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   David McMullin (mcmullin@musicians.today)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 20:08:07 JST David McMullin

   • Nat

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   It is insane that no one even masks in hospitals now. No masks on doctors, nurses or patients in ICUs and oncology wards. Anyone smart enough to work in a place like that surely must understand that, statistically speaking, their “personal choice,” their stand for “freedom” and “self expression,” is •guaranteed• to kill some of their patients. But no one sees anything wrong with this.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 20:09:37 JST Rich Felker

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     • Nat

     @mcmullin @nat Wait til a Luigi decides to take revenge on a doctor for killing his loved one by not masking. Things will change real quick.

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     David McMullin (mcmullin@musicians.today)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 20:16:01 JST David McMullin

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     • Nat

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     It was extremely telling to note the timing of when mask mandates were lifted in hospitals here (in Boston). It wasn’t when vaccines came out, or when infections or deaths dropped below a certain level, or when wastewater measurements showed less COVID. It was when the disease became prevalent enough in the community at large that it was no longer possible to prove you caught it at the hospital. “We don’t care if we give you the plague as long as you can’t sue us for it.”

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     David McMullin (mcmullin@musicians.today)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 20:16:12 JST David McMullin

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     Now that I think of it, if a newborn in a NICU gets COVID, you know for certain that they didn’t catch it somewhere else. So even if they don’t care about patients, but only about legal exposure, they really ought to be careful there.