Hey Jon Stewart, Jokes About Wearing Masks Aren't Funny

[karin_sj]

21. We still have a mask mandate in Santa Clara County...

... until March 31, 2026: "Mandatory Requirement to Wear Face Masks in Patient Care Areas of Health Care Delivery Facilities During the Designated Winter Respiratory Virus Period."

Of course, you still have the idiots who refuse to wear a mask and there's not much that staff can do to make them wear one. But for the most part, people here wear masks at the doctor's office and at hospitals, and I think that's a good thing.

Went to visit my sister in Sonora last week, and she took a fall and went to the urgent care center. There was one family with an infant, and only they (and us) were wearing masks. Then infant was so young, she wouldn't wear the mask, and was coughing quite a bit. About six other people came in after, looked at the masks that were offered, and sat down (no mask requirements there). My sister said she could hear the doctor talking to the family when she was in the exam room and after a while, they said, "Your daughter has RSV." I was really glad we had been wearing our masks!