{"id":2703,"date":"2023-05-17T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2023-12-09T10:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T15:50:34","slug":"hospitals-must-keep-the-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/hospitals-must-keep-the-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals must keep the masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re: Three Ottawa hospitals loosen masking requirements, still require them in clinical areas, May&nbsp;15.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really disappointed to hear that masks will no longer be required in certain public spaces at the Queensway Carleton, Montfort and Royal hospitals. Preventative medicine is best.<\/p>\n<p>We need universal masking with N95 and FFP3 respirators to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses. Without universal masking, many vulnerable patients will be exposed to an airborne virus that can damage organs throughout the body. People who contract COVID-19 may have increased risks of developing cardiovascular diseases, brain damage, diabetes, an impaired immune system, and many other health issues.<\/p>\n<p>I hope Ottawa\u2019s hospitals will take action to protect the health of patients, nurses and doctors. Universal masking with N95 and FFP3 respirators will prevent hospital-acquired infections.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Buckthought, Ottawa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re: Three Ottawa hospitals loosen masking requirements, still require them in clinical areas, May&nbsp;15.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really disappointed to hear that masks will no longer be required in certain public spaces at the Queensway Carleton, Montfort and Royal hospitals. Preventative medicine is best.<\/p>\n<p>We need universal masking with N95 and FFP3 respirators to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/hospitals-must-keep-the-masks\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hospitals must keep the masks<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[96,18,295,25,23,702,509,245,24,119,137,249,14,143],"class_list":["post-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-canada","tag-covid-19","tag-ffp3-respirators","tag-hospital-acquired-infections","tag-hospitals","tag-letter-to-the-editor","tag-letters","tag-n95-respirators","tag-nosocomial-infections","tag-ontario","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-gatineau","tag-sars-cov-2","tag-universal-masking","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2706,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions\/2706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}