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Steve C's avatar

And let's shut down the world's economy and ruin childrens' development and cancel everyone's scheduled cancer screenings and further divide all Americans while we spit out non truths in an effort to cover our @sses.. Sounds reasonable

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norstadt's avatar

... and when they finally come back to school, make the kids wear masks where they breathe 10,000 ppm CO2, even though 1,000 ppm reduce cognition. https://norstadt.substack.com/p/face-masks-co2-and-cognitive-impairment

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Midwest Molly's avatar

Next time you need surgery please tell the doctors and nurses to remain unmasked during the procedure since you don't want their cognition impaired.

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JCA1's avatar

Assuming you are a nurse, you know the risk analysis of a mask during a surgical procedure looks nothing like the risk analysis for a 3rd grader sitting in class.

And you also know the primary purpose of masks in surgery is not to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses.

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Madjack's avatar

Yep. Stops spit. ThatтАЩs it.

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Stxbuck's avatar

I never knew that.

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DSB's avatar

Not that you need any support, but let me share this from Drs. Krug and Prasad https://unherd.com/2022/02/should-we-let-children-catch-omicron/ - which goes on to say, "Restrictions in schools must never return"

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Midwest Molly's avatar

I'm not talking about WHY surgeons wear masks, I'm suggesting that if you believe masks cause cognitive impairment why the hell would you want someone with their hands in your body cavity to be wearing one?

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Morning Star's avatar

Who said they cause cognitive impairment?

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NY's avatar

First thing I'll do is make sure a toddler is not performing my surgery.

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norstadt's avatar

"It has never been shown that wearing surgical face masks decreases postoperative wound infections. On the contrary, a 50% decrease has been reported after omitting face masks. The present study was designed to reveal any 30% or greater difference in general surgery wound infection rates by using face masks or not. During 115 weeks, a total of 3,088 patients were included in the study. Weeks were denoted as "masked" or "unmasked" according to a random list. After 1,537 operations performed with face masks, 73 (4.7%) wound infections were recorded and, after 1,551 operations performed without face masks, 55 (3.5%) infections occurred. This difference was not statistically significant (p greater than 0.05) and the bacterial species cultured from the wound infections did not differ in any way, which would have supported the fact tha the numerical difference was a statistically "missed" difference. These results indicated that the use of face masks might be reconsidered. Masks may be used to protect the operating team from drops of infected blood and from airborne infections, but have not been proven to protect the patient operated by a healthy operating team."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1853618/

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Madjack's avatar

Thanks. I think it protects me more then them

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Shane Gericke's avatar

Which is fine ... you're a surgeon, I want you to remain protected.

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Mrs. McFarland's avatar

CтАЩmon nowтАж you know that surgical masks and caps in ORs are worn to prevent brow sweat and saliva ( surgeons talk a lot during procedures) from entering the open siteтАж my Surgeon who performed my bilateral hip replacement confirmed this to me six months ago when I literally bumped into him at the grocery and asked his opinions on Covid. He is now retired but told me that doctors are being policed like he has never seen.

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TheKiz's avatar

The incredible inability to appreciate basic respiratory physiology is alarming.

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