#KeepMasksInHealthcare

»Masking is not ‘living in fear’, it's being smart to avoid damage to your health from a deadly disease. It also protects others, which we should all be doing.«

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #covid #covid19 #WearAMask #maskup @novid

Airbags = Protection

Hard Hats = Protection

Condoms = Protection

Sunscreen = Protection

Masks = Protection

Masking is NOT "living in fear', it's being smart to avoid damage to your health from a deadly disease. It also protects others, which we should all be doing.

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2 months ago

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #covid #covid19 #WearAMask #maskup @novid

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2 months ago

Why aren’t we seeing this sign in hospitals yet?

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #covid #covid19 @novid

Sign reads: “Smoking bans no longer in place

You no longer have to put out your cigarette prior to entering our clinic.

However to create the illusion of caring for the vulnerable, please consider sanitizing your hands. Or bringing in a healing crystal.”

Denis - The COVID info guy -

2 months ago

🇺🇸 US: "Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is now requiring masks in its hospital and outpatient clinical areas due to increasing Covid-19 infection rates and in anticipation of cold and flu season."

State data show that positive tests and hospitalizations have been ticking up – a “COVID creep,”

"COVID creep"🤦‍♂️

#KeepMasksInHealthcare @auscovid19

Source: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/covid-19-western-new-york-vaccines-cases-thomas-russo-john-sellick-masks/article_1e22f3e6-6490-11ee-89f0-3f61e4beff8f.html

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

2 months ago

Another New York hospital, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, has reinstated its mask mandate. Thank you for your leadership! #KeepMasksInHealthcare

Source: www.roswellpark.org/coronavirus/patients

Important things to know before your next visit to Roswell Park:
Due to increasing COVID-19 infection rates and in anticipation of cold and flu season, Roswell Park is taking the proactive step of reinstating masking in our hospital and outpatient clinical areas, including the hospital, Clinical Sciences Center, Scott Bieler Amherst Center and Niagara Falls Center. Masks will be provided.

KnowAttitude

2 months ago

@anti_disease @novid
How you can do something today to help #KeepMasksInHealthCare - follow the "Take action" button in this page: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/cdc-hicpac-work-group

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2 months ago

“Prevention is better than a cure. Especially when something has NO cure.”

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #covid #covid19 @novid

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2 months ago

Infographic on ventilation by WHO, featuring a masked student, published today on Twitter.

The numbers must be pretty bad, when the airborne nature of the virus is mentioned, I think.

Source: https://x.com/whowpro/status/1709491159138243034

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #Covid #covid19 @novid

Room ventilation

Ensure proper ventilation in classrooms, canteen and other rooms.

• Provide natural ventilation by opening windows and doors when possible and safe.

• When using mechanical systems (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), ensure they are serviced regularly.

• When feasible and appropriate, encourage outdoor activities.

Updated September 2023

Adapted from materials developed by WHO Regional Office for Europe

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2 months ago

#COVIDisAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #CovidIsNotOver #maskup #WearAMask #covid #covid19 @novid

Meme. Covid balls are flying out of the doctor’s mouth.

“Patients shouldn’t have to protect themselves from their healthcare providers.”

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2 months ago

»When it's pouring rain you use an umbrella. You don't decide based on how many people there are without umbrellas getting wet.

Why would you decide to base your health protection on people not masking, who are simply looking at other people deciding if they should mask.

MASK UP!«

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #maskup #KeepMasksInHealthCare #WearAMask #covid #covid19 @novid

People wearing umbrellas.

“When it's pouring rain you use an umbrella. You don't decide based on how many people there are without umbrellas getting wet.

Why would you decide to base your health protection on people not masking, who are simply looking at other people deciding if they should mask.

MASK UP!”

Blimp Antagonist/Admirer

2 months ago

"the federal government should require its release and financially incentivize hospitals to prevent Covid-19, as it does for other, less fatal infections. The CDC should make hospitals report hospital-acquired Covid-19 and share this information publicly"

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/opinions/covid-19-hospital-policies-pak-jirmanus-wang/index.html

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

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2 months ago

Online Calculator for SARS-CoV-2 decay, provided by DHS, via @spid.

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/sars-airborne-calculator

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthCare #covid #covid19 #maskup #WearAMask @novid

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2 months ago

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #covid #covid19 @novid

»Droplets and surfaces are very convenient for people in power - all of the responsibility is on the individual. On the other hand, if you admit it is airborne, institutions, governments and companies have to do something.«

— Jose-Luis Jimenez

Neil B 🌿

2 months ago

SO MANY #hospital #COVID outbreaks today posted by @onoutbreaks

*Several on their second, third or fourth ongoing outbreak*

Perhaps we should #KeepMasksinHealthcare ffs?

#Ontario #COVID19

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2 months ago

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #covid19 #covid #maskup #WearAMask #KeepMasksInHealthCare @novid

Denis - The COVID info guy -

2 months ago

By Scott Squires @scott_squires

COVID is airborne. The person you chatted with could have COVID and not know it. You may spread it to others before you know you have it.

#WearAMask #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsIAirborne #StopLongCovid #BringBackMasks #KeepMasksInHealthcare #DoNoHarm

Twitter/X source: https://twitter.com/scott_squires/status/1705744762735882474

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2 months ago

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthCare #covid #covid19 @novid

Zombies hunting a masked woman:

“Covid is mild!”

“Take off your mask!”

“Let’s see your smile!”

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2 months ago

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #covid #covid19 @novid

Cartoon. Bullies laughing at a masker. Then someone coughs and the bullies panic.

Neil B 🌿 🇵🇸

2 months ago

"Masking in Clinical Areas Returns" at #Huron #Perth Healthcare Alliance (#HPHA) facilities.

#KeepMasksinHealthcare
#BabySteps

#Clinton #StMarys #Seaforth #Stratford #Ontario

https://www.hpha.ca/newsroom?newsid=17397

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

2 months ago

GREAT NEWS: Several counties in CA have reinstated their mask mandates for healthcare settings. They will be in effect from Nov 1 to Apr 30.

The counties include Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma, and San Mateo. Several more Bay Area health depts are also expected to issue mandates.

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

Order for mask mandate in healthcare settings for Sonoma County

Order for mask mandate in healthcare settings for Contra Costa County

Order for mask mandate in healthcare settings for Alameda County

Order for mask mandate in healthcare settings for San Mateo County

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

2 months ago

"We must push hospitals to put safety first. Public health guidance should be made with transparency & in partnership with impacted patients and health care workers. Vulnerable patients should be able to access health care without being exposed to #Covid or other serious infections. We should apply our knowledge from the last three years to protect patients and health care workers from Covid-19 & future pandemic pathogens. We all deserve better."

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/opinions/covid-19-hospital-policies-pak-jirmanus-wang/index.html

Denis - The COVID info guy -

2 months ago

By Scott Squires @scott_squires

What if you could see COVID?

#WearAMask #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsIAirborne #StopLongCovid #KeepMasksInHealthcare #DoNoHarm @auscovid19

Twitter/X source: https://twitter.com/scott_squires/status/1704018462358876429

Bass #AlleBurgers #EcoHumanist

2 months ago

@luckytran In The Netherlands 0 hospitals have reinstated their mask mandates???
#KeepMasksInHealthcare #CovidIsNotOver #ABCovid

https://johnsnowproject.org/do-no-harm/

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

2 months ago

UPDATE: Over the last month, some hospitals in New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California have reinstated their mask mandates due to the rise in #COVID19 cases.

Hospitals in several other states including North Carolina and Washington say they are also considering reinstating their mask requirements.

Keep speaking up!

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

Kim Crawley (she/her) 😷

2 months ago

Please everyone, sign and send! We're at over 90,000 people and we're aiming for 100,000. #covidisntover #KeepMasksInHealthcare

Mandate Respirator Protection In Your Healthcare Facility (International Action) - Action Network

> Dear Friends, I wrote a letter to "Mandate Respirator Protection In Your Healthcare Facility (International Action)." Can you join me and write a letter? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/mandate-respirator-protection-in-your-healthcare-facility-international-action/ Thanks!

Picture of N95 respirator. Do No Harm, Keep Masks in Healthcare

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

3 months ago

Throughout history, healthcare workers have complained about washing hands, wearing gloves and other PPE, not being allowed to smoke inside, and much more. Yet we implemented strong guidelines anyway to keep patients safe. We should do the same for masks. #KeepMasksInHealthcare

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

3 months ago

"Dr. Emily Landon can still imagine a US in which a pandemic-era response solidified into a peacetime norm: where wearing masks would have remained as routine as donning gloves while drawing blood, a tangible symbol of pandemic lessons learned."

Same. Keep speaking up. It's never too late. #KeepMasksinHealthcare
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/09/covid-infection-surge-universal-masking-return/675239/

Violet Blue

3 months ago

New:

–Covid is causing severe allergies to hair dye
–Study: the less time you’re exposed, the lower your chances of infection
–US rise continues; Hawai’i leads in hospitalizations
–CDC compares (still evolving) BA.2.86/Pirola to Omicron
–Indoor Air Quality now regulated in Ireland
–Masks back after outbreak at Warner Bros./Discovery

More: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-88525377

#CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #Covid #LongCovid #Hawaii #Discovery #Ireland #IAQ #Omicron #Pirola #KeepMasksInHealthcare #MasksInHealthcare

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

3 months ago

It’s unacceptable that patients have to beg doctors to take basic infection control precautions like wearing a mask, just so they can get healthcare safely in the middle of a pandemic #KeepMasksInHealthcare

The Left Independent 🇵🇸

3 months ago

'COVID-Damaged Brains and Mental Degradation'

https://theleftindependent.substack.com/p/covid-damaged-brains-and-mental-degradation

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare

mivox :ri:

3 months ago

@hko @shawrd773 The Breathe99 mask even plays well with my new heckin’ chonker glasses.

#CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks #KeepMasksInHealthcare

https://www.armbrustusa.com/collections/breathe99-elastomeric-respirator

Photo of a short-haired, middle-aged woman standing in front of some birch trees. She’s wearing chunky clear-framed eyeglasses, a green & brown plaid shirt, and a black elastomeric mask.

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

3 months ago

The CDC HICPAC meeting is happening now. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjC26DGr38

They are accepting public comments until August 25. Email hicpac@cdc.gov and let the CDC know they need to recognize airborne transmission and to #KeepMasksInHealthcare.

https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html

mivox :ri:

3 months ago

Like, sure, #masks aren’t super comfortable. But neither are heels, or bras, or suits & ties. Humans have been willingly making themselves uncomfortable every time they get dressed for CENTURIES. It’s not that.

I wear glasses, and have a really narrow nose bridge. Almost every mask I’ve ever tried fogged my glasses. I kept at it until I found some that worked, it can be done!

#COVIDIsNotOver #BringBackMasks #KeepMasksInHealthcare

mivox :ri:

3 months ago

Wearing a mask is SO FUCKING EASY, it blows my mind that everybody isn’t willing to do this one simple thing.
#CovidIsNotOver #BringBackMasks #KeepMasksInHealthcare https://zeroes.ca/@DDelgadoVive/110924263566531574

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

3 months ago

Another key action you can take: Contact New York leaders and ask them to reinstate the mask mandate for healthcare settings due to rising COVID cases.

You can send a letter and call your representatives using this tool: https://bit.ly/KeepMasksInHealthCareNY

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

3 months ago

Please take action and call your local hospitals to encourage them to do the right thing and reinstate their mask mandates due to high COVID spread. They need to hear from patients and staff.

Use this contact list: http://bit.ly/NYHospitalContacts

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

3 months ago

Some positive news: Some New York hospitals are starting to reinstate their mask mandates due to rising COVID cases.

Auburn Community Hospital and Upstate University Hospital reinstated their mask mandate this week, while NYC Health + Hospitals continued their mask mandate through the summer.

http://bit.ly/NYHealthMaskGuide

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

4 months ago

Amazing work by @maskblocabq who gave away 675 free high-filtration masks to patients, HCWs & visitors… before they were removed from the premises by hospital security. Hospitals should #KeepMasksInHealthcare, not prevent people from accessing PPE!

https://sourcenm.com/2023/08/01/this-group-was-handing-out-free-masks-outside-an-albuquerque-hospital-then-security-stepped-in/

Dr. Heather Sue M. Rosen

5 months ago

No…definitely not my eye #doctors office changing their automated appt reminder voicemail to state “#masks will be optional for both patients and staff,” not once, but TWICE…because that would be absurd, right? Right?!😒

Unfortunately absurdity is the new norm and this is absolutely what they did. #KeepMasksInHealthcare

FYI #MedMastodon it’s already pretty gross for docs to think it’s fine to infect patients but it’s EXTRA 🤢 when your exam involves breathing several inches from their face🙃😷

Fish :vegan:

5 months ago

https://lewacki.space/@nbndprsn/110655686177639259
nbndprsn@lewacki.space -
"This Friday, 3 pm CEST, Warsaw, Poland, at the Ministry of Health, there will be a protest against the lifting of mask mandates.
The Polish state has been neglectful in its "fight" against COVID. There are no reliable statistics available about the current infection rates, because of lack of testing.
The government wants the people to forget about the pandemic.
Long COVID is a silent pandemic, and there are still no reliable treatments for this illness.
The lifting of the mask mandates in healthcare means death and disability for many high risk people, as well as for those who believe that they do not belong to the high risk group.
Mask mandates in healthcare protect both healthcare workers and patients from many illnesses, not just COVID.
Masks should stay in healthcare.
The current goverment "strategy for COVID is eugenics, not a "strategy".
Boosts would be highly appreciated."
#CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthcare #PublicHealth #MaskUp

NiebinarnaNieneurotypowaOsoba

5 months ago

This Friday, 3 pm CEST, Warsaw, Poland, at the Ministry of Health, there will be a protest against the lifting of mask mandates.
The Polish state has been neglectful in its "fight" against COVID. There are no reliable statistics available about the current infection rates, because of lack of testing.
The government wants the people to forget about the pandemic.
Long COVID is a silent pandemic, and there are still no reliable treatments for this illness.
The lifting of the mask mandates in healthcare means death and disability for many high risk people, as well as for those who believe that they do not belong to the high risk group.
Mask mandates in healthcare protect both healthcare workers and patients from many illnesses, not just COVID.
Masks should stay in healthcare.
The current goverment "strategy for COVID is eugenics, not a "strategy".
Boosts would be highly appreciated.
#CovidIsNotOver #KeepMasksInHealthcare #PublicHealth #MaskUp @novid

WhatTheChel

5 months ago

Weeks after mask mandates ended, a hospital in Boston is dealing with a Covid outbreak. 😒

“In April, a group of local doctors called on Gov. Maura Healey to keep the mandatory mask requirements in place.”

Covid-19 cluster being monitored at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, officials say https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/covid-cluster-being-monitored-beth-israel/LDWKMASSCRCTBDYGNNTIRUGXXU/

#Boston #Massachusetts #Medicine #Healthcare #BringBackMasksInHealthcare #KeepMasksInHealthcare

Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

5 months ago

"Rather than abandoning universal masking for protection against SARS-CoV-2, health care facilities could reimagine masking polices to protect patients from the full array of nosocomial respiratory viral infections."

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2306223