The medical community not wearing masks is not safe, not intelligent enough to actually effectively care for you, cannot be trusted ethically in the charge of your care, and should be written off as reckless vectors of disease, chronic illness, and death at every level from EMT to MD/DO.
From the CDC to your general practitioner.
My doctor resigned in protest of unsafe working conditions, and his replacement is an unmasked clown.
its interesting.
The reaction I get from healthcare workers when im wearing my elastomeric mask and they have none is one of either surprise or shame.
Surprise means theyre uninformed about post-viral illness, cognitive impairment in 10-30% of COVID incidences, and limited duration of immunity to covid.
Shame, when they know I know theyre harming their patients and family and thus are Unethical providers (and legitimately depraved people tbh).
if youre asking whether i consider unmasked healthcare workers on the level of Unit 731 doctors/scientists, or Something similar, the answer is: no.
ive no evidence Unit 731 ever acted as invasive vectors toward their own family.
(a bit glib and tongue in cheek, but tis the only way to cope with human anti-society).
to me, human uncivilization is all ive ever known.
Asthma age 8? 4/5 family members smoking without ventilation like chimneys for their 1980s-90s Marlboro Points.
Human uncivilization is epitomized by healthcare providers unmasking. may as well stop washing hands.
I mistyped some punctuation so it reads like "snooker and smoking cigarettes" was part of the same sport; but during the 1980s extent that genuinely was the case (I used to jokingly call the tournament the "World Smoker Championship")
My parents thought allergies were "made up". Not mine (I didn't realize I had them back then) - *all* allergies. Ironically, I'm pretty sure my mom had MCAS (had problems with itch, hives, nausea, headaches) & fibromyalgia ("aches & pains") & IBS-C.
"... active and heavy tobacco smoking ... is the most important environmental risk factor for [rheumatoid arthritis] with its attributable risk sustained for up to 20 years after discontinuation ..."
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12950-015-0092-1
#RheumatoidArthritis #autoimmunity #AutoimmuneDisease #health
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory debilitating disease triggered by a complex interaction involving genetic and environmental factors. Active smoking and occupational exposures such as silica increase its risk, suggesting that initial inflammation and generation of rheumatoid arthritis-related autoantibodies in the lungs may precede the clinical disease. This hypothesis paved the way to epidemiological studies investigating air pollution as a potential determinant of rheumatoid arthritis. Studies designed for epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis found a link between traffic, a surrogate of air pollution, and this disease. Furthermore, a small case–control study recently found an association between wood smoke exposure and anticyclic citrullinated protein/peptide antibody in sera of patients presenting wood-smoke-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, reports addressing impact of specific pollutants on rheumatoid arthritis incidence and severity across populations are somewhat conflicting. In addition to the link reported between other systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases and particulate matters/gaseous pollutants, experimental observation of exacerbated rheumatoid arthritis incidence and severity in mice models of collagen-induced arthritis after diesel exhaust particles exposure as well as hypovitaminosis D-related autoimmunity can help understand the role of air pollution in rheumatoid arthritis. All these considerations highlight the necessity to extend high quality epidemiological researches investigating different sources of atmospheric pollution across populations and particularly in low-and-middle countries, in order to further explore the biological plausibility of air pollution’s effect in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. This should be attempted to better inform policies aiming to reduce the burden of rheumatoid arthritis.
I can relate. It's very painful to grow up in a family like that. My mom grew up in what was then known as Danzig during the Nazi era. I remember her saying, voice full of contempt, 'You always were a sickly child'. But she had similar health problems 'Yes, but I'm old - I wasn't like that when I was young'.
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Interestingly, I think some of the health issues relate to being a gene carrier for familial Mediterranean fever. I have the rare variant that is most commonly found in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. I also carry a gene for a fatty acid oxidation disorder (MCAD) - which is most common in ppl from England, so I'm guessing that was from my father. 2/2
My family of origin had gathered at my sister's house one Christmas & my then 4 yr old niece woke up with her eyes swollen shut from all the cigarette smoke. I said something - because that's what I do. My mother's response was 'It's *my* lungs!' I'm considered to be the bad person in the family.
@dancinyogi @hannu_ikonen Nosocomial illness happens with more stays than it doesn't. This long preceded COVID.
Source: two parents in the medical field, one who once held a position in risk tracking, planning and mitigation.
@indyradio Really? When did it happen?
@indyradio Thanks for the update!
@indyradio my first thoughts were, my gosh, they raised the retirement age and now closed the cafes, the country’s going to burn down! 
@hannu_ikonen wat
Like... Sure, if people don't wanna wear masks, that's inconsiderate, but a healthcare professional?
I mean, come on.
If you want to provide a medical service,even eye exam or teeth cleaning, draw blood, come close to me and you do not wear a mask , your fired& could be sued if you caused serious damage to m, with your gross and callous negligence
Pharmacist of 21 yrs, optometrist and dentist all got the boot .I had a serious discussion with my Doctor after he foolishly got covid at home by allowing unmasked painters .
I can't afford to tolerate idiots as the outcome could be deadly
Ty. To wear a mask indoors is a small ask in my view
@hannu_ikonen Your old doctor is a rockstar.
We should draft a law that requires licensed medical professionals to wear either a mask or clown makeup and accessories, no exceptions.
That would actually make a great public education media campaign. Show everyone not wearing masks in scary clown makeup.
@SuperTwaddle @hannu_ikonen The distance function doesn't seem to work, but when I remove it, there are 2 things in my state, both in my city, a massage therapist and a school.
That said I definitely know a bare handful of things that can be added to this. Sadly no doctors though.
@hannu_ikonen Your doctor is a person of honour.
We need more people like them!
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Close to correct and yet completely misses the point. The solution to the inadequacy of surgical masks to prevent infection from an airborne virus isn't "no masks", it's proper N95 rated masks which are effective, not exclusively to but especially in high risk medical settings.
@otso @hannu_ikonen Those are all completely valid criticisms of surgical masks. They are not designed nor certified for protections from airborne viruses. N-95s work on a completely different different principle and actually do provide effective protection. I recommend the video I have linked here if you want to better understand how N-95s work.
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