<span itemprop="author">Kristina Scanlan, DO

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

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 i…

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

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 …

A DO’s take on the FIGS faux pas

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 bac…