Embed Notice

Consequently, when the CDC issued guidance on COVID to health care facilities that said masking was unnecessary except in the case of symptomatic patients who had tested positive for COVID, or that surgical masks were sufficient and n95s unnecessary, what that meant was that hospital systems were free to not provide their staff with PPE. Because it was "unnecessary." The CDC said so.

Worse, they could even FORBID their staff to wear masks – either at all, or to wear N95s or KN95s. Even if they brought them from home themselves. Since they were "unnecessary", per the CDC.

And that is in fact a thing that happened:
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1618316.html

🧵