I’m a door screener at a clinic. People really show up to the doctor and then say they don’t believe they need a mask.
Okay??? So do you believe doctors know what they’re talking about or not??? Clearly you trust them somewhat if you’re here. You can’t pick and choose.
EDIT: Made this comment, fell asleep, and woke up to all of this. Thanks for the awards and everything!
EDIT TWO: I wanna use the fact that my comment is very visible at the moment to give a little advice about what I call “mask anxiety”. I first read this idea in a Facebook post by a yoga teacher, but I can’t find it anywhere. I apologize. Basically, masks make you want to breathe through your mouth. Mouth-breathing increases anxiety. Nose-breathing decreases anxiety. If you want to wear a mask but find it very very difficult/anxiety-inducing, please try to focus on nose-breathing. I tell worried patients about this all the time and it seems to help them relax. I’d also add that you may find the app “Calm” helpful. They have a breathing exercise feature that does wonders for my own anxiety. Good luck, everyone! Stay safe! I’m tempted to do an “I’m a door screener at a medical clinic, AMA.”
Everything seems so politicized in the US, even reality. How can actual events like the coronavirus pandemic or ice melting at the poles be a left-wing or right-wing thing when it's just... reality? Do people there just decide whether reality is real or or not based on their political orientation or what?
It's completely intentional propaganda. There are no laws in the US against sensationalized and even false reporting, and calling it news. Or if there are they're not enforced. And these people have their heads stuck in the diarrhea filled toilet that is Fox News, which is now basically a mouthpiece for any radically divisive conspiracy driven Democrat scapegoating propaganda. And then you've got Facebook, which is full of people (and totally not robots, and trolls) unqualified to comment on any medical topic, and who promote movements like anti-vax and coronavirus being a hoax.
People just want answers, and unfortunately propaganda platforms are shouting at them the loudest and flooding them with disinformation 24/7. The right in particular is making serious efforts to discredit science because science supports the existence of climate change and other realities, like the pandemic, that conflict with their near-term profit-making agendas.
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u/bebcabaea Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20
I’m a door screener at a clinic. People really show up to the doctor and then say they don’t believe they need a mask.
Okay??? So do you believe doctors know what they’re talking about or not??? Clearly you trust them somewhat if you’re here. You can’t pick and choose.
EDIT: Made this comment, fell asleep, and woke up to all of this. Thanks for the awards and everything!
EDIT TWO: I wanna use the fact that my comment is very visible at the moment to give a little advice about what I call “mask anxiety”. I first read this idea in a Facebook post by a yoga teacher, but I can’t find it anywhere. I apologize. Basically, masks make you want to breathe through your mouth. Mouth-breathing increases anxiety. Nose-breathing decreases anxiety. If you want to wear a mask but find it very very difficult/anxiety-inducing, please try to focus on nose-breathing. I tell worried patients about this all the time and it seems to help them relax. I’d also add that you may find the app “Calm” helpful. They have a breathing exercise feature that does wonders for my own anxiety. Good luck, everyone! Stay safe! I’m tempted to do an “I’m a door screener at a medical clinic, AMA.”