![]() ![]() In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as the virus spread around the globe, many countries implemented restrictions on movement and social gatherings in an effort to flatten the curve - or reduce sharp spikes in caseloads to avoid overwhelming health care facilities. Layered, tightly woven cloth masks offer more protection, while well-fitting surgical masks and KN95 respirators provide even more protection and N95 respirators are the most protective. Loosely woven cloth masks are the least protective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear the most protective mask that fits well and can be worn consistently. Masks should not be viewed as foolproof, as no mask is thought to offer complete protection to the wearer or to others. Observational studies, while limited, have generally found mask-wearing to be associated with a reduced risk of contracting the virus or fewer COVID-19 cases in a community.Ī few randomized controlled trials have found that providing free masks and encouraging people to wear them results in a small to moderate reduction in transmission, although these results have not always been statistically significant. Lab tests, for example, show that certain masks and N95 respirators can partially block exhaled respiratory droplets or aerosols, which are thought to be the primary ways the virus spreads. “Because of our experience, I felt we needed to do something so that other patients like Ryan don’t have to go through unnecessary use of opioids and enjoy quality of life during those last few week,” Bartell added.Multiple lines of evidence back the use of face masks to protect against the coronavirus, although some uncertainty remains as to how effective mask interventions are in preventing spread in the community. ![]() “SB 305 is good science, but it is also a very compassionate bill,” Hueso said. He said the State of New York has already enacted such legislation, as have several other states in the western U.S. Hueso urged all those who support the bill to write to their state elected officials. The bill will begin its road toward becoming law next week when it is introduced to the Senate’s health committee. “This proposes to close a very awkward gap by allowing those who need compassionate care at the end of their life to have access to medical cannabis if they possess a recommendation from a physician or a marijuana card,” Hueso said. “While Californians are permitted to use marijuana for recreational purposes or for medical purposes within their own homes, hospitals - the very institutions that provide health care for Californians - are prohibited from administrating it in critical instances,” Hueso said during a downtown San Diego news conference held in the lobby of the federal building on Front Street. Specifically, the bill requires health care facilities to allow a patient who is terminally ill to use medical cannabis within the facility, with certain restrictions. “This bill seeks to provide access to medical cannabis in health care facilities for Californians who are critically ill,” he said. You’re going to die so you might as well be able to enjoy as much quality time as possible during those last few weeks, and that was the case with Ryan.”īut in California, due to the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act, which requires any institution receiving federal funds or grants to prohibit the use or distribution of “controlled substances” in the workplace, hospitals have adopted policies prohibiting cannabis on their grounds, Hueso said. “For people who are terminally ill, it’s so important to have a decent quality of life. “He went from being asleep most of the time to being alert and being able to communicate, to text, to talk to friends,” he said. “They allowed him to be pain-free.”īartell said the cannabis significantly improved his son’s quality of life. “We got medicine from a medical cannabis chemist designed specifically for Ryan - one to slow down the cancer and give him a little bit more time and two other medicines that were sprays because he couldn’t ingest anything,” Ryan’s father said. ![]()
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