RachaelJul 2, 2023
Yaneer Bar-Yam

The Case for Keeping Masks Mandatory in Health Care

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https://whn.global/scientific/the-case-for-keeping-masks-mandatory-in-health-care/

The Case for Keeping Masks Mandatory in Health Care - WHN

It’s been said that a smile is worth a thousand words. But in today’s world, the smiles of healthcare workers abandoning their masks on social media are chilling to those whose access to safe healthcare is thus denied. The removal of mask requirements in many healthcare institutions is causing infections with immediate and long term … Continued

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Jun 26, 2023 at 12:24pmWeb
Show threadUgh (“ugh”)Jun 26, 2023
@yaneerbaryam @whn my Case tor Keeping Masks Mandatory in Health Care: “we can”
Show threadPankhurst2Jun 26, 2023

@yaneerbaryam @whn

I keep my on and don't understand why other therapists don't.

Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Jun 26, 2023
@MlleaPankhurst @yaneerbaryam @whn Because therapists are just as susceptible to peer pressure and cognitive biases as anyone else, just as bad at understanding risk, just as bad at present vs. future value calculations.
Show threadPankhurst2Jun 26, 2023

@jik @yaneerbaryam @whn

My peer pressure is that I have 3 kids on my caseload that are medically fragile, and I don't want to be responsible for putting them into the hospital or dying.

Show threadbananamangodogAug 10, 2023

@jik @MlleaPankhurst @yaneerbaryam @whn
"Because therapists are just as susceptible to peer pressure and cognitive biases as anyone else, just as bad at understanding risk, just as bad at present vs. future value calculations."

Which goes to show how woeful their training really is since the whole premise of science based training should be to reduce the occurrence of this.

Show threadtoxtethogradyJun 26, 2023
@yaneerbaryam @whn Masks were always in fashion in healthcare. We didn't need a pandemic to tell us to do that...
Show threadtroiJun 26, 2023
@yaneerbaryam @whn I miss smiles, and I'm hard of hearing and rely on seeing a mouth form words, but in spite of all that, yes to keeping masks in Healthcare.
Show threadRev. Harbinger EntityJun 26, 2023
@yaneerbaryam @whn Masks should be mandatory in all public spaces. We're still discovering COVID variants, and there's no telling what other communicable diseases are out there now. ESPECIALLY with a whole new wave of anti-vaxxers....
Show threadsabikJun 27, 2023
@yaneerbaryam @whn
Alt text: "Keep Masks in Healthcare" with four pictures of health care workers wearing different styles of P2/P3 respirators