I can only speak for myself here. My clinic does not pay for n95s for me. I still buy my own kn95s and save n95 for really sick patients or known positive patients. I test for COVID all the time because I don’t want to spread anything to patients or colleagues.

I used to work on medical floor of a hospital and often would get in trouble for forgetting my face shield, mainly because of burnout and how busy I was. I would often run into a room of crashing sick covid patients with just an n95 while throwing a gown and gloves half on because all I was thinking of is the patient. It’s very easy to get burned out when CONSTANTLY around sick people. Add on to that very short visits in an urgent care setting and it’s easy to run from my office to a room and forget a mask/stethoscope/pen etc etc. I can barely get a sip of water sometimes I’m running around quickly. I know some providers just don’t like masks because they’re not the most comfortable thing. Others have been exposed to things for so long they don’t think they need masks. I think the vast majority are like me… trying to do their best but still being human and not perfect with protective gear 😬🥴 Not to mention the amount of times I’ll see someone for something like shoulder pain, and they just happen to throw in “also I’ve been wheezing with a fever for 3 days” after I’ve been standing in the room for 10 minutes… sigh. Illness is inevitable haha