Anyone working in any medical context should be required to wear a #Mask whenever they are in the workplace.
"Until when?” you say?
Until they retire.
Just like spay painters, welders, stone kitchen fitters, medical folks need to wear their PPE whenever they are on the job.
For ever.
Brought to you by the sheer horror of watching nurses cheering at not having to wear masks around patients, as mask-mandates are lifted.
@metaning
Even painters, welders, fitters, etc., get to remove their masks when they aren't actively doing work that could harm them.
Masks worn while a communicable disease is going around?
Absolutely.
Masks worn for 12 hours a day every working day until retirement just because someone is living in fear of the possibility of an outbreak?
Be reasonable.
@ColleenLudgate I think everyone should be masked at all times while interacting with other people in enclosed spaces.
However, medical practitioners are unique in that they can require their patients to remove their masks as a part of treating them.
This isn’t rocket science. Medical settings are concentration points for sick people, and vulnerable people. Medical practitioners have an ethical obligation to do no harm to their patients. Exposing them to airborne pathogens is unethical.
@metaning Do you ever leave your house?
You are exposed everywhere - not just in a hospital.
They do mask up when a patient is at risk, and that means gloves, gown, etc., all of which is unnecessary when a patient is vital.
Broken leg? Oh, better make sure they don't catch a cold!
“Broken leg? Oh, better make sure they don't catch a cold!”
Perhaps you might re-read that and ask what sort of sociopath might make such a statement.
Matt Godden
Colleen
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