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Originally Posted by EveryLady
Boy are you so right! On Thursday, I was at the doctor's office for an annual checkup. There was a man in the small enclosed waiting room who was clearly ill and who was coughing. We were stuck together for 30 minutes. I was careful not to touch my face etc. Upon reaching the exam room, I immediately washed my hands etc.
Today, I'm coming down with "something" - hopefully just a cold for I've had an annual flu shot.
Airborne means just that - airborne. The entire time I was sitting there I kept thinking: why in the world can't the medical staff have masks they can hand out to clearly sick patients? The man knew he was ill and appeared mortified by his coughing - he attempted to isolate himself in an odd corner of the waiting room.
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I worked in a pediatric office that kept masks for both kids and their attendants (usually parents) who were coughing. We had a big sign as well about using them, and sometimes the front desk people would peremptorily give them to someone who was coughing.
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