• Sjy@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yes, please make sure if you have surgery you tell your surgeon “no need to wear a mask, just a helmet and some knee pads”.

      • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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        1 year ago

        You realize there’s a reason they give you antibiotics after surgeries right? It’s PRECISELY because of infection vectors like that during the surgery.

        • Sjy@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Yes. I’ve been in a lot of operating rooms for a lot of different surgeries. It’s also common to give antibiotics before a surgery…and wear surgical masks… which is my point, also in the context of COVID masks still work to reduce the spread of a virus. Antibiotics will not work against a virus.

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      1 year ago

      Not useless, surgical masks reduce spread by more than 50% so far as I recall. Not perfect, but not useless.