What about masks???
Kaspara wears an N95 mask during treatments most of the year … Here’s why.
It reduces the chance of you receive more than what what you bargained for!
Wearing a mask does not really protect Kaspara from catching something, but it drastically reduces the chances of you getting sick from him. A lot of viruses can easily to hop from one person to another before the infected person even shows symptoms. Kaspara has gotten covid 4 times, of which three times he was in contact with patients before and as sympoms arrived.
It stops you from smelling his lunch. No one likes feeling a practitioner’s breathing as he works close to head and face.
Just like doctors and nurses, he is a primary health care practitioner and got used to wearing masks during the pandemic. It’s a shame to hide such a handsome face, but minimizing chances of harm to his patients is more important than looking good!
Doesn’t air go through the gaps in the masks so how can it make a difference? The air can circulate in and out of a mask, but it’s not the air that we are trying to restrict. Viruses are transported inside little droplets of saliva that we all inadvertently spit out as we speak - not just when we cough or sneeze. The fabric of the mask is a physical barrier that stop those micro droplets from landing everywhere.
Some of Kaspara’s patients are immunocompromised and coming to Kaspara might be their only regular outting
Osteopathy is a very close contact sport. Sometimes Kaspara does techniques inside patients’ mouths. Wouldn’t you expect your dentist to wear a mask?
It’s a very easy thing to do and he is so used to it he feels naked without it now!
Kaspara was in close contact with patients three times with being contageous with covid and never made a patient sick - an example of why he does it.
Wearing an N95 mask reduces by 80% Kaspara’s chance of giving you covid, flu or a cold. For a lot of viruses, they are most likely to hop from one person to another before the infected person shows symptoms. So Kaspara ma
(during summer when there is a lull in the number of flus and bugs around he might opt out for patients who are not immunocompromised).
Question: Do I have to wear a mask?
Answer: No. You never have to do anything you are not comfortable with. That being said during flu season it is highly recommended. You will be asked to wear one if you feel unwell or live with a family member who is sick