05-08-2023, 10:22 PM
(05-08-2023, 10:15 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(05-08-2023, 11:53 AM)ac3r Wrote: It's still killing people, but we cannot live in a public health emergency in perpetuity. It has just as drastic impacts on things as the disease itself does. It was inevitable that we'd have to declare an end to this. The #bringbackmasks crowd is free to keep wearing 2 cent Chinese face masks and ill-fitted N95s as long as they wish and get a million booster shots. But it's clear the majority don't care anymore. Even in hospitals, half the staff don't bother anymore unless they're directly caring for a patient.
Continuing to wear masks in health facilities and LTC homes, among others, seems like a no-brainer.
And refusal should be dealt with in the same way that any other refusal to follow health and safety rules in the workplace, e.g., “I don’t feel a need to wash my hands before cooking”.