“If your child is in the operating room, you want the surgeons, anesthesia providers, nurses and technicians to wear their masks — masks that cover their noses — and follow the rules. Those in the operating room want to as well. They want to because the constraints are inconsequential to them compared to the risks of contamination to the patient.” Your mask feels uncomfortable? Get over it. As a surgeon, I know how vital they are. (This is where we are now. Having things explained to us like we’re toddlers because that’s how we’re acting.)