moriahcat

Since I have to go by my titer results thanks to lost immunization records (and still had to have a booster MMR to get them up to snuff the last time I changed jobs), I'd be happy to answer information about what vaccines I have, along with telling t...

Agreed, but I don't know every hospital's policies. I personally would say "Yes, I am, and our facility has mandated vaccinations, but since I likely won't be their only nurse" and then finish the spiel I mentioned -- that I will personally relay to...

Vaccination status may not be a disease, but antibody titers to certain diseases are no laughing matter for nursing (at least in my state, others may differ). I do not think it is illogical for families to want vaccinated caregivers for their l...

You're correct, and decoding this President's recent Tweets from his baseline Tweets would be difficult to make (hey, he's not threatening to bomb a foreign nation, and he's come very close to that when *not* on steroids). Many suggested it was...

Have to agree with those who say as much as brotherly love is important, that if the man really wants to get married all he needs there is his fiancee and someone who's legally approved to say the words. I know that he would hate for you to miss hi...

Oh, sorry. Altered mental status was the best way to describe why we felt admission was absolutely necessary. She was slurring despite no alcohol in 2 weeks, speaking very slowly, lethargic, not responding to complex questions, the day after some u...

My mother just got out of acute care for her first episode of apparent HE (ETOH abstinent -- by her own choice, yay! -- nearly 2 weeks before AMS was apparent so they didn't think it was late-appearing DTs, no nystagmus), and I was using all of my ab...

This infuriates me for you. I'm so sorry. It shouldn't be like this.

I'm assuming you work in a medical field/clinic, compared to a retail worker wearing a mask. If I'm making the wrong assumption, please let me know. To address your article.... N95s were never designed to be worn all day, to be re-donned after use...

If you mean they agree there is no evidence for or against, but that health care grade masks should be saved for HCWs and those dealing with likely COVID-19 cases, not the hopefully well... yes, yes they do. https://www.who.int/publications-detail/a...

And that's an issue. Yes, retail employees are risking their lives, if not in the same way that HCWs are -- and CNAs don't get that much higher of pay in LTC/hospice than the average "manager" (aka a senior employee to the person you're dealing with...

And in April 2020, there was a new article that said the general public wearing cloth masks may, along with other preventive measures such as hand hygiene and attempts at social distancing, help prevent spread caused by asymptomatic/presymtomatic ind...

I probably should have been clearer as well. A few posts had dismissed cloth masks in public as ineffective (due to either poor design or quality, or poor usage) and suggested surgical/procedure masks would have at least been better for public use....

What I have seen, more than simply dismissing them, has been questions about the effectiveness of cloth masks vs tested ones. Especially since we know nurses have died after being told to wear a plain (but still laboratory tested and certified for ...

Agreed wholeheartedly. And even if retrospective studies controlling for mask-wearers using other social distancing strategies/hand hygiene show the masks themselves did little in preventing infections of the wearers, one thing the effort of all the...

If you are actually supporting cottage industries, sure. As I said, I'd probably only trust my wallet to Etsy, after critical review of the product's construction. Going local is even better. I offered to pay for the masks I was sent free, at lea...

Eh, I meant more in the metaphorical sense -- as in, only you can cover yourself. But I guess it works literally too.

I was referring to my posterior (edit to clarify: as what I also tried to routinely cover).

Damn. I had read about the broken arm. Was hoping no deaths yet. Thanks for the update.

And you might have missed the point of my post -- I'm trying to address both sides of this issue. You can't make the unworried possibly sick wear masks at all times in public. Right now we're honestly lucky that no security guards have been killed ...

There is a huge difference between the wonderful random almost "hippie chic" cuteness of masks obviously made by a quilter looking at their hardest-to-stitch-through fabric and saying "Heck yeah, these would go well together", and commercial masks wi...

Eh, no, I get it. For one, the fabric masks that most would consider "fashionable", especially those people are buying online, aren't likely to do much good. The ones with political slogans are clearly only a fashion statement from the way they're ...

A little detail on the mask that was made for me (by the Stitch Witch who is also a retired GP who I've stayed in contact with cuz we knew each other socially as well): Material: Batik quilting cotton, whatever she had/could get -- these are cute in...

I meant more "a little more complicated than the general public is used to", not to insult people who use this strategy for good reason and out of habit from other settings. ? She's a computer tech, so not a part of her daily routine before this. ...

Well, I would feel more comfortable with three layers of cotton fabric between me and the world -- in that way, they might even be more effective than cheap disposable masks, though of course not anything close to N95 protection. I do think the craz...