Ruh Roh - COVID and masks close enough to be masking
 

At CoachK's hospitals, the hospital staff COVID infection rate is borderline to the hospitals requiring staff and patients to be masked mandatorily.

Friends of mine are coming down sick testing positive. .

Just facts, no judgements, YMMV

Boston waste water upticking and its still summertime in the NorthEast!

Once again, "the sky is falling!"

Covid is not finished with us.

That's your judgement, i reported facts only. .
There was no judgment of the sky is falling in the factual post, and the facts suggest a change in hospital environment to minimize employee shortages. .

Not sure you would prefer employee shortages when you need hospital care, correct?

Thanks for the heads up.

Thread of the year.
That’s some funny stuff right there!

Forced close-downs. "They" said earlier that the face-diapers don't work. Think about it----hard!! Did y'all comply before by staying in as much as possible, did you wash your hands and social distance and do everything told to you before-----yet still got the infection?? Tis strange it seemed to almost "go away" and now is re-emerging.

Let’s just hope we learned from the last go around that paper face masks are useless for the person wearing it and closing down the economy is disastrous. Maybe not

Please there has been hospital employee shortages for 10 years. Why go to nursing school when UPS will pay you 6 figures plus OT, and zero education debt

I guess I am on of the Lone Rangers. I still practice social distancing, won't even think about spending time in a large group setting like concerts, wash my hands regularly, and routinely disinfect my home . But, I have not gone back to wearing a mask. I have not had Covid and I try to keep it that way. Why invite trouble?

If You’re Sick
 

If you get sick, you should wear a mask so you don’t get others sick. I think 5 days after the first symptoms is way good enough though. Fortunately, COVID isn’t the death sentence for the few it used to be. In addition we have Paxlovid and other treatments. Just be courteous if you are sick and stay home a few days. Remember it spreads pneumatically so mask up if you are sick and need to get out. Masks don’t prevent a whole lot, but they can help prevent you from spreading it to others.

The problem is way to many people will travel amongst the rest of us with covid without wear ing a mask or even testing

It's all about risk reduction. If ONE person who actually did test, tested positive, and has symptoms, wears a mask in public, then it'll be that much less risk of other people getting sick.

If TEN have symptoms, test positive, and wear masks, then it's that much less risk, times 10.

If that reduced risk prevents ONE person in this country from dying, then it's a successful effort as far as I'm concerned. Your right to live is more valuable to me than my right to not wear a mask. So for everyone else's sake - if I test positive and have symptoms, I'll try to stay in the house for a few days - and if I have to go out, I'll wear a mask.

Thank you (not) Wuhan, China.

How do you know you have not had Covid? My husband had NO, NADA, NONE symptoms. He tested because i was positive. Guess what? He was positive 2 days later. He never would have known.