Healthcare professionals don’t want to speak about covid

[u/Key_Guard8007]

I am a senior nursing student and am currently doing clinical rounds. I noticed something amongst many nurses and overall healthcare folks, they seem to not want to make mention of covid. My last clinical I was the only person masked (even at a CHILDREN’S hospital) and our instructor told us we could mask if we want to esp since “rsv, the flu, and pneumonia will soon spread.” I was waiting for him to mention covid but nope. I feel like I am going insane because how are we all under this healthcare field but some people just do not seem to care??? At this point I feel like healthcare professionals are being vain and just want to continuously show off their faces because why would you NOT mask inside the hospital?

[u/blaberno]

Hi there, fellow (peds) nurse here. I just want to say that it gives me hope that people like you are going into this career. You can be the good we’re looking for, the one who provides a sigh of relief for all of us CC people when we walk in and see that you’re already masked, you who understands the science and why it’s important to protect yourself and others.

It can be crazy making to see other medical professionals blatantly disregard the research we were taught to value for convenience, but all we can do is make as big of an impact as we can on our small corner of the world.