colfax_m
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Absolute nonsense. CDC standard recommendations for influenza include using droplet masks for health care providers.No, they are not, or at least they shouldn't be. Surgical masks are ONLY for those performing surgery so they can speak and not accidentally spit into the surgical site. They ONLY stop large particles. No where in the very large hospital that I work in are we allowed to tend to a patient that has ANY type of viral infection, wearing a surgical mask.
They do stop large particles, which is exactly how influenza and COVID are spread (in most circumstances).
What is your role in your hospital? What are your precautions for influenza patients?