Hospitals and health authorities across Canada that brought back some form of masking (usually in certain areas of the facility) for “respiratory virus season” are now announcing the end of masking. Note: COVID is not seasonal. And HAI Covid will rise. - ThreadSky

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social • 40 days ago

Hospitals and health authorities across Canada that brought back some form of masking (usually in certain areas of the facility) for “respiratory virus season” are now announcing the end of masking. Note: COVID is not seasonal. And HAI Covid will rise.

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drdefbef.bsky.social•40 days ago

As a HCW during the H1N1 scare,We were all fitted for respirators. Funny that during a real pandemic floppy blues were fine.

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Exactly !! At my hospital we had to pass a fit test every 2 years!

joannie.bsky.social•40 days ago

Have they ended masking in NB? I was checking health authority websites recently and didn’t see anything or will they be sneaky about it?

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Mercifully have not heard here. Sure it’s coming. Accreditation just happened so.. NL and ON are where I hear hospital masking ending. And BC.

statsig.bsky.social•40 days ago

It’s not like ON has a problem with communicable diseases being spread in healthcare settings, right now…

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Executives frame this internally as a recruitment/retention issue; giving employees a “break” from PPE. But the hazard remains; a risk for both staff and patients as well as visitors and contractors. We don’t do “seasonal” helmets or steel toe/shank boots.

chrissyandtonic.bsky.social•40 days ago

And retention of staff is difficult if they end up with long COVID. Lot of nurses in my group.

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Exactly 😢 they haven’t even been told about it here. Absolutely no warning that hey this is a COMMON outcome of infection. Despite all provincial governments knowing in great detail since 2020.

chrissyandtonic.bsky.social•40 days ago

It's so sad.On the other hand,most people I know haven't changed anything either. I guess it's difficult to imagine it happening to you until it does.You would think no longer being able to work or do the things I love would be a precautionary tale.Now I am worried I am losing my teeth. It's brutal

s-c-paul.bsky.social•40 days ago

What about safety casual Fridays? Wear your best polyester Hawaiin to the foundry?

kmnrd.bsky.social•40 days ago

great idea! Wearing all that safety gear gets so SO tiresome.

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hospitals are the only place still doing any kind of individual testing that gets reported anywhere for Covid. They’re in total control of the testing. No testing? No sequences. No variant monitoring. No data. No problem. Misaslignment of incentives.

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

@ipaccanada.bsky.social needs to stop pretending covid is not predominantly airborne. IPAC must acknowledge facts and reality: majority of transmission is airborne. We need respirators. We need HEPA in hospital. Stop killing patients! Stop harming workers!

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Criminal in 2025 to continue to deny how this illness and others truly spread. Intentional ignorance on Covid goes against everything hospitals and healthcare claim to be about. Keep calling out the harmful lies. Model better. Fight for better.

nbcovidinfo.bsky.social•40 days ago

*misalignment oops
Always posting while cooking

Couscous and fish tonight
Not paw patrol KD for once

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