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Fri Jun 4, 2021, 01:34 PM Jun 2021

Better check the dentist or other health providers next. From a letter published today (not mine) [View all]

So I walk into my dentist's office, ready for a cleaning. Everyone I see is masked, as am I. I fill out the required form stating that I have no COVID symptoms, have been fully vaccinated and haven't been out of the country in the last few weeks (years, really). I meet a new hygienist and settle into the chair. We chat in the limited way possible with her hands in my mouth. It's April 2021, we both declare that we've gotten through the COVID months safely. We've been vaccinated, I say, have you?

"Oh, no," she says. "I don't believe in that stuff. I take hydroxychloroquine."

I am stunned. I ask to see the dentist. When he comes in, I notice that he is tightly masked and that the hygienist's blue paper mask is only loosely worn. I convey to him my distress that I was not told that the hygienist has not been vaccinated.

"That's her choice," he says. The conversation is brief, and he conveys no concern for me. I get out of the chair and leave.

Her choice, yes, and the dentist's choice to employ her. However, if I must declare details of my COVID status before I am treated, do I not deserve to know the COVID status of those who intend to treat me? Do I not have the choice to know — as they do?

Elizabeth McGarry, Edina

https://www.startribune.com/readers-write-pandemic-life-chauvins-sentence-eagan-parks-trash-policy-ufos/600064377/

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Maybe this should be included on the dentist's review pages... hlthe2b Jun 2021 #1
No me, but I will remember this question everything Jun 2021 #2
Considering the amount of time a dentist (and their associates) spend in your face... PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #3
Unbelievable, shocking in fact... appalachiablue Jun 2021 #4
tired of it. My Haircutter and Massage Therapist Captain Zero Jun 2021 #5
Just awful and hard to believe, that's their appalachiablue Jun 2021 #29
The only reason I went to my hairdresser during the past year was her great caution. lark Jun 2021 #48
My hairdresser and those who work in the shop proudly proclaim they got their vaccines kimbutgar Jun 2021 #50
I called two dentist offices. SidneyR Jun 2021 #6
+1000 aeromanKC Jun 2021 #16
No way the public should have to deal with unvaccinated health care providers bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #7
Bravo!! Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #8
it's one thing to have certain convictions about any vaccinations... RicROC Jun 2021 #9
This 👆 This 👆 This 👆 flibbitygiblets Jun 2021 #32
and also pretty fucking stupid.... AZ8theist Jun 2021 #39
This is why smart people are getting vaccinated Warpy Jun 2021 #10
Also increases risk of heart attacks for people who wnylib Jun 2021 #15
Wow Joinfortmill Jun 2021 #21
My sister and a nurse I work with believe it works AllyCat Jun 2021 #23
And my friend w/ lupus is having a hard time getting TexasBushwhacker Jun 2021 #41
Which sort of begs the question why the Feds are sitting on millions of doses of the stuff Warpy Jun 2021 #42
Was in a Walmart in Cedar Park TX outside of Austin on Wednesday and there was a PA saying roll efhmc Jun 2021 #53
Yeah, now the problem is the anti-vaxxers TexasBushwhacker Jun 2021 #54
Same here tiptonic Jun 2021 #11
Who was your ex-dentist? This clown?: AZ8theist Jun 2021 #40
This little subject might get interesting. BradBo Jun 2021 #12
So what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander? KS Toronado Jun 2021 #13
I believe the term you are looking for is AllyCat Jun 2021 #24
On March 17, 2020 mchill Jun 2021 #14
Get a list of dentists in your area & start phoning with a list of questions... Hekate Jun 2021 #31
Thank you, but I have one complication mchill Jun 2021 #38
similar here Grasswire2 Jun 2021 #17
Good for you for walking out Marthe48 Jun 2021 #18
You certainly do Joinfortmill Jun 2021 #19
Not in NC. barbtries Jun 2021 #20
If the hygienist is dumb enough to take hydroxychloroquine for COVID, then they have no business berni_mccoy Jun 2021 #22
Mr Dupree visited the endodontist for a root canal. Cousin Dupree Jun 2021 #25
The strange thing is dentists and hygienists used to wear masks even before question everything Jun 2021 #30
I had surgery for breast cancer in May 2020 and was taken to the ultrasound unit for a procedure japple Jun 2021 #26
I've had 2 dentist appointments since this began, one for sure before any vaccines tanyev Jun 2021 #27
Our vet proudly states all staff are vaccinated and they STILL AllyCat Jun 2021 #28
Kind of funny when you think about it; 70sEraVet Jun 2021 #34
My health care providers won't even accept just 'any old mask.' BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #33
Something similar happened to me, but I asked on the phone before the appt catrose Jun 2021 #35
I take hydroychloquin for lupus but I also got vaccinated. blueinredohio Jun 2021 #36
Yep. It's going on all over the place. And it shouldn't be. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2021 #37
"It would be anti-American to require that everyone be vaccinated" Like the Smallpox vac Maraya1969 Jun 2021 #47
Ikr? Just ridiculous. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2021 #55
hydroxychloroquine requires a doctor's prescription. Grins Jun 2021 #43
What nerve! Catherine Vincent Jun 2021 #44
I'm getting my teeth cleaned later this month. ananda Jun 2021 #45
I'd write that on a Google review and on Health Grades etc. That dentist doesn't Maraya1969 Jun 2021 #46
It was not I; is a local letter but I am sure it will generate waves. question everything Jun 2021 #49
Honestly seta1950 Jun 2021 #51
both my dentist and reciptionist and the tec wear masks and gloves . AllaN01Bear Jun 2021 #52
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