{"id":93035,"date":"2020-05-07T08:29:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=93035"},"modified":"2020-05-07T15:10:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T22:10:52","slug":"op-ed-are-local-healthcare-professionals-breaking-the-face-mask-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/05\/07\/op-ed-are-local-healthcare-professionals-breaking-the-face-mask-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed: Are local healthcare professionals breaking the face-mask rule?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93039\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93039\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Healthcare-professionals-and-face-masks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Healthcare-professionals-and-face-masks.jpg 672w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Healthcare-professionals-and-face-masks-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from video (see below)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dear AVTimes,<\/p>\n<p>I live in Lancaster, CA, and my family and I have been practicing stay at home orders since they were issued.\u00a0 I am of the opinion that wearing masks is important to continue to keep our germs contained within our masks so that we can limit the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>[On May 5], I witnessed and video recorded a group of 20 or more staff members from a local clinic as they held a Cinco de Mayo lunch celebration outside of their Palmdale office. Many staff members, nurses included, were seen not wearing masks. And, as I entered the office, one of the staff members was also not wearing a mask.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s time to have a conversation among our community leaders that addresses this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Can you help me spread the word about what I saw? Can you help me and other AV residents understand why the behavior displayed by these healthcare providers is either acceptable or unacceptable during Covid-19?<\/p>\n<p>Much appreciated,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sonia Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editor&#8217;s note\/update<\/span>: The healthcare organization in question, Blue Shield of California, has responded. <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/05\/07\/op-ed-our-commitment-to-the-well-being-and-safety-of-our-members-antelope-valley-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View the response here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMn5amreGeQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear AVTimes, I live in Lancaster, CA, and my family and I have been practicing stay at home orders since they were issued.\u00a0 I am of the opinion that wearing masks is important to continue to keep our germs contained within our masks so that we can limit the spread of Covid-19. [On May 5], [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1480],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}