Dr. Christopher Garofalo, a family physician in Massachusetts, has become increasingly concerned about physicians working without masks and other protective equipment. In private Facebook groups for doctors, Garofalo asked them to share their experiences—and he received a torrent of responses from health care workers who said that hospital administrators forbade them from wearing the gear.
The reasons for this vary: Some administrators say hospitals are afraid the gear could spread the virus to uninfected patients; others say administrators are worried that patients will be scared if they see doctors wearing masks.
Garofalo spoke to Mother Jones about the problem and provided some of the anonymous stories he has collected from health care workers…
To read the entire article from Mother Jones, click https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/doctors-are-being-told-that-wearing-masks-might-freak-out-patients/
