I am one of the only people here that still wears a mask at the doctor. Even most of the doctors stopped wearing them (what the hell! thats where the sick and immunocompromised are most likely to be in the same building!)
It doesn’t make you feel a bit better about not wearing one that most doctors aren’t? If they think the risk is so low, or that continuous mask wearage is more detrimental than covid?
No it does not make me feel better that people that should know better than to not wear a mask in an environment full of sick and immunocompromised people are not wearing masks. And no wearing a mask is not worse than covid holy shit.
There’s nuance there that you’re skipping right over. Continuous mask wearing is detrimental, it has negative consequences.
I know a lot of doctors who are overweight/obese, have unhealthy lifestyles, and/or make dumb personal decisions. I go to doctors for their expertise in their fields; that doesn’t mean I’d trust their personal decisions.
Leading cause of death of cardiologists is fucking heart disease. And they know that heart disease is 100% avoidable. It’s actually disturbing to me. If their personal biases are influencing their personal behavior to that degree, are they really going to recommend interventions to their patients that they wouldn’t even bother with to save their OWN lives?
We all wear masks…metaphorically speaking, we suppress the id, our darkest desires, and adopt a more socially acceptable image.
Sister’s vet office is now offline again for COVID. Docs sick, most of the tech staff, most of the admin staff. When it hits, it runs through like a forest fire. One vet left because F the angry pet owners who think it’s a personal insult they can’t get special treatment, and he replaced one of the two who killed themselves (stress) last year.
They may institute a mask mandate again
- to keep the remaining staff healthy on return
- to filter their customers further because of high correlation of shitbaggery
- because docs are always masked so lower risk is now a work perq for them.
Me, I quit my job when they mandated return to work and I joined a union shop with 100% remote in the contract. I should mask up when I go to the store but I’m a dumb boy and always forget. I’m so vaxed it’s like a bad hangover, but I don’t have time for even that mess.
The only time now is if I’m somewhere that requires one, or if I’m sick/getting over bring sick.
Fuuuuck wearing a mask otherwise, I’ve filled that quota for a lifetime.
I do, see https://www.covidisairborne.org/ for tons of info on why we all should.
