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In the spirit of taking care of myself, that is somewhere I would definitely not be! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| Rail-less and Tail-less |
Never. _______________________________________________ Use thumb-size bullets to create fist-size holes. | |||
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Dusty, what type of mask do you wear in that environment? Is it the type that would be rated for tuberculosis? | |||
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| Rail-less and Tail-less |
I wear an N95 when dealing with known COVID-19 patients or PUI (patients under investigation for COVID) and just a standard surgical mask when dealing with any other patients. With that said I have treated gun shot wounds, motor vehicle accidents, broken limbs etc...where the patient subsequently tested positive and all I had on was a simple non-fit tested mask. We are required to have surgical masks at all times even when sitting at the nurses station charting not in contact with patients. I’ve never prescribed HCQ. Our infectious disease guys never bought into it and that tricked down to us. Standard of care from the ER is limited IV fluids, no nebulized meds if we can avoid them, IV ceftriaxone (antibiotic) if they have findings on Xray/CT, high flow oxygen for hypoxia (low oxygen), try to avoid intubation at all costs, early proning. For the people that aren’t too sick (no low oxygen, Etc...) meds aren’t really needed. If they get to point where they need meds they get admitted. The impatient teams are using remdesivir with good results. I was there 8 hours today and admitted 3 more. One was a 24 year old girl with an oxygen saturation of 84 on room air. She was a known positive. she and her whole family went to a drive through testing facility yesterday. All were positive. I have admitted a good amount of COVID patients over the last couple months and I’m just one provider from a group who manages 10 ER’s in the Charlotte area. There are 3 other hospital systems with ER’s in the area also admitting patients. It’s definitely on the up swing. Fortunately the death rates are not rising along with the admissions. With that said people are still getting sick and they are often younger. I have already had a couple of COVID patients that were admitted later discharged coming back with strokes and pulmonary embolisms that are thought to be related to possible hypercaguability from COVID. One of my colleagues had a 7 month old patient that came in flaccid on one side from a stroke who also tested positive. When I heard that it scared the shit out of me. _______________________________________________ Use thumb-size bullets to create fist-size holes. | |||
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| Rail-less and Tail-less |
We use the surgical masks single use only. I wear an N95 but it never seals well on my face. As for mask effectiveness put one on, cough on your hand with and without the mask and see if you feel a difference. While virus molecules are microscopic the chances of launching one 20 feet by coughing with a mask on is remote. Also we have something called the virtual hospital set up that keep tabs on positive patients and their families and there has been lots of success in not spreading the virus to close family members even in tight quarters by everyone wearing masks all the time. I’m not discounting what your friend says but it’s just what we have been seeing. Wear a mask don’t wear a mask I don’t really care. It’s the bitching on both sides that’s infuriating. _______________________________________________ Use thumb-size bullets to create fist-size holes. | |||
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The local Target is also not saying anything about masks. Had to pick up an item and walked right in, got it and left. While waiting to pick up my order, an employee on the phone was telling a customer.... " why would we tell a paying customer to leave? We are not going to make someone leave because of not wearing a mask". I told the other employee nearby it was refreshing to see some common sense. I also sent Harris Teeter an email congratulating them for their common sense. | |||
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Regards 18DAI Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
If only it were that simple. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Meh, the .gov mandates I wear a seatbelt, and at least a loincloth when I'm in public, and I can't seem to boil up much righteous indignation over those restraints on my liberty, a mask that might prevent the transmission of an illness is nothing. "So Others May Live": USCG Rescue Swimmers | |||
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Someone in the medical field explain this procedure to me: Here in CT we must wear masks. You will be refused entry and / or service if you do not comply. They just reopened restaurants and patios last week. When led to my table we were instructed to put on our masks. Once seated we could take them off. basically I was standing on the sidewalk in the queue waiting for my table with no mask on. Once crossing the imaginary force-field at the patio fence and walking 15 feet to my table I had to don the mask. When seated, I was allowed to take it off.  | |||
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Ventured out today curious about the mask situation since it is now a mandate. At Staples in Wake Forest, Everyone wore one. Then I stopped at a Speedway in Youngsville and not one mask was being worn inside. Finally stopped at a mini mart kinda place at a Shell station also in Youngsville and again, no masks, even the employees. I asked the clerk if she was going to ask me to wear one and she just said ‘nah’. Looks like things are so far more relaxed outside of Wake County. | |||
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It's all going to depend on store management at each place of business and how much they want to risk alienating customers. I got a nice email reply from Harris Teeter thanking me for my letter after telling them how much I appreciated their common sense approach to this mask thing. I think we should take time to tell merchants that we appreciate them not tossing out customers whenever we can, and maybe more will begin doing the same thing. | |||
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| Cruising the Highway to Hell  |
I have one that when forced to wear it, it has some writing on it that says "This Mask is as Useless as the Governor." There has been many positive comments on that mask and so far, nothing negative other than from my wife who thinks someone will shoot me for wearing it. “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan Retired old fart | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Except preventing transmission of an illness is not the point of the mask mandates at all. I know this because hardly anyone wears them properly, and everyone knows it. Not to mention that not that long ago everyone now telling us that we should wear a mask were telling us not to wear them because they are ineffective and actually harmful. There is no standard whatsoever, just as long as you have something covering your face. People are satisfied even if the mask is simply hanging off one's chin just as long as you're showing that you're part of the herd. This has become a religious movement. I am 100% right about this. It has absolutely no relation at all to wearing a seat belt or walking through Central Park without your junk swinging in the breeze. It's damned infuriating that so many people follow along with this mindless folly. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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So what is the point of the mandate? Politicians giggling an snickering because they got people to wear masks to reduce the spread of a respiratory borne virus? Just because some people don't wear the mask properly doesn't reduce the value of the concept. If you're infuriated by people trying to reduce the transmission of a disease, I'd suggest some deep cleansing breathes and personal introspection. | |||
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| The Whack-Job Whisperer  |
The "governor" can dispense as many mandates as he wishes. They are largely being ignored. And other than a few liberal bastions in the state, are not going to be enforced. The Sheriff locally has said no. And Judicial system folks I know are saying no too. I hope the true conservatives left in the state come up with a worthy alternative to Cooper. The end of this commie cosplayers term can't come soon enough. Disgraceful what these libtards and their media lapdogs have done to this country. Especially over the last 6 months with their phony plague. Regards 18DAI 7+1 Rounds of hope and change | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Brother, I can only lead the horse to water... If you refuse to see the absurdity of it all, I can't help you. For chrissakes, in Oregon blacks are exempt from their mask mandate. Yeah, this all about science.  ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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I thought this was pretty good: Them: You should wear a mask even if you don't need it. Me: You mean like carrying a gun? | |||
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| Rail-less and Tail-less |
After today’s shift all I can say to my NC neighbors is buckle up. _______________________________________________ Use thumb-size bullets to create fist-size holes. | |||
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That was only one county. They also immediately rescinded that asinine exemption when everyone called shenanigans on it. ___________________________________________ "Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?" -Dr. Thaddeus Venture | |||
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