If I could give a 3-minute presentation to every board of every hospital in the world:

Five Simple Questions: Answer yes or no:

Does wearing a respirator protect healthcare workers from viral infections?

Do infected healthcare workers with flu, RSV, COVID and other viral illnesses infect patients?

Do nosocomial infections harm patients and impair recovery?

Does this facility's mission commit us to protect the health of those we serve?

Will we implement a masking policy immediately?

Someone I care about has been describing classic #Covid symptoms for a couple of weeks now and I’ve been participating in the “don’t even name it” delusion along with them. Because it wouldn’t do any good. In fact, it would be harmful to this relationship I value.

Just wishing them well and silently also wishing the many hours of talking about this dangerous airborne disease hadn’t fallen on so many deaf ears, far beyond this particular pair.

It feels like being an atheist at church. Which I have also been, by the way.

#CovidIsNotOver dammit, it’s not. Also, #CovidIsAirborne

Again... a Poem

I got COVID
Nothing to sweat
I've had worse
What's the threat?

Got COVID again
I'm tired a lot
I'm not sure why
Must be the shot

Got COVID again
"Twas just a cold
Brain's a bit fuzzy
Just getting old

Got COVID again
Not feeling so spry
I'm sick all the time
I wonder why

Got COVID again
Three months and counting
No sick days left, and
My doc bills are mounting

Got COVID again
My friend didn't mask
Didn't know he was sick
I never asked

Got COVID again
My heart
My heart
My...

Them: “You’ve chosen a hard life for yourself.”

The hard life = being an ethical, responsible person doing basic virus mitigation during prolonged high virus prevalence and advocating for clean/filtered air for everyone to breathe.