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Laffy Kat

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4. Don't be so sure there will be masks. We keep running out in our clinic.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2020, 10:51 PM

Feb 2020

Patients have been taking them by the handful and we keep running out. You may want to see if you can buy some at a drug store before you even get to the clinic. Honestly, though, it's probably more important to simply wash your hands as soon as possible. The hand-sanitizer they'll have for use is only good for bacteria. Good ole hot water and soap will wash viruses down the drain and viruses are what clinics are covered with anyway. Hope your eye is ok.

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There is something wrong with my eye, so I might have to go to the walk-in tomorrow morning. [View all] LuckyCharms Feb 2020 OP

What's going on cherryinpa Feb 2020 #1

It's either a stye or LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #3

Since my childhood many years ago I've used an eye treatment named Stye for those abqtommy Feb 2020 #6

Thank you... LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #9

Yikes, LuckyCharms. Laffy Kat Feb 2020 #18

Amazon has a lot of N95 respirators dixiegrrrrl Feb 2020 #21

Tie a bandana around your face, but do not try and rob the place 😬 MLAA Feb 2020 #2

I always tie a bandanna around my eyes when I go out in public, LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #5

Don't be so sure there will be masks. We keep running out in our clinic. Laffy Kat Feb 2020 #4

Thank you... LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #7

Try looking for masks at hardware stores, the kind used for sawdust/paint fumes. They should work. abqtommy Feb 2020 #15

Grab a few extra masks and keep them in the medicine cabinet... magicarpet Feb 2020 #8

Thank you for your kind words. LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #11

Oh Golly,... wait until the comment made at the hair dryer thread is seen.... magicarpet Feb 2020 #13

My last job had me in hospitals and schools all the time. I registered blood donors for a blood brewens Feb 2020 #10

I always get my flu shot every year without fail. LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #12

I might have had pneumonia a couple years ago. They said I had fluid in my lungs that might be brewens Feb 2020 #14

Have you thought of going to an Lars39 Feb 2020 #16

Call Telemedicine? Olafjoy Feb 2020 #17

Use the google and put in everything that is going on. safeinOhio Feb 2020 #19

Best of luck, Lucky Charms. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #20

UPDATE Went to the walk-in today because my eyelid is swollen like half a golf ball. LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #22