Dr. Lucky Tran 
It’s unacceptable that patients have to beg doctors to take basic infection control precautions like wearing a mask, just so they can get healthcare safely in the middle of a pandemic #KeepMasksInHealthcare
Patients don’t need to ask doctors to wash their hands, or wear gloves, or sterilize their equipment. Why should patients need to demand their doctors take adequate precautions like wearing a mask against an widespread airborne virus that causes death and chronic illness?
Healthcare workers don’t decide whether to wear gloves or sterilize equipment based on how many people are hospitalized. They just do it because it protects patients, and every patient has the right to get healthcare without becoming more sick. It should be the same with masks.
InfiniteOne@luckytran Common Sense 101.
Colin@luckytran totally
Mike@luckytran I wear an N95 at work, let alone, around my patients. I wear it all around my hospital. Not a doc or nurse, I'm a CNA.
sleepfreeparent@luckytran uh...no they do it because enough people died as a result of them NOT doing it, that the assholes in charge couldn't ignore it anymore. Just like with all our safety rules and regulations ever.
Then and now, we don't have a proactive system that responds in science-informed ways to the benefit of patients. We have a wealth extraction system that maybe sometimes responds to lawsuits, eventually
Then and now, we don't have a proactive system that responds in science-informed ways to the benefit of patients. We have a wealth extraction system that maybe sometimes responds to lawsuits, eventually
kb@luckytran Even outside of an active pandemic masks should be worn in healthcare settings.
Just Your Luck, You'll Survive"Hi, I have an appt tomorrow w/ Dr. Danger for surgery & I'd like to request that the doctor & staff all wash their hands before my appointment. Oh & If possible I'd really prefer they use soap and not just water."
"No? That's too much of a bother for your busy office?
Ok.. um.. then I'd like to reschedule so I am the 1st patient on Mon AM plz so I at least don't have to share germs w/ other patients, just the staff & their families
Kofi Loves Efia 
@luckytran I mean.... Not if you mean doctors?
Doctors have been fighting against/ignoring/only with great reluctance hand washing and (later) gloving for more than 200 years.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/doctors-hand-hygiene-plummets-watched-study-finds/story?id=39737505
PedestrianError 
@luckytran Gloves are so much more annoying to wear than a well-fitting mask. If they can wear gloves for every patient, surely they can manage a mask.
saligari@PedestrianError @luckytran It's really not though. A mask is a lot more annoying and certainly an obstacle when trying to communicate. I'm not saying that's enough of a reason not to use a mask if it is beneficial, but minimizing the issue isn't helping. There are reasons that people, including medical staff, didn't & don't wear masks all the time and it's not that they just don't care.
Also, in this whole thread I don't see anyone mentioning air filtering.
@saligari @luckytran Ok, which PPE is more annoying to wear is a matter of opinion/personal experience.
As for ventilation, it is extremely important, but most health care facilities haven’t put in place major, facility-wide upgrades to it and if they have, they’re not adequately sharing air quality data with patients and visitors. Removal of mask requirements in public/waiting areas of medical facilities should have been coordinated with air quality upgrades and data transparency.
David Mitchell 
Exactly.
“I will only try to protect your health if lots of other people are already sick” is a ridiculous position in health care.
It’s like: “There has only been a couple cases of cholera lately, so we aren’t using treated water in the hospital this year. We’ll draw water from dugout behind the feedlot.”
Jason Petersen (he)@luckytran patient sat scores probably go down when people can’t see your face. Even if this isn’t the case, middle management will act like it is.
Lia Pas@luckytran Today in hospital I witnessed a physiotherapist put on gloves, but not a mask, to work with an 80 yo woman 🤦♀️ . My entire hospital visit only about 50% of the staff masked. I really hope I haven’t returned home with Covid.
Earthy in EV heaven@luckytran Yes I don't know why this is. Every time I interact with my local GPs clinic, I lose respect for them and their advice. If they can't keep themselves and their patients' safety front and centre in a pandemic, why should I respect their other opinions?
Noah S.@luckytran I have bad news for you about doctors and hand-washing.
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷@luckytran ... and masks work against way more infectious diseases as well, obviously.
Truly how masks aren't standard for everyone in care settings is weird to me. Where else are the infectious people going to be at?
Truly how masks aren't standard for everyone in care settings is weird to me. Where else are the infectious people going to be at?
@luckytran There are doctors that voted for Donald 45**IIII. Yes, we should be TELLING them to wash and mask up.
I work in a hospital. I know this to be true.
JKB
Maggie Maybe@luckytran I have a terrible ragweed allergy so I’m not even lying, but today when I had to go in I was the only one wearing a mask and she asked me if I had Covid symptoms so I said “well I have a terrible sore throat but it’s probably allergies.” I figured that would work to get them to put on a mask without me having to ask for it, and it also explains my mask.
Neither provider that entered that room while I was there chose to put on a mask knowing I had a sore throat.
Do you think they don’t care if they get long Covid because then at least their student loans will be forgiven if they become disabled? There’s no way the majority of their student loans are federal loans, right?
@luckytran Seems like someone remembers it's still a thing to monitor https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/uks-covid-19-infection-survey-27593853?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Condalmo.@luckytran "Unacceptable" in this case meaning "fucking bonkers"
Homer 💻 🎮 🎣 🍔🐈@luckytran don't these places have policies?
Daisy Doo & TuxieGirl Betty@luckytran Luckily, my doctor's are continuing to wear mask up, as I do. I have fired doctors who didn't during the height of COVID and wrote letters to admins about why I refused to be seen by healthcare workers who refused to mask up.