I’ve never really understood how these places, which naturally bring in the sick and unwell by the thousands every single day, eliminate all or any airborne pathogens, viruses that spread via contact with surfaces, or by a patient coughing or sneezing. It’s not like they lock down the whole facility and sanitize it top to bottom every time a new patient comes in, so how come these places don’t become massive hubs for the spread of disease? How are waiting rooms not considered one of the most dangerous places for transmission in the world? What steps are these doctors and professionals in the field taking to ensure that these people who are coming in sick, aren’t making everyone else in the building sick as well?
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Hospitals are cleaned, desinfected, and aired regularly. But they *are* massive centers of diaease transmission, compared to other public places. Especially the smaller or busier waiting rooms, such as at the ER or smaller medical centers.
I actually really liked how everyone was expected to wear a mask in hospitals these past few years. I think we should keep that. I never understood how putting infectios people right next to healthy people that are just waiting for a blood test or something is so normalized.
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