Calista Carework

Care in the Time of COVID (2026)

I mask in my office and require that visitors do the same.

If someone doesn’t bring a mask, then I provide them with a KN95. 

I also run a HEPA filter, often keep my window open, and run a window venting AC. I keep my eye on a CO2 monitor so I can track of how stale the air is becoming. 

I mask on public transit and in grocery stores, and many public spaces. But I am not as rigorous of a masker as many of my clients. I do things like jiu jitsu or occasionally dining indoors, and don’t mask for these activities. I visit hospitals to attend births, and am rarely masking for the duration of the birth, unless the family has asked for that care.

My massage clients are fairly evenly divided between people who don’t mask and people who are incredibly mindful and rigorous in their safety practices. So I may be baffling both groups of clients in different ways.

I am committed to masking for the long haul because I want to build a world where people can access healthcare and body care and community care without risk to their health. My perfect world has much more government and/or communal harm reduction measures, and many more people sustaining flexible habits rather than forgetting about COVID all together. That said, I don’t harbor ill will towards those who have let their mask stocks run dry. This is a systems issue. Late stage racial capitalism, patriarchy, and imperialism are exhausting and, as individuals,  it is hard to do yet another thing.

It seems to me that, again and again, the needs of the disabled, sick, or elderly are the needs that are compromised, even in the most progressive spaces. So to those of you who are diligently COVID conscious and who deeply want to avoid illness: what can I do to make my office space meet your needs?

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