Kristina Scanlan is a palliative care physician.

You shouldn’t be in health care if you don’t believe in masking

Physician
December 12, 2020

As of December 5th, there have been 281,878 total deaths and over 2,000 deaths daily.  The U.S. has had a 48 percent increase in deaths compared with two weeks ago.  Despite COVID-19 infections increasing exponentially, many still don’t believe in the efficacy of masking and social distancing.  The most disturbing part of this is that there is still a large minority of health care practitioners who …

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You shouldn’t be in health care if you don’t believe in masking

Why some health care workers refuse to mask and how we can fix it

Conditions and Diseases
November 5, 2020

If you’re in health care, chances are you’ve heard one of these statements: “Masking doesn’t work.” “We’re all going to get COVID, so why mask?” Another is “COVID is just like the flu.”  Or you’ve even heard, “Those people who died of COVID would have died from something else anyway.”  One would think that these were said by people who don’t work in health care. However, these statements were all …

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Why some health care workers refuse to mask and how we can fix it

A DO’s take on the FIGS faux pas

Physician
October 23, 2020

Most health care providers are aware of the FIGS scrubs advertisement that depicted a female physician with a DO badge holding a Medical Terminology for Dummies book upside down.  In one fell swoop, FIGS enraged the entire medical community causing backlash towards their company.  This ad mocking female osteopathic physicians sparked outrage.  Many in health care have vowed not to purchase FIGS, prompting the #boycottFIGS response posted as a result …

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A DO’s take on the FIGS faux pas