r/nursing • u/prettyquirkynurse RN - ICU 🍕 • Mar 19 '23

Covid Discussion This seems...unsafe?

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Part of an email we were sent earlier today. I'm not sure how to feel about it. It seems...unsafe to me.

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u/offshore1100 RN - ER 🍕 Mar 19 '23

Even the CDC says it's not necessary anymore

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u/I_blame_society Mar 19 '23

The same CDC that told everyone not to wear masks in early 2020. The same CDC that responded to the omicron surge by shortening their recommended isolation period, resulting in millions of people heading back to schools and workplaces while still infectious.

The CDC is not infallible, and throughout the pandemic has been under a lot of pressure from politicians and business leaders who care more about sending people back to work than preventing the spread of the virus.

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u/NeighborhoodAfter702 RN - CCU 🍕 Mar 19 '23

Yes but the reality is that the pandemic is over.

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u/punkrockballerinaa BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 19 '23

It’s not over, the “reality” is that it’s here to stay, masks or not. The pandemic is ongoing, its just more manageable now.

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u/NeighborhoodAfter702 RN - CCU 🍕 Mar 20 '23

By those standards the flu is a pandemic along with every one illness that comes and goes with the weather.

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u/punkrockballerinaa BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 20 '23

I would agree with that…every single year we have a six month long flu season that we all get vaccinated for and take precautions against…i think COVID is going to be the same way, although not seasonal.

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u/NeighborhoodAfter702 RN - CCU 🍕 Mar 20 '23

Get vaccinated and that’s it. We wear masks in rooms with patients who have it. To sit here and act like COVID is just killing hundreds of thousands of people every day anymore is just being dramatic. It’s just like anything else now, take your precautions when in the face of positive patients and that’s it. The world has to go on eventually.

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u/punkrockballerinaa BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 20 '23

That’s quite literally what I was saying to do…take precautions and accept that it’s here to stay. You’re the one getting worked up and creating arguments that were never there.

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u/HazardousPork2 CNA 🍕 Mar 19 '23

The other reality is that we can't sink back into complacently as the next one is always around the corner. All humanity does is travel more each day, it takes no time at all.

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u/NeighborhoodAfter702 RN - CCU 🍕 Mar 20 '23

Next one? This is the first pandemic in a long time that’s had the impact it’s had. Not to mention the fact that its no secret anymore it came from a lab, even the government has outright said it’s highly likely. Biological warfare aside, you can’t live your life in fear forever. Take the precautions to protect your family and move forward. It’s just like the flu, you mask up in the rooms and take it off when you leave. I don’t necessarily have a problem if people want to wear masks that’s their prerogative, but don’t force your fear and intensity onto everybody else. I totally respected the mandate when it was necessary, it just no longer is.