The hospital says that if the trend continues, it may need to require masks for anyone who enters the building.

With COVID cases and hospitalizations climbing, UMass Memorial is bringing back a mask mandate for staff when interacting with patients.

“We have continued to see a dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 positive employees over the past two weeks, which has led to exposures of both fellow caregivers and patients,” a memo sent to staff on Thursday stated. “In response to this, as a protective measure for our staff and patients, effective immediately we are requiring mandatory caregiver masking for all patient encounters in all licensed clinical areas.”

The Worcester hospital says that if the trend continues, it may need to require masks for anyone who enters the building. They will re-evaluate the mandate in four weeks, “unless worsening conditions dictate otherwise.”

  • quortez@kbin.social
    61·
    1 year ago

    And some experts think that Covid reinfection will decrease with successive generations who are exposed in young childhood until SARS-CoV-2 becomes just another nothingburger childhood viral illness like the other four or so endemic human coronaviruses.

    That seems to be a rather dangerous gamble considering the severe side effects and risks of successive reinfections.

    • Chetzemoka@kbin.social
      33·
      1 year ago

      What gamble exactly? I’m not sure what you’re talking about. This is simply the pattern that experts predict will develop in the future