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Jennifer's avatar

I would be interested to hear thoughts on masking in hospitals and doctors offices. Will this continue forever? I know people who have been refused routine health care because they won’t wear a mask and are therefore refused admittance into the waiting room. To those who see no downsides from wearing a mask I beg to differ. The personal interaction is NOT the same. Faces are important!

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George Cartwright's avatar

There are quite a few people caught in clinical hypochondria. Their fear has disabled their critical thinking and fear drives all decision making.

The problem for me is that these people are also very good at social distancing and retreating from any event exposure. This is hurting our society as it prevents herd immunity and indefinitely extends the pandemic. This is obviously dangerous for all that are compromised as their possible exposure is extended.

A reversion has occurred. That is, in earlier days we were told to shun the unvaccinated to try and force vaccination so we could protect each other and attain herd immunity. So now the reverse is true? Time to shun the hypochondriacs?

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