As COVID spikes in NYC, mask mandates return to city hospitals
As COVID spikes in NYC, mask mandates return to city hospitals
Citywide data shows that COVID hospitalizations rates have been climbing, hitting 106 hospitalizations on Dec. 20. The hardest hit neighborhoods in the city are East New York in Brooklyn, Mott Have…
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Why in the hell are we not always requiring masks in a medical setting!?
Or really anywhere. Humans are filthy.
That would actually hurt public health, we need to be exposed to mild viruses and colds to build up immunity, otherwise your system is ill prepared when it will eventually get sick
That’s not true. In fact, exposure to disease is more likely to cause lasting harm than non-exposure. Get a vaccine, not sick.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/is-the-hygiene-hypothesis-true
Plus masks aren't 100% barriers anyay. Still going to be exposed to some, just less. Honestly ongoing limited mask usage in large public spaces just makes sense.
I was thinking more in terms of general microbes and illnesses, I'm not advocating for going maskless in front of COVID, the risk is too high. Still, thank you for the link, learn something new every day, though it doesn't dissuade the idea that more exposure is bad, just that vaccines should be used first. The dialogue here was about going out with a mask everywhere, not whether or not you should be vaccinated.
I thought the same. With all the immunocompromised people there, and all the circulating sick people you would think it would just be mandatory forever at hospitals and doctors offices.