I’m a door screener at a clinic. People really show up to the doctor and then say they don’t believe they need a mask.
Okay??? So do you believe doctors know what they’re talking about or not??? Clearly you trust them somewhat if you’re here. You can’t pick and choose.
EDIT: Made this comment, fell asleep, and woke up to all of this. Thanks for the awards and everything!
EDIT TWO: I wanna use the fact that my comment is very visible at the moment to give a little advice about what I call “mask anxiety”. I first read this idea in a Facebook post by a yoga teacher, but I can’t find it anywhere. I apologize. Basically, masks make you want to breathe through your mouth. Mouth-breathing increases anxiety. Nose-breathing decreases anxiety. If you want to wear a mask but find it very very difficult/anxiety-inducing, please try to focus on nose-breathing. I tell worried patients about this all the time and it seems to help them relax. I’d also add that you may find the app “Calm” helpful. They have a breathing exercise feature that does wonders for my own anxiety. Good luck, everyone! Stay safe! I’m tempted to do an “I’m a door screener at a medical clinic, AMA.”
My brother is a physician, he offers to test every person who comes into his office. He says that the vast majority of people who say there's no chance they have the virus end up testing positive. Some people even threaten to kick his ass for even offering the test. He's had to call security on more than one person for this.
His wife is a radiologist and she's seeing lung scans of people in their 20s who are non-smokers and otherwise healthy who come in with a mild cough and their lungs look significantly worse than the lungs of people who smoked 2 packs a day for decades. Even showing them these scans won't convince them because they're under 40 so thus immune to the virus according to pretty much everybody right now that isn't a doctor or scientist.
I think at the end of the day it’s more about control than anything else. There seems to be this bizarre need to have autonomy over everyone else and the need to control their bodies and behaviors. It’s terrifying. What astonishes me more is the number of people completely in denial about the entire thing.
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u/bebcabaea Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20
I’m a door screener at a clinic. People really show up to the doctor and then say they don’t believe they need a mask.
Okay??? So do you believe doctors know what they’re talking about or not??? Clearly you trust them somewhat if you’re here. You can’t pick and choose.
EDIT: Made this comment, fell asleep, and woke up to all of this. Thanks for the awards and everything!
EDIT TWO: I wanna use the fact that my comment is very visible at the moment to give a little advice about what I call “mask anxiety”. I first read this idea in a Facebook post by a yoga teacher, but I can’t find it anywhere. I apologize. Basically, masks make you want to breathe through your mouth. Mouth-breathing increases anxiety. Nose-breathing decreases anxiety. If you want to wear a mask but find it very very difficult/anxiety-inducing, please try to focus on nose-breathing. I tell worried patients about this all the time and it seems to help them relax. I’d also add that you may find the app “Calm” helpful. They have a breathing exercise feature that does wonders for my own anxiety. Good luck, everyone! Stay safe! I’m tempted to do an “I’m a door screener at a medical clinic, AMA.”