Masks and hospitals / surgery are somewhat interesting. Doctors have worn masks while performing surgery for decades. They do so not to protect themselves, but to protect you (the patient) while your body is 'opened up' - to stop bits of saliva / bacteria getting from their mouths / noses into your body. So I don't really feel that fighting a hospital over masks is a valid hill to die on. IF doctors and nurses never wore masks prior to C19, I'd think differently but at the very least, they are consistent.
I've been dying to ask a real surgeon - haven't surgeons been wearing masks, like, forever? Everyone involved in an operation? Is it only for the saliva / blood? Nothing airborne like breath, germs, etc ?
I assisted (scrubbed in, monitored anethesia, opened surgical packs, handed the doctor the necessary tools from the surgical pack, etc) in surgeries on military working dogs for years in the US Army. You wear the mask to keep your spit from falling into the body cavity while its opened up and to keep the dogs' bodily fluids outta your mouth.
Masks and hospitals / surgery are somewhat interesting. Doctors have worn masks while performing surgery for decades. They do so not to protect themselves, but to protect you (the patient) while your body is 'opened up' - to stop bits of saliva / bacteria getting from their mouths / noses into your body. So I don't really feel that fighting a hospital over masks is a valid hill to die on. IF doctors and nurses never wore masks prior to C19, I'd think differently but at the very least, they are consistent.
I wore masks during surgery to protect myself as well as the patient. Lots of blood and saliva spray. Retired Oral Surgeon since 2015.
I've been dying to ask a real surgeon - haven't surgeons been wearing masks, like, forever? Everyone involved in an operation? Is it only for the saliva / blood? Nothing airborne like breath, germs, etc ?
I assisted (scrubbed in, monitored anethesia, opened surgical packs, handed the doctor the necessary tools from the surgical pack, etc) in surgeries on military working dogs for years in the US Army. You wear the mask to keep your spit from falling into the body cavity while its opened up and to keep the dogs' bodily fluids outta your mouth.