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       #Post#: 2764--------------------------------------------------
       Indiana - Beacon Health "recommends" visitors to wear 
       masks
       By: Steve Date: January 16, 2025, 2:20 pm
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       SUMMARY - Beacon Health System, a healthcare organization in the
       state of Indiana, has updated their visitation policy as of
       January 15, 2025, in order to "recommend" that visitors to the
       organization wear a mask.
       COMMENTARY - The news release does not specify how Beacon Health
       will "recommend" to Covid-19 to not infect visitors, staff or
       patients.
       LINK -
  HTML https://www.beaconhealthsystem.org/patients-and-visitors/visitation-policies/
  HTML https://www.beaconhealthsystem.org/patients-and-visitors/visitation-policies/
       #Post#: 2766--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Indiana - Beacon Health "recommends" visitors to w
       ear masks
       By: Masked Man Date: January 16, 2025, 9:42 pm
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       Just a Masked Man Sidenote snide comment:
       It appears like they are making attempts but at same time its
       vague and complicated like some of the places require masks and
       some don't.. that's just too lax for my tastes... the problem is
       the stairs and the elevator and the people passing through.. at
       least they are making attempts to mask I guess... the thing is
       either the mask is on or off.. I dunno if you let some of the
       people go maskless then it probably won't work but at least this
       hospital has got some guidelines which are better than nothing.
       Still rules like just making one " individual with respiratory
       symptoms (even if COVID testing is negative); mask" but not
       making people around that individual mask doesn't seem right...
       I kind of think if they make all doctors and staff mask then the
       doctors and staff would make all the patients and visitors mask
       as well because that's just human behavior. If they act wishy
       washy about masking at all then people aren't going to take it
       seriously and they are going to ignore "recommendations",
       especially if the doctors , nurses, and staff don't mask.
       Best rule in there I read was
       "If requested by a patient or staff member for an encounter".
       ..that is redeeming and good. Doesn't mean the waiting room or
       the stairs won't have masks vectors but at least the patient can
       stand up for themselves during the encounter. However that
       doesn't mean a nurse or cat scan operator or somebody won't talk
       in the room maskless but at least at least that rule empowers
       the voice of the masked patient a bit. More than likely that
       means you have the right to tell them right before they duck to
       check your temperature or get your weight before they get their
       face real close to your masked face you can pull back and say "I
       request you put a mask on!".. that is if you're fast enough.
       Jeesh.. it would just be a heck of lot easier and more effective
       and a heck of a lot safer (which is the point) to make everybody
       mask. people go to the hospital a lot mostly and usually when
       the are sick (sometimes when they are injured)..theres a lot osf
       sick people therefore use mask .. who cares who is sick and who
       is not.. just everybody mask to be on safe side... To me it
       seems weird and not right to not mask around sick people. Mask
       to avoid getting sick and spreading and mask if you are sick...
       mask if you are healthy to keep health and mask to keep others
       healthy.. That should be part of the goals of hospitals to not
       just make people healthy but keep them healthy by preventing
       them from getting sick like in the Hippocratic oath .. use the
       mask hospital!
       One thing I always have thought is kind of weird is making a
       sick person wear a mask.. I mean true a sick person should be
       quarantined right away ..and true a sick person should ideally
       wear a mask but if they having trouble breathing or vomiting ..
       I would just assume anyone not wearing a mask might be too sick
       to wear one.. We should make effort to be safe from the sick
       people and try to make them mask as well but above we should
       mask everybody that is able to mask like healthy doctors and
       staff and visitors... its just something I wonder about because
       its a million times easier to mask when you are healthy rather
       than when you are sick short of breath or about to vomit.
       You would think all patients and all doctors would have personal
       protection .. you know like nobody is allowed to go near any
       patients without a mask on. Just to be on the safe side for the
       sake of safety.Not just for the sake of the masker alone but for
       the principle of the thing and for Saftey's sake... for the
       general welfare of everybody strong and weak alike.. you know
       like we might well make it a rule for insurance reasons and we
       might  as well wear masks because there's a lot os sick people
       here...duh.
       Hospitals have all these strict rules and regulations about
       medicines and they have to follow all sorts of rules and even
       laws accept for masks of course..its ridiculous they can't just
       say you have to wear a mask. What's this choice crap.. airborne
       disease don't give the maskless a choice.. airborne diseases do
       one thing and that is goes to and from the face receptacles.
       I'm stricter in my backyard than a doctor is in the place where
       people with respiratory problems often go and  airborne diseases
       often get spread and even diagnosed.. I kid you not...  Nobody
       is allowed in my back yard without a mask including my self. In
       my back yard is cleaning area where I cut open dirty boxes from
       abroad from snotty nosed, sweaty, tired, and possibly sick UPS
       and FED EX  truck drivers who carry huge boxes bear hugging or
       holding them on their shoulders to drop off for me out front.
       Trust me you don't wanna be maskless standing next to a Masked
       Man who is cutting open boxes from his wheelbarrow with a giant
       knife from Pakistan and shooting Clorox mist to disinfect
       everything. Nobody could possibly breathe on anything I bring
       through my back door after it gets a good cleaning and air dries
       in the laundry room for awhile. These are my bulk food items and
       goods and these goods go through a series of quarantined areas
       until I feel them safe to eat, wear or use as intended. I'm
       stricter than the FDA, the CDC, and probably your mamma put
       together! lol.. funny but true. I wear a mask for my shipments
       surely hospitals can mandate masks for humans and humanitarian
       purposes.
       I make you wear a mask if you come near me on my personal
       property. I don't want to chance getting sick and and I have an
       elderly person I love and take care of I'm not willing to risk
       her health. When I'm in my back yard I'm actually working in my
       mask and listening to music through earbuds while I work.
       Personal only: which is me only and only me the Masked Man!
       Wear the mask around me no matter what, Its easy for me to say
       and I didn't go to school for six years to learn about diseases
       and the natural laws as to how diseases get spread.
       Wear a mask out of mutual respect for one another and for the
       sake of the weakest one that might be in a weakened state if
       you're the strongest. Hospitals and doctors need to learn about
       mutual respect:"Mutual respect is about everyone being valued
       for who they are and what they bring to the table. It involves
       seeing people's unique contributions, recognizing and
       understanding differences, and celebrating diversity – but also
       capitalizing on common ground".
       Anyway Beacon Health "recommends" visitors to wear masks while
       The Masked Man "INSISTS" on masks otherwise don't visit... don't
       even try.
       I mean c'mon what kind of name is that Beacon Health! ..lol.. if
       you really wanna be a beacon of health then mask!
       Wear a mask out of mutual respect,
       The Masked Man
       P.S. Doctors,
       Here's the deal you got five different airborne viruses going on
       at once.. Have you determined who's got what when they walk
       trough those doors? Have you got your mask on before you
       determine what the problem or the illness is? Before you get
       into some stranger's mask or face  you better be wearing yours
       because Doc, you don't even know what your dealing with airborne
       disease-wise and you are all the other patients safe from your
       other patients? Wear mask please because you're there to
       diagnose and prevent diseases amongst other important tasks.
       #Post#: 3055--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Indiana - Beacon Health "recommends" visitors to w
       ear masks
       By: Steve Date: February 7, 2025, 7:04 pm
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       SUMMARY - Beacon Health System, a healthcare organization in the
       state of Indiana, has updated their visitation policy as of
       February 7, 2025, in order to "strongly encourage" that visitors
       to the organization wear a mask.
       COMMENTARY - The news release does not specify how Beacon Health
       will "strongly encourage" Covid-19 to not infect visitors, staff
       or patients.
       LINK -
  HTML https://www.beaconhealthsystem.org/patients-and-visitors/visitation-policies/
  HTML https://www.beaconhealthsystem.org/patients-and-visitors/visitation-policies/
       #Post#: 3056--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Indiana - Beacon Health "recommends" visitors to w
       ear masks
       By: Masked Man Date: February 7, 2025, 7:16 pm
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       [quote author=Steve link=topic=1834.msg3055#msg3055
       date=1738976658]
       SUMMARY - Beacon Health System, a healthcare organization in the
       state of Indiana, has updated their visitation policy as of
       February 7, 2025, in order to "strongly encourage" that visitors
       to the organization wear a mask.
       COMMENTARY - The news release does not specify how Beacon Health
       will "strongly encourage" Covid-19 to not infect visitors, staff
       or patients.
       LINK -
  HTML https://www.beaconhealthsystem.org/patients-and-visitors/visitation-policies/
  HTML https://www.beaconhealthsystem.org/patients-and-visitors/visitation-policies/
       [/quote]
       ..I guess their last mask policy "ran out" or that its like a
       computer update or something ::) I guess they will 'strongly
       encourage" by threatening their maskless guests with
       tuberculosis, covid, influenza, pneumonia, flu etc?
       Not that those threats will work as I don't think its enough to
       threaten the maskless with diseases. It needs to be like helmet
       law for motorcycles ... it should be the law you mask around
       airborne diseases just like in most states motorcycle riders
       have to wear helmets whether they like it or not.
       Many motorcycle guys wouldn't wear helmets for fear of head
       injury.. they just wear helmets because of the law. I got
       dummies riding ATV's up and down my street without helmets on
       the weekend sometimes that live on my street because nobody
       calls the law... its the same with stupid maskless people in the
       face of airborne diseases in a sick room they won't mask for
       airborne diseases unless its the law and they risk a fine or
       confinement or face going to court.
       ...That mindless thoughtlessness occurs with certain populations
       that actually might suffer from head trauma or injury and also
       become endangered or depopulated by diseases and illness in the
       long run...
       I, on the other hand, of course wear a helmet on my bicycle and
       I mask when I go outside my door. I have grey cells and an
       immunity system to protect and keep from getting beat up by the
       pavement or worn out by disease and illness.
       The Masked Man
       P.S. I guess the helmet law in most states for motorcyclist
       probably came partly into existence because insurance companies
       don't want to foot the expensive bill and the healthcare
       profession got sick of trying to put Humpty Dumpty 's head back
       together again during motorcycle wrecks since head injury was
       prevalent among motorcycle wrecks...
       ...It will be nice some day when insurance companies get sick of
       compensating the maskless and healthcare profession get sick of
       taking care of people who get sick with airborne diseases in
       their own facilities under their own healthcare facilities roof
       or they get sick of getting sick and start making laws for
       masking around airborne diseases treating diseases and illnesses
       like the serious things that they are.
       The thing about helmets are they only protect the rider whereas
       the Mask protects more than one person from illness because it
       also prevents spread
       I'm not very knowledgable but I am thinking The role of
       insurance companies interesting and the world of occupational
       hazards as well. An insurance company might not cover you if you
       take unnecessary risks or don't follow certain rules.. same with
       occupational hazard laws.. there are repercussions that occur if
       certain rules aren't followed. They certainly do more than
       'strongly encourage' when it comes to following laws in regards
       to work places or insurance companies. I mean its illegal to
       smoke in many places and I'm sure many rules like this could
       apply to mask and airborne diseases. I'm just thinking outloud,
       brainstorming  on the matter perhaps other forum members have
       more experience than I about how laws and policies and mandates
       work and are established to get people to follow rules such as
       masking around health threatening and life threatening airborne
       highly contagious diseases and illnesses.
       .
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