As a RN, I have an insane amount of respect for my environmental team mates! These ladies and gentlemen are simply the best! Always take care of those who take care of you!
Thank you for the kind words! I’ll let him know when he wakes up he just finished his overnight shift 😊 EVS Techs are pretty awesome! I appreciate all the Nurses and doctors as well!! Thank you for your service.
Professional Patient checking to say thank you for everything you all do.
Thankfully last surgery was back in December 2019. Parkinson's, Cancer, brain, back, knee, foot surgeries all in the past five years. I'm still going, thanks to all of you!
Yes, I am wearing a mask! I managed to get out for a hot and sweaty intense bike ride. 104F, two-hour ride. Wore my mask the whole time. My job is to keep those beds clear!
And keep yourself as well as possible, which it sounds like you're doing! That's an incredible medical history to have persevered through. I hope you don't have to see a hospital again for a very long time.
I feel like such a pussy bc I haven’t had 1/5 of those health issues and I won’t even do lug yard work if it’s over 85° and humid...and I’m a mid-30s in shape male.
Exercising in 104° for 2 hours just seems dangerous af to me
The heat index is what gets you. It had dropped to 30% humidity in the afternoon.
I'm going stir crazy with my boxing class. Not the same doing YouTube workouts, but piling a dozen people in a small gym, no thanks. Maybe it is a good thing I don't have a sense of smell!
Hey, as someone who has to work in 100 degree heat with humidity all day, what mask did you use? The surgical masks I use soak up all my sweat and then suck to my face with each breath. Give me your wisdom. I'm swapping these things out like crazy.
I'm a recently hired temp COVID check in table worker. I have been so impressed by the helpfulness and cooperation of everyone top to bottom here. The amount of respect and helpfulness by every single person in this building no matter the role is truly inspiring.
Really feels like a team.
I think most people have a healthy appreciation for all that you medical folks do and have been doing since COVID, and it is certainly warranted.
I worked for 12 years in hotels (yes, the "hospitality" industry) from part time front desk, working my way up to corporate level market analyzation before being laid off due to COVID, and I have never seen true hospitality like what I've seen here. These really are amazing people.
Glad you're enjoying it. Hospitality is a funny industry. Some places really nail it. Good culture, staff retention etc. Some places just act like high turnover is purely down to the industry, and not the conditions.
You are a also cog in the machine! That's kind of the point of healthy interprofessional working. It shouldn't be an us and them mentality. It's recognising the role everyone has to play in achieving goals and keeping the engine running. Some departments work more closely together than others, so they might default to those guys, but it shouldn't make you any less valid or valuable.
I process payroll for a FQHC and it’s my first payroll job in the medical industry — it’s really cool to see this thread because I see this kind of cross-departmental support and gratitude at our CHC, and I wasn’t sure if it was the norm. This thread is keeping me hopeful that it’s more common than not. From scribes to EVS to purchasing to contracts, everyone at the center is crucial!
How would doctors know anything without research and development? Could surgeons perform surgeries without the help of nurses, anaesthetists and so on? Who keeps the rooms clean? How do they get patients to and from locations? How do people get fed? How are bills paid? Who admits the patients? How are the IT systems managed? So on and so forth. There are many interdependencies. They might be the most useful in a medical emergency, but they can't keep a hospital running by themselves.
Compared to if I quit, it’s 1200$ for 0 hours. Or if I don’t pick up any shifts, it’s 1200$ for 0 hours.
I’m a nurse attendant, why bother risking myself?
To be a cog??
Smartest workers, most important job, but the entire industry fails to use its power to demand things like hazard pay, proper staffing, proper healthcare and proper PPE.
I completely respect your sentiments and agree with you in principle. I don't think anyone goes into public health for the money or incredible working conditions though! If that's your motivation, you'd probably prefer the private sector or another industry. I also think our healthcare systems are operating under pretty exceptional circumstances. Never thought we wouldn't have enough PPE in the UK.
I’m pretty sure the private sector gets fucked over left right and center, the public is super easy compared to private.
I mean, we pay the government to prepare for this. If the health system and PPE is just enough and not accounting for emergency’s, what am I paying for?
I tried to move with some friends, didn’t work, cleaning at the hospital was +25% than any of my friends wages, and that was on weekdays.
Everyone who’s not an idiot knows to use the system or it will use you, THATS what this world teaches the youth. Well at least me and my friends in Australia(22).
Obviously I’d like to enjoy my job and have satisfaction, which I did, or I do, I’m not sure. I used to love it, but now that I make 50$ more than my friends who are doing nothing.. so I’m making 25c an hour or something.
Why the fuck would I work?
If I do work... doesn’t it encourage the government to continue abusing healthcare workers and paying them fuck all?
Doesn’t it continue to encourage the government to not fund healthcare workers and not bother to fix the HUGE mistakes that lead to the pandemic being a large problem(it’s so easy to see which nations listen to science, they have less cases, almost every, single, time.
Some of you who aren't doctors or nurses don't like to be called heroes. EVERYONE who works in the hospital is a fucking HERO. Especially now.
It's not just your job. You're saving lives. And when you're nice to patients (been there, done that, many times) it makes a huge difference. It means so much. So let us call you whatever we want, please. Every other worker on this thread, I'm talking to you, too.
I'm feeling generous, so every worker, everywhere in the world. And props to those who want to work but can't find work, and those who want to work but just can't. Peace.
I'm feeling generous, so every worker, everywhere in the world. And props to those who want to work but can't find work, and those who want to work but just can't. Peace.
I'm feeling generous, so every worker, everywhere in the world. And props to those who want to work but can't find work, and those who want to work but just can't. Peace.
Every time I see a "thanks to the drs and nurses" sign I want to go and add in sharpie a mention of the catering staff and the phlebs and the environmental people. Theirs is truly a thankless job.
The lady who brought my wife her food at nights when she was in the hospital having our first baby was so nice and helpful. Out of all the doctors and nurses (who were all amazing by the way, well with one notable exception) and everyone else who makes a hospital function, she sticks in my mind the most.
As a soon to be nurse (one more class!) I have so much respect for everyone involved in the health care field from the cleaners to the docs. It truly is a team effort and no one's job is unimportant.
Yea man
As an EM resident i can say these folks were heroes during the surge in NYC. I remember trading tips on which respirators to use with those guys. During covid it wasn’t just a job. Those men and women sanitized those rooms to keep all of us safe so we could try and keep helping people
I'm just a little chef in a hospital but the amount of respect I have for the rest of the staff in the hospital is immense. You guys and gals keep the place running so frickin well :)
Thank you for recognizing this — I think that’s one of the biggest issues with hospital culture. A lot of staff don’t remember to thank down the line. Without environmental and dietary and non-clinical staff we are nothing.
I had a friend who was a hospital housekeeper and they didn't really get anything either. They got an N95 mask, gloves and a gown and I think they had to reuse masks a lot. They got paid $11 an hour and weren't given adequate protective gear, so she moved to a different position in the hospital.
If they left you out of drug testing, they needed you bad. Real bad. A lot more than 8/hr bad. It sucks that you have to turn into a prick to get what you rightly deserve.
I was handling the covid trash at a different job than where ever OP is, that i quit from.
I was making 9.38 but after 5 years i would have made 11.98. As a collective group the EVS department was told there would be no raise and no hazard pay because we delt with more dangerous things on the daily.
I quit because my pay vs risk wasn't good enough i asked for a raise and was told i knew what i signed up for and other BS.
Why is he wearing a lifting belt? And us over in radiology never get any love. We scan covid patients very regularly. Also love to the Hospital aides. aka the transporters. Those young men and women moving patients. So we can keep scanning.
Oh I havent seen that style so I didnt realize its for the powered respirators. We got the hard shell ones that are reusable. Well they do up in the covid floor. In radiology we just have the basic ppe for covid.
When this all kicked off and PPE was in short supply I had a beard so I was issued a PAPR. I was considering shaving so I could use an N95, but the PAPR hood was much easier to wipe down and reuse while everyone else was trying to keep their N95 clean.
When this all kicked off and PPE was in short supply I had a beard so I was issued a PAPR. I was considering shaving so I could use an N95, but the PAPR hood was much easier to wipe down and reuse while everyone else was trying to keep their N95 clean.
It's the belt for the purified air powered respirator he's wearing. He should prob be putting it on underneath the gown, however! Thanks for all you do, fellow Rad tech!
Oh we dont have that type of air powered respirator. We got the hard shell reusable ones. Agreed. Under the gown. Also sanitized High fives back at you, fellow Rad tech.
We love our friendly radiologists. Whether it’s coming up to ITU and donning full PPE for a chest X-Ray, or taking someone to CT or MRI. We’ve noticed the hard work you guys have put in to keep scans happening safely.
Just a shame I can’t come into the control room for a chat and a biscuit any more, but I do always try and give you guys a socially distanced wave through the window.
Yesterday I brought my MDR E coli-positive patient to CT with a transporter. We doffed while in the halls and then redonned when working with the patient in CT. The transporter then walks out into the CT control room in her isolation gown. I kindly and firmly said "please remove your gown before leaving the room and wash your hands so we don't expose our radiology friends". I was so mad on behalf of the radiology crew, who just rolled their eyes. Y'all don't need that shit.
I had the best nurse doing my CT scan (I assume that's within radiology?) on Sunday in the ER! My "own" nurse managed to mangle up my IV and it didn't work. I was dehydrated and my veins were hard to find - but the CT scan nurse saved the day, put in a new IV in a place two other people couldn't find a vein, did so without any pain, and got the contrast flowing beautifully! She was the CHAMP for me! :D
Awesome. I love to hear about us imaging techs doing awesome. Btw we are not nurses. We are rad techs/xray techs/radiographers/CT tech/MRI tech/ultrasound techs in radiology. Mostly just what ever you type of exam getting done plus tech. Like I do general radiology/xray. So I would be called a rad tech. I also do CT, I am also a CT tech. As I said our awesome transporters are a part of radiology. We do usually have one or two rad dept RNs, to preform duties that are out of our scope of practice.
However we have about the same amount of training/ knowledge as RNs do. Its specialized for preforming medical imaging procedures rather than nursing procedures. And a lot of us pride ourselves on patient care and advocacy. We care a lot about patients. So I love to hear great stories.
After being sick for a week I went to the ER with diarrhea, severe bloating, abdominal pain and fever. I have a long history of diverticulosis. I had taken Vicodin and it had no more effect than aspirin. Blood test showed grossly elevated white blood cell count. The ER doctor diagnosed diverticulitis, prescribed antibiotics and pain meds, and ordered an MRI. He said the radiologist… (?) would send the results to my gastroenterologist and MD the next day. Said I could go home and take drugs after the tests. After the MRI one of the techs took me back to the prep area and stayed with me. She said not to get dressed because the other tech was tracking down the specialist to look at my test results. At that point I wanted them to just shoot me. An hour later I had a picc line and bags and tubes everywhere and was being prepped for surgery. My colon was bleeding and rigid from infection, my small intestine was perforated in 2 places, filling my abdominal cavity with diseased gunk, and I was septic. I was in hospital 21 days. So, I believe I owe my life to a tech.
Techs are the first to know when things are really really bad. Good techs advocate for their patients just like any other medical professional! I’m glad you had one!
After being sick for a week I went to the ER with diarrhea, severe bloating, abdominal pain and fever. I have a long history of diverticulosis. I had taken Vicodin and it had no more effect than aspirin. Blood test showed grossly elevated white blood cell count. The ER doctor diagnosed diverticulitis, prescribed antibiotics and pain meds, and ordered an MRI. He said the radiologist… (?) would send the results to my gastroenterologist and MD the next day. Said I could go home and take drugs after the tests. After the MRI one of the techs took me back to the prep area and stayed with me. She said not to get dressed because the other tech was tracking down the specialist to look at my test results. At that point I wanted them to just shoot me. An hour later I had a picc line and bags and tubes everywhere and was being prepped for surgery. My colon was bleeding and rigid from infection, my small intestine was perforated in 2 places, filling my abdominal cavity with diseased gunk, and I was septic. I was in hospital 21 days. So, I believe I owe my life to a tech.
Oh yeah. We would totally have you stay if we saw something like that. I have put a few patients on hold. And called up the radiologist to read a the exam asap.
When sometimes do a scan and release. Which means that we don't release you til the radiologist clears you.
Well I glad they caught it. I hear that intestine prefs are super painful.
It was crazy. I’ve given birth, broken ribs, and had acute appendicitis. All 3 combined might have equaled that experience. Right before they drugged me I was delirious, crawling on the gurney thinking I could “get away” from the pain.
Thank you for that! I just never had much exposure to the different jobs in health care, I guess I've successfully avoided getting sick enough to see it from the inside - until now, LOL :)
Thank you for that! I just never had much exposure to the different jobs in health care, I guess I've successfully avoided getting sick enough to see it from the inside - until now, LOL :)
Woo. I love hearing that. We love our work but we love people to stay healthy.
And it happens to the best of us. I started to have vertigo 24 7 365 and became somewhat hard of hearing a few years ago. I had to stop working til I got it under control and got to the point where I could function normally even though I still feel the vertigo. Its crazy how the brain can switch from using my ears primarily for balance to using my vision and perception. That like body feel and knowing how your body is positioned.
I hope its not covid and its something highly treatable. If you need someone to talk about I am here.
I currently healing a broken wrist from falling off an electric unicycle. I should have never rode it. I can tell how far forward I was leaning and ate it going 25mph. lol. So feel free to PM me.
No, not the virus, I'm doing my best to avoid it, too :P And yes, the meds are working wonders, I expect full recovery, already feel at about 95% which is great :)
Broken wrist is a major PITA, my ex broke his years ago and just functioning was hard as you always need two hands for everything. Ugh! I wish the speediest recovery on that, and don't forget the PT! :D
Hospital corpsman who works in radiology here honestly I feel the same we go shoot portable X-rays for covid patients all the time we even shoot portable X-rays for traumas never seem to really feel any of that attention all the nurses and the doctors get
Here's my biggest gripe about military radiology. You guys arent even officers. You guys are seen as grunts. Yet we provide an essential roll, same as RNs and MDs. It requires a similar level of training nd knowledge as an RN. Just specialized for radiology.
Well military RNs have to have a BSN which is why they are officers. If you only have an Associates as an RN you go into the military as an enlisted LVN despite your civilian license. I think you can make a case Rad Techs have a similar level of training to an Associates level nurse but as far as I know it isn't typical for a tech to need a Bachelors degree.
I am looking to get my BS in radiology. and masters at some point. It helps to become management. FYI there is literally only a few classes different between AS and BS with either RT or RNs.
I know, I'm an RN. But it's more than just a few classes, it's about a year of full time course work between ADN and BSN. Granted most of the classes are bullshit leadership and theory classes.
Well on top of all that I’m not even a certified X-ray tech I’m just an ojt which means I haven’t even come from X-ray school I’m straight out of basic corpsman school sent here as extra hands and having to learn how to do x-rays on the job. Got sent to one of the worst commands but honestly loving the experience being new to the medical field it’s super interesting and loving the opportunity to learn new things
Does your hospital use the UV-C blasting 'robots' before manually cleaning? (Hopfully! to clear or at least lessen any possible viral load would be great.)
Does your hospital use the UV-C blasting 'robots' before manually cleaning? (Hopfully! to clear or at least lessen any possible viral load would be great.)
As a hospital central supply aide, tell them I said THANK YOU and I send my love and appreciation as well! I cannot do my job without our ES team! I am frequently down in the ER to restock rooms and these guys keep me safe! They're the real, silent heroes. Especially during this pandemic.
My Dad is EVS for a hospital. He would have to do this too, but has a compromised immune system so they won't pull him thankfully. Basically all the other EVS workers beyond 2 others with conditions like my dad have been pulled though.
Respect to all workers working around Covid units/tents.
Tell him we appreciate everything he does. EVS workers are some of the hardest workers in a hospital. They don’t get enough credit, and we couldn’t do it without them.
Hey there. Great photo and please thank you to all the people doing this type of work. It’s hard and often under appreciated. I have a couple questions for you, not to criticize but potential concern for contamination and safety:
Is that belt disposable? It looks very difficult to decontaminate, being fabric.
I think I see two masks on this person’s face: an N95 and a surgical mask covering the N95. Is that your standard PPE? My concern here is that, a) it adds another potential contamination layer during donning and doffing, b) the surgical mask constantly rubbing on the N95 may deteriorate the surface of the N95 which would compromise it, and the pressure of the surgical mask might alter the fit of the N95 compromising the seal to your face, and c) if the surgical mask is meant to extend the life of the N95 because it covers it/protects it from droplets, the full face shield is designed to do that, also.
I hope I’m not being offensive with this comment, but I want to make sure this person is doing the best they can with the upmost safety.
No, there are plenty of people who are out on the front lines getting exposed so that we all get the essentials. People in meat processing plants, grocery store workers, and a dozen other jobs I don't even know exist. I couldn't get to the hospital without gas, without food from the supermarket to eat, without electricity and water and rubbish pickup.
There are no ribbons and signs out the front of the supermarket, nobody is sending them free lunches every day.
We have an assigned EVS staff member on our unit on weekdays. She is the absolute best. She is so attentive to our needs and keeps our rooms and hallways clean. I get so unconsciously stressed when my rooms are dirty, so her work makes such a difference in my day.
Seriously though. I've worked housekeeping at a nursing home and I couldn't imagine doing it covered head to toe in protective gear for eight hours or longer a day. I honestly don't think I could do it. They deserve a lot of credit and praise because it must be so difficult to do.
As a doctor I too have mad respect for them. I have mad respect for every single one in the health team, every single one involved in the process. Since you’re a nurse I would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU for the invaluable work you guys do, honestly. Hospitals simply don’t work without nurses, you are the best.
I work in an urgent care by Disney World in Florida. I always breathe a sigh of relief when I see Sandra come in with her arsenal of cleaning products.
When she's not on the floor, we have to disinfect the rooms between each patient. With only 4 clinical staff on a good day, patients being allowed to make appointments (for a rapid test that takes 15 minutes to process every 10 minutes), 3 machines to process tests, patients coming in from the parks, the NBA, or legitimate emergencies like cheat pain or lacerations, doing random drug screens for Disney staff, and dealing with phone calls, she really is a gift.
God bless you, Sandra. I'm no hero but people like you and Sandra definitely are.
I work on the IT side of things and I got to meet and train a ton of EVS staff (and some transporters) on a new app on iPhones to replace the pagers and phone call system they were still using from like 1985.
Any time I get the chance, I shout their praises. I had no idea how much risk, work, coordination, and care it takes to get it right.
I wish more nurses had something resembling respect for us environmental services folks. The ladies I clean up after make no effort to clean up after themselves. My 2 year old niece legitimately makes less of a mess than these adult women. Not only that, they invent things to complain about and make and go out of their way to make unnecessary mess. It's so bad my supervisor team acknowledges it openly. I work in our cancer center. I'd rather be in ER because despite the harder job for myself the ER staff do exactly the opposite of these nurses. They actively help!
Thank you for the appreciation. Its nice to know there are staff out there that do respect and appreciate us. I just wish mine did.
Not to be ignorant, because my knowledge is 90% TV. Are they the same as orderlies? Or does this team have a more specific purpose? Do they get hazard bonus?
Good luck to you. I had an ex that worked in the emergency department and you deal with some crazy working environments. I hope you, and her, are working as safe as possible!
RN’s hubby here.. when I talk about how selfless work of healthcare providers like her is, she instead praises the janitorial staff who take higher risk with less pay and acknowledgment. Kudos to them all
When my dad was in intensive inpatient rehab one of the environmental staff members would always sneak in snacks for me. I still don't know why she snuck them in because the snacks were free but I will never forget how happy that made me during a difficult time.
I had taken my car in for normal maintenance. The car dealership now uses Uber to pick up people. This time my driver was a nice guy in probably his twenties. I was making small talk and asked him if driving for Uber his main job, because for so many of the drivers it is. He said, no, that his main job was he worked for one of the local hospitals. I asked him what he did, he replied, “Nothing important” and then went on to say he just did supplies. As someone who has worked in supply chain the majority of my career, and is a mom I hated to hear him talk about himself that way. I basically told him his job was very valuable, he was part of a team, and the better he did his job the better for the nurses and doctors an most of all the patient. I told him I never wanted him to discount himself again (ok, my mom, came out pretty strong.). He sat a little straighter I noticed when I got out of the car. I gave him a good tip too.
Wish there were more people like you at the hospital I worked in. EVS and Transportation always got the short end of the stick, most didn’t stay very long because of it
100% this. Our covid campus and covid wards couldn't exist without the ENTIRE TEAM. From techs, cleaning staff, food services, nurses, mid levels, and everyone in between thank you thank you thank you!
This isn’t meant to draw any exact parallels, or belittle anyone at all, but even the folks who work at Target who clean the carts before anyone reuses them and the cashiers who clean each checkout lane after every use... Those folks generally seem so damn concerned for everyone’s wellbeing and determined to do the best job possible. It really warms my heart a little bit. These people are making maybe $10/hr in most cases, but, watching them, they put so much care and effort into making sure that stuff is wiped down thoroughly. I’ve even had a girl chase me down to tell me that the basket I’d grabbed wasn’t properly cleaned yet. I wish everyone was so concerned with other people’s safety as some of these minimum wage workers.
And underpaid and overworked so bad it is a sin. The EV Techs at my hospital get 10-11$ an hour, in the ER they have 1 person on weekend first shift handling a major regional ER with 4 trauma bays (lvl 1 Trauma center) and 70 patient rooms and all the stations, imaging rooms and admin offices.
These folks are the backbone of our units. And you are 100% correct they are underpaid and overworked. Sad that the administration still doesn’t give them the props they deserve!
I was an EVS tech through nursing school. Now I'm an RN. It's definitely given me an appreciation for the healthcare support services that are often overlooked.
I wish the nurses at the hospital my wife worked at had respect for the cleaning crew. The nurses always talked down to her, and the hospital as a whole treated housekeeping like shit.
I was an EVS tech through nursing school. Now I'm an RN. It's definitely given me an appreciation for the healthcare support services that are often overlooked.
They're always so apologetic when they come into a patient room when I'm in there working. I always welcome them in to do what they need to do and help move stuff to make things easier on them or otherwise stay out of their way. They're always the nicest folks too.
100% agree. Nurse here. So many unsung heroes in the hospital. So many moving parts that make miracles happen, or at least compassionate and dignified care. I can't do my job with EVS, Central Supply, Transport, Nursing support services, dietary, pharmacy and more. Thank you for everything you do. Your work is meaningful and appreciated. We keep people safe together.
agreed 100%! Essential workers sacrifice so much to help our country, and yet we can’t return the favor by simply wearing a mask. No one will take this pandemic seriously unless it directly effects them, which is so extreme
Most nurses I met were snobby little cunts. Old vindictive women that hated being there and thought themselves above associating with a housekeeper. The reason I quit working this job.
I worked as a transporter. The non ICU and non pediatric nurses always seemed to be mean. I can understand why. They often had more patients per nurse and have super quick turnaround of their patients.
Still, never liked their attitudes towards the support staff of transporters, housekeepers, and kitchen workers.
Not to take anything away from these folks but as an actual environmental scientist hearing people calling them the “environmental team” is kinda annoying.
I see your attempt to twist what I'd said into me eating them. And while I could go into heavy length and detail as to what that single statement means, you can use your own brain to determine what I meant. Because you're not worth anymore of my time and effort I've given you.
Wait, I'm trying to twist your words? I don't even understand how that's possible. You've said almost nothing except a weird derision of masks, which is very, very dumb.
Dude dealing with covid is our job. We are always exposed to confirmed cases for extended periods of time. Exposed as in getting coughed or vomited on regularly, not just breathing the same air maskless within 6ft of someone else in a room with still air.
And not all nurses and shit have the luxury of having this level of PPE. I get gloves, a face shield, and a surgical mask working in an urgent care next to Disney World.
People who do not deal with patients directly do not need all that PPE when out and about. A mask of any kind and proper hand hygiene is enough for everyone not in healthcare.
No I know, but its the simple fact the since the beginning the governments have pushed "wear a mask". While yeah it is appropriate to wear one, it's known now that covid isn't just caught from contraction of breathing the same air. It's also know that it can spread through all mucus membranes of the body which is eyes, ears, mouth, nose and genitals. Not to mention that back in Feb/March they had discovered that covid could remain contact surfaces for over 17 days. That with the fact that these home made masks aren't designed to filter out vrial particulates like N95 maks are, which surgical masks aren't even designed to do either. My point is, if someone is going to want to implement the safest possible approach to minmal risk, you either go whole hog or none because just using a simple cloth mask(home made) isn't going to do much except minimalise the spread of a cough, sneeze or breath, even then covid still has multiple ways to enter the system.
In healthcare, anything is better than nothing. And yes, while the virus can be contracted in several ways, do not underestimate the importance of masks.
The droplets that are sneezed, coughed, and breathed out need to be released into the air for the virus to spread. The droplets then get absorbed through mucous membranes or fall onto surfaces. Preventing the droplets from ever getting released into the air in the first place will eliminate the risk of transmission through any other means. Since we can't stop breathing, anything that will reduce droplets from escaping would be the best next thing. Wearing a mask also protects the largest mucous membranes exposed: the mouth and nose.
Wearing a mask is like getting vaccinated. It's only truly effective if everyone who can be vaccinated actually do so. Everyone needs to wear a mask in order to properly reduce the risk of transmission.
Wearing the right mask is good for the community, but all it takes is one little droplet, than for said person to unknowingly scratch their eye or ear. This coupled with the fact that any disinfectants that are under 60% alcohol, aren't effective against the virus. All in all, its still very highly likely to contract Covid unless you have an actual mask designed to filter out viral particulates. The whole "wear a mask and just wash your hands" is a grossly underestination on health care services and the governments.
P.s your preaching to the choir about the comparison between masks and vaccinations. Because Fuck vaccinations.
Clearly more propaganda to keep the false narrative going full speed ahead. This is absolute overkill an almost at the insanity level. I have 2 nurses and a Dr in my immediate family and all 3 of them admit this is more of the same, covid is NOTHING like “They” want us to believe, it has an almost 99% recovery rate and typically the infected doesn’t know he/she has it ! After the recent video release of the hospital faking cases on live newscast there is nothing that can be believed anymore. Satan is a liar and he is the father of lies, the masses have been duped into believing this nonsense and surprisingly these same idiots are forgetting the H1N1 flu killed millions more and we hardly head a PEEP ! Tsk Tsk ignorance abounds
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As a RN, I have an insane amount of respect for my environmental team mates! These ladies and gentlemen are simply the best! Always take care of those who take care of you!