Do medical professionals who are no longer masking not understand the harm they’re doing?
I was talking to someone yesterday who said they used to mask but stopped because things seemed better and that their doctor doesn’t mask anymore so that must mean COVID isn’t that bad.
I then explained to them the recent Statistics Canada data about long COVID and other studies about the serious longterm risks of COVID and they asked if it’s that bad why isn’t my doctor masking?
@siobhanwanders They understand. Maybe they dont understand all the stats, but they get the gist. They dont have the courage to stand out. A big part of medical training is "the nail that sticks out gets hammered." I say this as a masker.
Most people simply lack the willingness to diverge, unless they're already divergent.
Tis why Trans, Disabled, ADHD, and autism advocates are the most consistently masked in society. And POC moreso than whites.
@hannu_ikonen@siobhanwanders they most definitely don't understand all the stats . But many are quite arrogant in their own right and won't be corrected except through brute regulatory compliance. Our regulatory compliance for PPE is roughly at the 1850's level these days, thanks to capitalism and the hard work of Minimizers in positions of power.
@hannu_ikonen@siobhanwanders
It's so frustrating. Went past the school of nursing the other day. On the doors are signs asking people to mask. But as I watched people going inside, everyone was unmasked.
@JoBlakely@hannu_ikonen@siobhanwanders I was in a day surgery the other day. All nurses but two wearing masks well. Two kept grabbing the front of their mask, pulling it below their chin then touching their face and other things then putting it back. I asked my nurse why they weren't telling these nurses to not do that, "they really should do better" was all she would say.
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