I have always said: Lead by Example! COVID numbers are increasing continuously. We are seeing patients with this daily! Yes, many people who get it recover without any long term ramifications. But, many do not. I even had a patient this week who has been off for the last month from work because he cannot get over the fatigue from COVID. He is angry and frustrated. He, like many, did not think initially this was a big deal…until he got it. I have been talking about wearing months for months. I have been on the Watertown Task Force for COVID, and have spoke many times. I have been criticized, sworn at, told to my face that I don’t know what I am talking about. That won’t stop me from doing what I need to do. I will keep talking about wearing masks until this is over. There is a new promotion going on now: #MaskUpWatertown. Check it out on Facebook. It has been in the news, radio, newspaper. It is a means of promoting the use of masks with the high numbers of cases we are having now.
Sarah and I went running with our run group Saturday morning for Halloween. Our costumes were shown above. You guessed it, we went as doctors! After all, we are doctors. We had all our gear on. We did not have to have a mask on running outside. We kept our social distance. We did it to prove a point. It can be done. It is not that difficult. You can also have fun with it.
Be creative. We can wears masks for Halloween, why can’t we wear one otherwise? Protect someone else. Have someone protect you. It is a 2 way street. The number of cases of people dying from COVID here in Watertown is climbing as well. You ask those people’s families how they feel. Is wearing a mask a guarantee that you won’t get COVID, or that you won’t give it to someone else? NO! When is anything in life a guarantee. Will it help? YES! Be like the Nike commercial: JUST DO IT! If we spent as much effort to wear a mask as we do complaining about it, it would not be an issue. I have heard so many excuses already to not wear one. But that is all it is: An excuse! Will I probably have some people complain about what I am writing here today? Absolutely! Do I care? NOT ONE BIT!!!!
We wear masks all day, every day at the clinic. We are seeing COVID everyday! Do I like wearing a mask? HELL NO! But I do it! By the time this is all done, I will have to keep wearing a mask just to hide the permanent marks being left in my face by our N95 masks! #MASKUPWATERTOWN! Just do it! Do it for those around you! Do it because you care about other people. If anything could help with reducing the number of people with COVID, why would you not do it? Every day! If you can’t keep social distancing, wear a mask! If you are shopping, wear a mask! If you are around a large group, WEAR A MASK! Our whole philosophy with this blog revolves around the concept of trying to Strive to Survive! JUST DO IT!! And, keep moving everybody…it truly helps deal with all of the insanity going on currently! Take care of yourself, but help take care of others also!
Dr. Dan
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