An immunocompromised person in my family got COVID for the first time, AT THE HOSPITAL because they stopped requiring ANY PRECAUTIONS. No masks, no nothing.
They can't avoid the hospital so that means they'll just have to roll the dice each time they go?
What a cruel world.
Immunocompromised means the vaccine doesn't work as well. So what the current US policy says is equivalent to "you're on your own" good luck! 😡😡😡
@westerling @writerethink @timnitGebru I refused to do so. I have a large face and don't want to compromise the seal of my mask.
I was refused service as a result. Currently looking for a new doctor.
@westerling @cferdinandi @writerethink @timnitGebru note: when I wear my elastomeric mask there's no question, LOL.
It's a [breathe] mask, made in Ontario, shipping only in Canada iirc. In hot sunny weather yesterday, I walked 5 blocks after exiting the subway before I remembered to take it off. Easy breathing, not sweaty :-)
@timnitGebru @writerethink “we want to ensure your mask is clean and effective”
I guarantee you whatever it is it’s better than the no masks everyone else is wearing!
Oh, jeez. In general or only for certain procedures? I was thinking about seeking specialist care there, damn it.
@siderea @writerethink @timnitGebru in general.
FWIW it’s inconsistently enforced. The PCP front desk in Foxboro is aggressive about. Other departments in the same building don’t say anything at all.
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Why do they keep asking if we've traveled internationally? I'm pretty sure the call is coming from inside the house.
@writerethink One of my kids had to spend a couple days in the hospital about a month ago. We both wore masks, and basically none of the staff did. One person (a resident, I think) said more than once “You can take that mask off, you don’t have to wear it”
I’m beginning to think these medical staff don’t *actually* believe in germ theory
@writerethink Interesting that replies so far assume ignorance or incompetence. The person who told me we could take our masks off was a doctor – I just don’t recall whether they were resident or attending
My point about germ theory isn’t about training, or even competence. I get the feeling that, for this doctor, germ theory is a memorized fact, not something that they believe/understand at a gut level
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I caught covid twice in a medical setting while recovering from my double lung transplant in a nursing facility. And the second time I got over it (having to go to the hospital and get monoclonal antibody treatment infusions) I caught norovirus a few days later so back to the hospital.
It's so exhausting navigating an immunocompromised life.
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@timnitGebru I mask up for my one unavoidable quarterly nobody-masks clinic visit. A pushy nurse was hounding me about an elective testing appointment so I touched my mask and explained to her unmasked face "this is the only dangerous medical appointment I'm doing right now." She huffily blurted "But I'm vaccinated!"
After a slow 10-count to control my tone, I asked mildly "You do know that vaccinated people can still get and transmit Covid, right?" She literally FLOUNCED out of the room.
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@timnitGebru My friend was recently exposed at a medical facility (2 weeks ago). She broke both arms in a fall and was recovering at some long term care rehab place. Then her roommate got COVID.
Luckily she did not get COVID (negative tests plus no symptoms) from the short exposure, but it was pretty scary. She has been vaccinated but she's in her 80s and is high risk.
I just don't understand why medical facilities resist masking and other COVID precautions.
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