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.
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.”