I'm not inferior bc I'm not a sacred doctor or nurse. Frankly minimum wage workers - every single one - should have N95s before a single health pro does. In any case, I will protect my mother which means I won't settle for anything but real medical maskshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/new-face-masks-relieve-pressure-on-n95-supplies-11606386602 …
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Health pros directly come in contact with people specifically known to be infected as an intrinsic part of their job, and then come in contact with other people in the hospital because their health is vulnerable
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Replying to @arthur_affect
they chose that profession. As hard as I’m trying, neither me nor my mom can opt out of Minnesota Again, I think it’s different in the cities, where people are sensible and not bent on infecting as many people as possible for their loser-god. But here everywhere’s a hospital
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
Also: I mean, I have had major invasive surgical procedures in the past 18 months, and my mom has to go to hospitals for regular checkups and stuff. No one talks about N-95 masks for PATIENTS
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Right, and that sucks, but while everything is in short supply the best way to keep patients from being infected is to limit their interactions with anyone but hospital staff and keep the hospital staff uninfected
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Replying to @arthur_affect
The way I see it, the *right* solution is to provide masks for people who aren’t getting clout and stable (for nurses) or enormous (for doctors) salaries to be there and take that risk, and who DO have a choice about being there
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
I do not believe it is responsible or feasible for someone living outside of a metro area to not wear an N-95 mask when they go out. Because no one else will and you WILL be infected
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Are you talking about "going out" as in working at a high-risk workplace like a meatpacking plant because otherwise this seems like an exaggeration
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I’m talking about going to the pharmacy or the gas station, basically. Where it’s not practically possible to maintain six feet distance.
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If you go in and out and don't talk to anyone your risk is, in practical terms, a lot lower than that of anyone who works in a hospital
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I’m saying that I don’t believe I should be expected to voluntarily increase the risk to me or my mother by any amount when my community is intentionally and overwhelmingly increasing the risk to everyone
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
What are you being asked to do voluntarily?
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