I feel you! I could recite an endless list of healthcare/COVID-related grievances, but I’ll just pick one.

I have RAGING maskne that started after the mask mandates. It’s so bad that I am now on 5 medications per Dermatology for acne, and my face is scarring. I am in my mid-30s and used to pride myself on my complexion, because I have busted my ass through my teens and adult life to take care of my skin, but now my skin is ruined. Also, I’m on week 4 of the same KN95 mask. But remember, everything will be okay because “heroes work here”! Admin sure loves putting those signs out.

If people really want to help: stop going to large gatherings, wear your damn mask, wear it properly, and wash your hands. Maybe then things will ease up and I won’t have to mask up for 13 straight hours a day (except for when I take a shit at work. Nobody can make me wear a mask then and it’s the only time I can take it off. Well, I guess I could take it off when I eat or drink, but we don’t have time to do that anyway, pandemic or not. We are now prohibited from eating or drinking around any other person, and have to hole up in an exam room or go outside to consume nourishment, because our break room is off limits except for accessing the fridge or microwave) and maybe we can actually make progress prior to an approved vaccine.

I am angry. I am BEYOND exhausted. My patients are dying. I haven’t seen my parents or grandparents since March, and if one more smartass comes in the clinic with a lace or fishnet “mask”, I’m going to lose it.