So I ended up in the #hospital with diverticulitis. In the emergency department, about half the people I saw were wearing masks, but in the other parts of the hospital almost no one was. Now everything has a bad aftertaste; I know it must be one of the five medications they sent me home with, there hasn't been enough time for #Covid symptoms to start showing up, even if that is still a Covid symptom, but WHY aren't #masks required in health care WHY this is WRONG.
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I'll tell you why. They aren't needed for the general hospital population. Or the general public.
We wear masks in surgery to prevent #bacterial infections and bacterial #contamination.
Not respiratory #viruses. Mask don't work for that.
For example we wear masks around individuals with tuberculosis. And have them wear masks until thier under treatment.
Because tuberculosis is a respiratory #bacterial infection. We also keep those people in what's called respiratory isolation.
Respiratory viruses are a different type of pathogen that a bacteria.
Nevertheless if people want to wear masks they should have the option to do so. But it should never be mandated.
Except in surgery or for respiratory isolation for a #bacterial respiratory infection like tuberculosis..🤔