Resources

This a non-exhaustive list that is always being built out. If you have a resource you’d like to add, please email us at nopmaskbloc@gmail.com.

Stay Informed:

• People’s CDC: A CDC watchdog and public health advocacy and health justice group.

• COVID-Conscious/Competent Scientists, Accounts, and Advocates to Follow

• Combat COVID Misinformation

• COVID Advocacy Groups

Taking Precautions:

• Safer In-Person Gatherings Toolkit

• COVID Weather Reports

• A Guide to CO2 Monitoring of Ventilation

Mask Blocs and Resources in Washington:

• Mask Bloc Seattle

• Mask Bloc Olympia

• Mask Block 253

• Clean Air Oly

Testing:

• Testing Guidelines English (knowing when to test, choosing the right test and more) [PDF]

• Testing Guidelines Spanish (knowing when to test, choosing the right test and more) [PDF]

• A guide to rapid test reliability [Graphic]

• Tips to boost rapid testing effectiveness - English and Spanish [Graphic]

• Rapid Antigen Testing: How to Collect a Sample - 26 Languages Available

Masks:

• WellBefore KN95 Masks

• 3M Aura N95 Respirators

• Masks4All Wiki - Where to Purchase

• Best Global Mask Recommendations [Video]

• Fat friendly faces masks [Graphic]

• N95 Mask info [Video]

• KN95 Mask [Video]

• FFP2 Mask [Video]

• KF94 Mask [Video]

• Lola's Elasto Guide [Text Doc]

• Mask Testing Database

• How N95s Work! [Video]

• Do N95s Expire?

• Mask Math Website

• How to identify counterfeit PPE and fraudulent offers

• How to tell if your N95 Respirator is NIOSH Approved [PDF]

• N95 Respirator Fit from Fogging of Eyeglasses Study

Clean Air:

• Air Filter Recommendation Tool

• CR Box Info

What to do if you are sick:

• What to do if you have COVID

• Paxlovid Resource

• PAXCESS

Finding Providers:

• Covid Conscious Therapists

• Covid Safe Providers

• Covid Safe Dentists

Long COVID:

COVID Impacts: Detailed information and resources on the long-term health consequences of COVID-19 infection and the broad social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More COVID Facts:

• COVID-19 is airborne, meaning it’s spread through the air

• COVID still can and does spread outdoors

• COVID can be spread by people who do not have symptoms

• The highest viral load occurs approximately by day 4 of an infection

• There are long-term impacts from a singular COVID infection

• Very healthy people have become bedbound from just one COVID infection

• Some people are at higher risk for Long-COVID, like immunocompromised people, people with existing health conditions, and anyone assigned female at birth

Sources and credits:

NOP Mask Bloc gathers resources from multiple sources:

• COVID Advocacy Groups Directory in the US and Canada;

• COVID Action Map;

• MaskBloc.org;

• Mask Bloc ATX;

• Mask Bloc LA;

• COVID-Conscious/Competent Scientists, Accounts, and Creators;

• and word-of-mouth sharing.