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I was asked to sit in on a patient status update for someone I know today. (I was added as an 'authorized' health power of attorney specifically because their kid can't always be available at the long-term care facility's 'convenience' for such meetings and the individual isn't competent to see to her own affairs. Fortunately, I don't have to act as an alternate all that often.)
Evidently, 5 out of 120 patients 'tested positive,' though all are asymptomatic. However, masks are now required... well... let's just say they are 'this close' to an actual lockdown. Yet, as it turns out, the 5 who 'tested positive' were considered to be at such 'low levels' that many of the actual nurses, are questioning why such measures are being implemented. It would seem that the 'bureaucrats' running the place have demanded it, even though the actual workers aren't all that concerned.
When I entered, I noted that some 'communication specialists' (television and/or phones) were coming and going without masking up. Thus, I didn't put on a mask and wandered around the whole place. I didn't point out I am 'unvaccinated' (though, it is a distinct possibility I had a full blown case of COVID in January of 2020, before testing was available). Why? Because one of the bureaucrats actually removed her mask, as did the patient I was there to represent so that the patient could lip read to understand what was being said. (She refuses to wear hearing aids, but that's a whole other story.)
Nothing was said about my being unmasked.
I know the patient had a likely case of COVID early on during the Pandemic. Though she never saw a doctor or was tested, her symptoms and the longevity were consistent, as was the fact that the rest of the household also contracted the same 'bug' at, roughly, the same time. I also know she was vaccinated when first placed in the facility and boosted, once; though, from what I understand, her son has refused authorization for more boosters. Finally, tonight, I was told that she had 'tested positive,' twice, in the last couple of years, but remained completely asymptomatic both times.
The gal I was there for expressed some concern that I might get sick from not wearing a mask. I reminded her that I was out in the public-at-large where the vast majority don't wear masks. To help ease her concern, I pointed out that if those who 'tested positive' were at such low levels, it might actually be good to be 'exposed' so your body has a chance to do what comes naturally; i.e., react to the 'exposure' so that your natural immune system is geared up to fend off an higher level of exposure.
Let's just say it was almost comical watching the disparity between the workers trying to comply, yet trying to do their jobs, the patients and their reaction, along with the bureaucrats and their reaction. Will I end up sick? Who knows...
But, I'm not gonna sweat it. (Sorry. No dibs. My firearms are accounted for in my will.) It's just... interesting... the way places like this still react to the possibility that someone 'tests positive.'
BTW: The lady I was there for is fine, didn't test positive, but is a bit flustered and frustrated with the 'precautions' being put back in place.
Another BTW: I was never exposed to ANY of the patients, other than the lady I was there as the representative of and she wasn't one of those who tested positive. About the only 'surfaces' I touched were the door handles, a pen to initial the meeting notes, a table top, and a chair seat.
Evidently, 5 out of 120 patients 'tested positive,' though all are asymptomatic. However, masks are now required... well... let's just say they are 'this close' to an actual lockdown. Yet, as it turns out, the 5 who 'tested positive' were considered to be at such 'low levels' that many of the actual nurses, are questioning why such measures are being implemented. It would seem that the 'bureaucrats' running the place have demanded it, even though the actual workers aren't all that concerned.
When I entered, I noted that some 'communication specialists' (television and/or phones) were coming and going without masking up. Thus, I didn't put on a mask and wandered around the whole place. I didn't point out I am 'unvaccinated' (though, it is a distinct possibility I had a full blown case of COVID in January of 2020, before testing was available). Why? Because one of the bureaucrats actually removed her mask, as did the patient I was there to represent so that the patient could lip read to understand what was being said. (She refuses to wear hearing aids, but that's a whole other story.)
Nothing was said about my being unmasked.
I know the patient had a likely case of COVID early on during the Pandemic. Though she never saw a doctor or was tested, her symptoms and the longevity were consistent, as was the fact that the rest of the household also contracted the same 'bug' at, roughly, the same time. I also know she was vaccinated when first placed in the facility and boosted, once; though, from what I understand, her son has refused authorization for more boosters. Finally, tonight, I was told that she had 'tested positive,' twice, in the last couple of years, but remained completely asymptomatic both times.
The gal I was there for expressed some concern that I might get sick from not wearing a mask. I reminded her that I was out in the public-at-large where the vast majority don't wear masks. To help ease her concern, I pointed out that if those who 'tested positive' were at such low levels, it might actually be good to be 'exposed' so your body has a chance to do what comes naturally; i.e., react to the 'exposure' so that your natural immune system is geared up to fend off an higher level of exposure.
Let's just say it was almost comical watching the disparity between the workers trying to comply, yet trying to do their jobs, the patients and their reaction, along with the bureaucrats and their reaction. Will I end up sick? Who knows...
But, I'm not gonna sweat it. (Sorry. No dibs. My firearms are accounted for in my will.) It's just... interesting... the way places like this still react to the possibility that someone 'tests positive.'BTW: The lady I was there for is fine, didn't test positive, but is a bit flustered and frustrated with the 'precautions' being put back in place.
Another BTW: I was never exposed to ANY of the patients, other than the lady I was there as the representative of and she wasn't one of those who tested positive. About the only 'surfaces' I touched were the door handles, a pen to initial the meeting notes, a table top, and a chair seat.
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