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Steve Cheung's avatar

I agree with Prasad on first principles: there is an absence of evidence of benefit. And the burden is on proponents to sustain their hypothesis that “masking works”.

That said, I recall decades ago as a lowly IM resident that we would routinely mask on the BMT unit (and gown for entry into each positive pressure patient room). I would happily do that now (although in my line of work there is no reason to be on a BMT unit).

But there’s “immunocompromised”, and there’s immunocompromised. It is an overly broad and hence medically meaningless category if a febrile neutropenic pt is considered on par with every diabetic or anyone on a biologic, for example. And “disabled” is even more pointless.

And I think Prasad brilliantly and hilariously underscores the silliness of a criterion such as “pt comfort” with his MAGA hat example. Almost a coffee-spitting moment.

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Patti's avatar

How's about we stop all the nonsense and restore basic rights? I don't give a crap about doctors wearing masks. They didn't wear masks before Covid. Covid has been proven to be a scam. Why should they have to wear masks now? NO! It pisses me off to go to any clinic or hospital and see staff wearing masks. It's abuse plain and simple.

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