EatonFire. Justin had cerebral palsy and reportedly had trouble evacuating and his father Anthony would not leave him behind
#AltTextLAFire
The good folks from @CleanAirLA are at Amoeba Hollywood again today distributing free masks until 6pm! Come grab a free mask or respirator to protect yourself from the unhealthy air while you're outside.