{"id":1421,"date":"2021-06-09T07:52:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T11:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2021-06-09T07:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T11:52:40","slug":"am-i-overreacting-to-worry-about-the-vaccination-status-of-my-masseuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1421","title":{"rendered":"Am I overreacting to worry about the vaccination status of my masseuse?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0I want to get a massage.\u00a0 When I called to make an\u00a0appointment, I asked if I could get a masseuse who’s\u00a0been vaccinated.\u00a0 The\u00a0receptionist said they can’t say due to HIPAA, and that most of the employees have been vaccinated.\u00a0 I am somewhat uncomfortable with\u00a0not knowing– it is a small, enclosed setting for 90+ minutes– even though I’ve been vaccinated.\u00a0 I was thinking I would ask the masseuse\u00a0when I arrive; they can refuse to answer on personal grounds, but it’s not against HIPAA to ask.\u00a0 Anyway, am I overreacting to worry about it?\u00a0 Is the vaccine so effective that I would be safe even if the masseuse were to have COVID?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0The vaccines we have are extremely effective, even against new variants (see\u00a0 Q&A of 3\/23<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0Q&A of 5\/25<\/a>).\u00a0 You would likely be protected.\u00a0 That said, the vaccines are not 100% effective, and the situation you’re describing could carry risk– it meets 2 of the risky 3Cs (close contact setting, closed space; 3rd is crowded places).\u00a0 I do *not* think that you are overreacting to worry about the situation.\u00a0 You are indeed well within your rights to ask about your masseuse’s vaccination status; as you mentioned, such a question does not violate HIPAA<\/a>.\u00a0 Finally, since you know that most of the staff is vaccinated, if you find out that your masseuse is not vaccinated, you could ask for someone who is.\u00a0 If it were me, that’s what I would do.\u00a0 And if I felt uncomfortable with the set up, I’d leave.\u00a0 It’s a service designed to improve your quality of life and hopefully reduce stress, not add to it!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question:\u00a0I want to get a massage.\u00a0 When I called to make an\u00a0appointment, I asked if I could get a masseuse who’s\u00a0been vaccinated.\u00a0 The\u00a0receptionist said they can’t say due to HIPAA, and that most of the employees have been vaccinated.\u00a0 I am somewhat uncomfortable with\u00a0not knowing– it is a small, enclosed setting for 90+ minutes– even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[60,64],"tags":[31,207],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-risk","category-vaccines","tag-3cs","tag-hipaa","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pexels-photo-3997993.jpeg?fit=867%2C1300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1423,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions\/1423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}