1/ I wear an N95 at locations outside of my home. I wear it to the grocery store, pharmacy and my doctor& #39;s office.

It& #39;s comfortable, doesn& #39;t hurt my ears, doesn& #39;t fog up my glasses, and easy to breathe through. I can wear it all day, anywhere. EXCEPT at the hospital!
2/ Many health care facilities require visitors to REMOVE their superior respiratory PPE and don a basic surgical ASTM Level 1 mask.

This practice must stop.
3/ Here& #39;s my friend Annamaria& #39;s experience this past Thursday when she went to @NGHSimcoe for her second vaccination, shared with her permissionhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">
4/ @NGHSimcoe& #39;s current policy for visitors (and presumably all staff) is "must wear appropriate PPE including the hospital-issued mask".

NEWSFLASH: The hospital-issued mask is NOT appropriate respiratory protection. It& #39;s designed to protect against sprays of bodily fluids.
5/ The greatest potential route of COVID-19 infection is inhalation of small floating droplet nuclei (bioaerosol) containing SARS-CoV-2, produced when a person coughs, talks, or merely breathes. https://twitter.com/kprather88/status/1384935852569202689?s=20">https://twitter.com/kprather8...
6/ Universal masking helps reduce output, but aerosols still escape from a surgical mask.

(image source: Rothamer et al, 2020 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.31.20249101v1)">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...
7/ Many people at greater risk from the impacts of a COVID-19 infection have been advised by their physician to wear improved respiratory protection. Downgrading to a surgical mask goes against this advice, and the precautionary principle. It& #39;s asinine.
9/ So, at the VERY MINIMUM please alter your policy to allow people to keep their own PPE and apply the surgical mask over top.
12/ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> @NGHSimcoe will you be next? I have my vaccination appointment on Tuesday https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller"> and on the advice of my physician I will be wearing a fit-tested N95 and will NOT remove it for inferior protection indoors. Please alter your masking policy like THP & UHN did.
12/ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= @NGHSimcoe will you be next? I have my vaccination appointment on Tuesday https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller"> and on the advice of my physician I will be wearing a fit-tested N95 and will NOT remove it for inferior protection indoors. Please alter your masking policy like THP & UHN did." title="12/ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> @NGHSimcoe will you be next? I have my vaccination appointment on Tuesday https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller"> and on the advice of my physician I will be wearing a fit-tested N95 and will NOT remove it for inferior protection indoors. Please alter your masking policy like THP & UHN did." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
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