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Hobson's Choice

Desmond79

I will be seeing my Doctor at 3:50 pm today, about my Tinnitus, and the Doctor asked, "Will you be wearing your Face-Mask?" She left me with little option but to agree. (I had mentioned to her that I have Asperger's, but was placed on the spot and couldn't advocate for myself)

It was the ultimate Hobson's Choice. From now on, I'll avoid the Doctors' Surgery as humanly possible.

  • Have you got one of those clear plastic visors?     Not as bad as the usual muzzles and that alone might be acceptable to the doctors - it's worth speaking to the surgery about all the issues and see if that might be a suitable compromise.

  • So, it sounds like it's a case of "if thy won't wear a mask, then doctor won't see thee".

    Thinking about the doctor's side of things (and their family and whatever covid ideologies they have) then, in some ways, I guess that's fair enough for in-person visits(?)

    Are they offering video or telephone visits? Would those be any good for you if available?

    I really hope by summer 2021, we live in maskless society once more.

  • in reply to Senor

    To offer some reassurance regarding 'second wave'. The level of hospitalisations is very low at the moment.

    The data in the follwing tells quite a lot:
    https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/coronavirus--covid-19--cases 

    Hospitalisations are low, calls to 111 and 999 are as low as they were in summer currently.

    so far, lockdown is waving more fingers at us than the actual virus. I think it's worth being vigilant and cautious though.

  • It's pretty obvious the second wave is already waving two fingers at us. I'd rather not have to wear one, but right now I'm quite happy to stay where I am and wear a mask. For socially-distanced open air exercise and at home it comes off. So I don't wear it that much really. With medical visits it stays on. It shows some respect for them and their high-risk occupations.

    When I worked in a dusty environment in the UK, I always wore a facemask. Which reminds of a former colleague. He too always wore a facemask while we were doing dusty jobs, but his mask always had a small strategically-located hole drilled in it, so he could smoke at the same time. Duh! (But you couldn't really ask for a more pleasant colleague.)

  • Well she she know that no one can be forced to wear a mask, the law does not state it's compulsory. If you have Autism it's definitely a reason to be exempt from wearing one.