If you always feel like the lone masker wherever you go, I have some great news for you – you’re not! And the new “Y’all Masking?” trend on X/Twitter is proving it, much to my utter delight.

If you’re not on X, I honestly do not blame you at all. I’m literally only still there because it’s one of the few places left where I can get actual news about COVID-19. Over the last few days, the “Y’all Masking?” hashtag has gone viral on the platform, and my feed has been filled with selfies of awesome, smart, kind, beautiful people wearing masks of all sorts of shapes and sizes. Seeing so many folks who are still masking has honestly given me the boost I needed to continue masking and staying safe from COVID-19, especially as we’re currently in yet another surge.