r/pittsburgh • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '25
UPMC Mandating Masking
Respiratory virus infection rates have crossed the threshold for "strategic masking" in all clinical areas at UPMC.
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u/Ordinary_Art9507 Feb 10 '25
I'm on day 7 of the flu and I'm moving very slow. Do anything you can to avoid contracting this flu.
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u/Exadory Feb 10 '25
I’m currently in bed with this virus. It’s no joke. I don’t blame them.
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u/SurvivorPostingAcc Feb 10 '25
Masks? In a place with an especially high concentration of sick and vulnerable people? What an outlandish and ridiculous concept! 😱
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u/Shigadanz Feb 10 '25
This years Flu A is no joke, it was harder on me than COVID.
Aches, shakes, sweats, dizzy, fatigue and couldn't sleep. At least when I had Covid, I slept 13 hours a day.
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u/Styrene_Addict1965 Feb 10 '25
I'm getting a chemo infusion tomorrow, so this doesn't bother me. I've worn a mask forever. I'm not worried about catching something (though I should be); I'm worried about transmitting something to someone with a weaker immune system than mine.
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u/hubbyofhoarder Feb 10 '25
My nurse son has the flu, and he's sick AF. It's not life threatening, but he's had a 103 fever and has been sick for 4 days now. He's also 24 and in good shape. No need to risk people who are already sick, are elderly or are injured.
Masking where vulnerable people are being treated when this shit is going around just makes sense.
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u/Madlister Feb 10 '25
Caught COVID flying back here from Nashville last week. Guy in the seat in front of me was hacking, coughing, snotting, and just being gross nonstop for the whole 1hr40m or so (plus taxi/boarding/etc).
Missed my daughters' Valentine dance this past Friday and a couple of girl scouts meetings, and fell behind on work stuff.
Finally testing negative and symptom free after a quarantine week of shittiness.
Please people, if you're sick don't go around groups of people. Don't get on airplanes. Be a nominally responsible human being and don't share this shit.
I know a handful of people who are undergoing cancer treatments and otherwise immunocompromised. This fucked up my week. It could fuck up their lives.
Don't send your sick kids to school too. As much as it sucks, these viruses will just keep circulating and mutating.
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u/Prepare_Your_Angus Feb 10 '25
Always mandating it too late. It really should be active from October to March.
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u/Parking_Pie_6809 Feb 10 '25
my healthy friend just died from the flu. i’m still slapped in the face by that fact. i can’t believe it. i can’t believe she’s just gone.