Emergency wards overwhelmed
Emergency wards are overwhelmed even though flu hasn’t peaked yet.
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MarcG 19:36 on 2025-12-22 Permalink
May I recommend this article by Dr. Lyne Filiatrault: Don’t wait for B.C. public health to protect you this flu season.
Kate 20:41 on 2025-12-22 Permalink
I’m definitely seeing more masks around again lately.
MarcG 08:23 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
I feel sad and disappointed when I see people wearing surgical masks. It’s as if public health was promoting the pull-out method against pregnancy in 2025 because there was a condom shortage in 2020. Here are some excerpts from the FDA’s page on the subject:
“While a surgical mask may be effective in blocking splashes and large-particle droplets, a face mask, by design, it does not filter or block very small particles in the air that may be transmitted by coughs, sneezes, or certain medical procedures. Surgical masks also do not provide complete protection from germs and other contaminants because of the loose fit between the surface of the mask and your face.”
“An N95 respirator is a respiratory protective device designed to achieve a very close facial fit and very efficient filtration of airborne particles. Note that the edges of the respirator are designed to form a seal around the nose and mouth.”
bob 10:44 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
Wearing a mask is not supposed to protect you from the world, it is supposed to protect the world from you.
MarcG 11:29 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
bob I think that’s misinformation leftover from 2020. Respirators are engineered to filter the air the wearer breathes in (as well as filtering their exhalation, unless the mask has a valve). When a worker is installing fiberglass with one on, do we think they’re protecting the pink batting from getting sick?
Ricardo 11:47 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
I read that and I think: Aren’t emergency wards always overwhelmed ?
MarcG 12:05 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
Yes they are but it’s worse now (e.g. The Royal Vic ER is often at 100-150% stretcher capacity and it’s currently at 227%). Something else to remember is that hospital staff are human – they get sick and can’t work, too – making it a double-whammy.
Kevin 14:35 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
N95s are better than procedure masks which are better than not wearing a mask at all.
Transmission isn’t an all or nothing affair, and every step you take to protect yourself and others reduces the odds.
MarcG 15:10 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
And the pull out method works about 80% of the time, but I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen it in a box at the entrance to a reproductive health clinic.
jeather 10:32 on 2025-12-24 Permalink
That’s about the same rate as typical use for abstinence. (Perfect use is much better, but it’s very rare.)
MarcG 07:49 on 2025-12-26 Permalink
jeather, I doubt you’ll see this but I’d really like to understand what you’re saying, because it sounds to me like abstinence is only 80% effective against pregnancy – seasonal virgin-birth joke?