CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@moss thank you! I’m actually looking at older condos specifically for this reason. When the unit looks like it’s been recently renovated I steer clear. So the ones I’m looking at are a bit dated but that seems much better than the alternative. My current place was someone manageable until there was a leak in the ceiling and then the landlord repainted and wouldn’t use low VOC paint. Huge difference. Miserable for me. All for a ceiling where you could barely even tell there had been an issue.

@antiaall3s that would be the dream wouldn’t it? People have absolutely no idea. I’ve got friends who seem genuinely perplexed at the decline in me because they’re like “it’s just a move”. Uh no. Ideally I can arrange a one week overlap and my hope is to get my bed and couch and meds into the new place and just crash there while I get friends to pack up my old place slowly. Not sure it’ll work out but I suspect that’s the easiest way.

@Kabbaway we can definitely open all the windows (as long as outdoor AQI is ok) and realtor is arranging a private viewing and meeting me at the building so he won’t have been in the unit prior either. I suspect he won’t mind physically distancing or even stepping into another room while I unmask.

@drsbaitso haha wow. I’m about to head down this rabbit hole for sure.

@moss thank you!!!

@moss I do have a monitor and I’m definitely bringing it. As you said they’re not perfect but I can at least compare to my current place.

Otherwise I think I have to take the chance. There’s always ways out of the lease but I’m genuinely worried moving is going to break me in my current state of health. I’m not even confident I can get through the showings in one piece. So if possible I want to feel like I’m moving somewhere safer (my current place has terrible VOCs which is one reason I’m happy to move even though being forced)

@itgrrl ooh that’s so smart! I just got a box of black N99s actually that I haven’t used. Silly that it should matter but it might actually make a difference (though they’re head strap and I find non maskers more amenable to ear loops masks in general)

@silhelm I actually do have a portable laminar filter so I guess I could bring that? But I still worry it’ll impact the end result. I’m soooo sensitive and I moved into my current place early in the pandemic so I was masks and I missed a huge issue with the hvac and VOCs. Thankfully I’ve got a voc monitor now so I will take that with me as well.

@antiaall3s it’s awful. I don’t want to move, my doctor has advised I’m not well enough to move, but I’m being forced out. It’s super stressful and it’s completely taken my ability to write. Covid just adds a whole other layer to it.

@Kathmandu thank you! Unsure if I will risk it if the other person won’t mask… but hopefully they won’t mind putting one on briefly for me.

I need tips for apartment hunting while COVID cautious!

I’m losing my housing and the stress of it has utterly destroyed my baseline. It’s so difficult to find safe housing as a disabled individual.

I’ve finally found a few units to view, but my concern is if I wear my respirator I can’t adequately assess smells and triggers like mold or VOCs.

My MCAS is very severe. I usually know quite quickly if I’m going to react to a space … but I can’t always tell right away when I’m masked up.

No one is living in the units so they will be empty and it’s just me and one other person going to the viewing.

If I can convince that person to wear an N95 and keep their distance… do you think it’s safe if I remove my mask for a few minutes?

I basically just want to smell around things like the hvac, under sinks, anywhere there’s plumbing and the walls in case there’s been new paint.

I know it might be moderately risky but it would be catastrophic to get locked into a year lease somewhere making me sick.

Appreciate any tips if there’s something I’m not thinking of!

#COVIDcautious #covidisnotover #covidisairborne #longcovid #n95 #disability #ableism

We could end homelessness and hunger tomorrow if we wanted to.

We could agree that everyone should be fed and housed.

We could admit that being disabled, poor, homeless or unemployed is not a moral failing.

That society would be better off if everyone’s basic needs were met.

Hanne Dugeman is a Type 1 diabetic who was denied proper medical care in ICE custody.

She lost 10lbs in 9 days.

She experienced severe infections and had to be placed in medical isolation.

She was denied her continuous glucose monitor.

She was given too much insulin & another detainee gave her crackers and saved her life.

She did nothing wrong.

She was married to a US citizen and grabbed at a regular check in

ICE nearly killed her.

It’s eugenics

No one is safe in their custody, least of all disabled people.

https://www.newsweek.com/diabetic-woman-arrested-by-ice-almost-died-after-being-refused-insulin-11611498

#abolishice #immigration #uspol #fascism #ableism #disability #eugenics

I can’t stop thinking about Nurul Shah Alam, the disabled refugee who died after Border Patrol left him outside in the cold with no way to contact friends or family.

It took five days for him to die.

He was blind and didn’t speak English.

They took the pole he was using as a cane.

This man survived an actual genocide only to be killed by the incompetence and cruelty of the Trump regime.

Five days of wandering around lost, sick and disoriented.

It was all preventable.

They could have taken him home.

They could have called his family.

They could have refused to leave him for dead.

Say his name. Don’t ever forget what they did.

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2026/02/shah-alam-buffalo-rohingya-blind-man-border-patrol/

#abolishice #dhs #immigration #refugee #uspol #fascism