The Washington Post’s Taylor Lawrence has to “fly soon for work” and she’s asked for tips to stay safe from Covid.
She tweeted:
“I have to fly soon for work & as someone who is medically vulnerable I’m so scared. All COVID precautions that keep high risk people safe have been dropped. I plan to keep an N95 on my face for all 7 hours w/ zero water breaks, but I’m scared it may not seal perfectly. Any tips?”
I have to fly soon for work & as someone who is medically vulnerable I’m so scared. All COVID precautions that keep high risk people safe have been dropped. I plan to keep an N95 on my face for all 7 hours w/ zero water breaks, but I’m scared it may not seal perfectly. Any tips?
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 10, 2022
Well, she asked. . .
Sydney Leathers told her that as someone who has “had to fly a ton for work” that she should wear kn95 masks and use hand sanitizer:
“I’ve had to fly a ton for work and I wear kn95s the whole time and take a little thing of hand sanitizer with me & still somehow haven’t gotten covid. it seems the good masks really do work, I think you’ll be okay!!”
I’ve had to fly a ton for work and I wear kn95s the whole time and take a little thing of hand sanitizer with me & still somehow haven’t gotten covid. it seems the good masks really do work, I think you’ll be okay!!
— Sydney Leathers (@sydneyelainexo) June 10, 2022
Yes — this Sydney Leathers:
Sydney Leathers tells all in revealing interview about Anthony Weiner sexting scandal https://t.co/KbmcKDRufC pic.twitter.com/CENeaLsRwY
— New York Post (@nypost) June 30, 2021
Sydney’s advice, it turns out, is pretty good! Former CDC Director Tom Frieden told Taylor to “pinch the nosepiece” on her mask and “use hand sanitizer.” He also warned her that the airport is more dangerous than the airplane:
Pinch the nosepiece. Use hand sanitizer. Think about time in the airport – that's higher risk than the airplane.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) June 10, 2022
But Taylor knows best!
“Unfortunately hand sanitizer doesn’t protect against COVID airborne transmission, and a bunch of ppl are getting it w KN95s because it’s so contagious. But so glad to hear you haven’t gotten yet! Stay safe and remember that it’s airborne 💓”
Unfortunately hand sanitizer doesn’t protect against COVID airborne transmission, and a bunch of ppl are getting it w KN95s because it’s so contagious. But so glad to hear you haven’t gotten yet! Stay safe and remember that it’s airborne 💓
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 10, 2022
There’s always driving?
You do not "have to fly". 90 years ago people managed to get around without air travel. You can get to anywhere in the US in 5 days in a car–by yourself.
You are CHOOSING to board an aircraft with other people, and you are CHOOSING to torture yourself in the ways you describe. https://t.co/6L7MdOAjBT
— Shipwreckedcrew.substack.com (@shipwreckedcrew) June 11, 2022
NOPE:
“It’s cross country and so driving won’t work this time. But yeah if it was closer I would drive!”
It’s cross country and so driving won’t work this time. But yeah if it was closer I would drive!
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 10, 2022
Taylor’s colleague at the Washington Post, Karen Tumulty, suggested she take Evusheld, an injectable drug for the immunocompromised that’s “for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric individuals (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg)”:
evusheld
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 10, 2022
But she’s having trouble finding it in Los Angeles:
Yeah, I wish it was easy to get 😰. I’ve been looking into it for sure https://t.co/iPVgTn3hrs
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 10, 2022
Has she tried her doctor?
At the risk of sounding silly, speak with your doctor or specialist! My specialist has a whole plan on how to schedule evusheld appointments for those who need/want it!
— Hannah Grubow (@HannahGrubow) June 10, 2022
Even her colleague agreed with that advice:
Same.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 10, 2022
Or Taylor can just move to Florida. From Florida Department of Health press secretary Jeremy Redfern:
A Karen tells @TaylorLorenz to get Evusheld.
Taylor Lorenz says Evusheld is hard to get.
Taylor Lorenz would know that it isn’t hard to get Evusheld if she lived in Florida.
I’d prefer for Taylor Lorenz to stay away from Florida, tho. https://t.co/E5awdUUVHc
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) June 11, 2022
She has him blocked though:
If what @TaylorLorenz says is true (insert “doubt” meme), I’d suggest that she speak with her doctor about Evusheld.
But alas, I am blocked. Too bad. pic.twitter.com/ocQbdJVTbo
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) June 11, 2022
But, curiously, she didn’t get too mad at Nikki Fried’s comms director for not wearing a mask on the plane:
Do you prefer aisle or window 🧐 pic.twitter.com/GuuYVqG1JN
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) June 10, 2022
SHAME ON YOU, KEITH! — but she still loves you:
“Not to be that person but we are in the middle of a pandemic so please wear a mask to protect the high risk and vulnerable! 🙏🏻😭 ilu!”
Not to be that person but we are in the middle of a pandemic so please wear a mask to protect the high risk and vulnerable! 🙏🏻😭 ilu!
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 10, 2022
And since her tweets sometimes just get deleted, we’ll add a screenshot of the extra-funny Sydney Leathers exchange for posterity:
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