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I went to a US emergency room during the peak of a wave. Everyone was masked. They also did COVID-19 symptom tests before admitting people. This isn’t perfect,

I went to a US emergency room during the peak of a wave. Everyone was masked. They also did COVID-19 symptom tests before admitting people. This isn’t perfect, but it greatly reduces the odds of having some person with unexplained “breathing problems” or whatever accidentally contaminating the ER.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
As opposed to the Covid-skeptics, I tend to view the rules and regulations as half-assed, based on last year's information, and not enough. You wrote "Everyone was masked" as if that's enough. Hopefully the room was well ventilated, because if someone had been breathing out virus particles for a long time in a stuffy room and you walk into it, it's probably very likely you'll breathe in the virus, especially if you're just wearing a surgical mask and not N95. https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-and-a-class-how-the-coronavirus-is-spread-through-the-air.html https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-a...