Noone wants to work 24h shifts in an ffp2 if you don’t really have to and also every colleague had like every possible infection during autumn already.
That comment got upvotes. I agreed with it, and gave more context. Here’s my comment in full:
Yup. I’d rather get COVID than wear a mask all day every day. I will wear a mask if I know I’m sick, of hospitals are getting overwhelmed, or if I know I’ll be around vulnerable people, but that’s it. I took every precaution from 2020 on, and got sick anyway. It’s going to happen, so I’d prefer to at least be comfortable than just delay the inevitable.
I got COVID two months ago and it sucked, and I’d rather repeat that than live my life with a mask.
I’m commiserating with healthcare professionals. They should only be expected to wear masks if they’re directly working with sick or at risk people. There are a ton of healthcare jobs where that’s absolutely not the case.
The only criticism I have for the nurse/doctor in that OP is that they didn’t practice social distancing with the person wearing a mask. I don’t think they should be expected to wear a mask for their whole shift, only in the moments where they’re interacting with sick or at-risk people.
prevention vs reduction
I only brought that up in context. If you look, it wasn’t until multiple back and forth comments that I bothered.
A healthcare professional isn’t going to prevent all transmission of disease in a hospital or clinic, even if they mask up all day every day. So I’m absolutely okay with them being comfortable most of the time so they don’t burn out on their job.
Here’s the original comment that I replied to:
That comment got upvotes. I agreed with it, and gave more context. Here’s my comment in full:
I’m commiserating with healthcare professionals. They should only be expected to wear masks if they’re directly working with sick or at risk people. There are a ton of healthcare jobs where that’s absolutely not the case.
The only criticism I have for the nurse/doctor in that OP is that they didn’t practice social distancing with the person wearing a mask. I don’t think they should be expected to wear a mask for their whole shift, only in the moments where they’re interacting with sick or at-risk people.
I only brought that up in context. If you look, it wasn’t until multiple back and forth comments that I bothered.
A healthcare professional isn’t going to prevent all transmission of disease in a hospital or clinic, even if they mask up all day every day. So I’m absolutely okay with them being comfortable most of the time so they don’t burn out on their job.
That’s all I was trying to convey.