Why’s everyone sick all the time? Well, it’s not “just a cold”, and it’s definitely not “mild”…It’s SARS-CoV-2, and it can change your life forever.
This 26-pg zine cuts through years of COVID-19 chaos with simple, accessible language & cartoon visuals. Learn how the virus spreads through the air, what it does inside your body when you get infected, and why we mask to protect ourselves and each other.
PLUS: Science illustrations featuring fat, queer, trans & disabled people of color! Resources for surviving all these pandemics! Hopeful words to keep you going!
WHY WE MASK was created by Laurel Lynn Leake in 2024-25, and is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0. That means you’re free to share it far and wide: just credit me, don’t substantially change it, and don’t use it to make money. The zine is also available as a free/pay what you want download here: https://laurel-lynn-leake.itch.io/why-we-mask
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