I had my second hip replacement right when this madness started. I didn’t take it seriously. They gave me a mask in the ambulatory ride home, and I quickly discarded it, and they still helped me get down the stairs to my basement apartment. I’m all out of hips to replace now, and astonishingly healthy. They can’t put salt on my tail.
Unfortunately she developed a post op MRSA Staph infection that she is dealing with, but I think she will be fine.