I agree. I work in a hospital and I have to wear the damn thing for eight hours, sometimes more. It’s suffocating , it’s caused parts of my face to become chapped and a lot of my co-workers and so many nurses are sick and tired of it too.
This is one of the things I find humorous having worked within manufacturing for the majority of my career. I've been in and around metal grinding departments, in foundries, in fiberglass plants and I don't recall as many people complaining about wearing a mask during the course of their work, for full shifts. And many of these environments certainly weren't air conditioned or temperature controlled.
Yet I've seen numerous pictures posted by hospital staff with what looks like rug burns around their face. If people don't know how to wear a piece of PPE, then maybe it isn't the right job for them.
Now, whether or not many of these masks should even be worn in the first place, is an entirely different discussion.
I suspect there has been an increase of upper respiratory illness cases because of the masks.
I sympathize. My employer and governor require me to wear a mask all day. It’s unbearable B.S.
Ping to a fellow healthcare worker’s post....who also must mask up, all day.
See this thread, regarding oxygen deficiencies of masks....
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3859755/posts?page=133#133