Talking to a friend who’s in the hospital and had a sign on their door requesting masking, for their safety. Most staff only wore paper masks, if that. (Doctors were worst at masking at all.)
Yesterday friend had a bit of a sore throat, and was immediately COVID tested and now the door sign is “heightened COVID risk” and everyone is wearing N95s on entering.
They’ve decided to have a sore throat until discharge, since apparently the only way to be protected is to pose a risk to the staff.
@undefined @amaditalks
The psychology at work here has been one of the parts of the pandemic that's really blown my mind.
If I wear a mask in public where I live, I will almost certainly get questioned, if not berated.
If I wear a mask, cough a lot and say "Sorry, I'm so sick" then people will run to get away from me.
Clearly they don't want to get sick, but they still find preventative masking to be offensive.
