 Hello everybody, Andrew Mayesky here with Dental L. So this video is to basically say stop. Not all dental professionals are terrified to go back to work. If you are, don't go back to work. It's that simple. All I'm seeing on Facebook now, other than of course talking about the virus, people complaining, trying not to complain, is that dental professionals are talking to anybody who will listen, the news, anybody, that they do not want to go back to work because we are a very high risk profession of getting the virus, spreading the virus. This is what everybody is saying. Okay, a lot of people do not feel comfortable to return back to work if they can. Around here, we still can't. We are open for emergency dental services only. That's it. But let me say I am the minority where I want to go back to work. Not just because I'm bored, not just because I signed up to be a dental hygienist to see patients, not just because I want to get back to work for those reasons, but I truly do feel that oral health is an essential service. As long as we are following all PPE, everything that they are telling us to do, I feel protected. I do. It's not saying that I'm not taking a risk because I do feel we are very close to patients. You can't get any closer, basically, right? So if they have the virus from everything that they're saying, well, it's contagious. They are saying, and I say they because this is like literally from all kinds of different sources here, but the virus is easy to kill, but highly contagious. That's what they're saying. So in a nutshell, so we do have to be careful because we are working in the mouth and hey, the mouth, overall health, the virus, all of that. So I get that completely, but I am willing to take that risk with proper PPE. I can go to work every day knowing that I am helping somebody's overall health, helping their mouth. Plus, it would be nice to get back to some state of normal, right? Our normal will be different just because we don't know as much about the virus as we, you know, we just don't know everything yet, but that's how everything happens. We don't know everything right away. We take risks, we move on, you know, but that's just how I feel. So what I really want to do is tell all of those dental professionals that keep posting about, oh, you know, we shouldn't be asked to go back to work this and this and this. That's totally fine. You are entitled to your own opinion. Don't go back to work then. If you don't feel safe, don't go back to work. If you're caring for somebody who could easily get sick, don't go back to work. If you are over the age of 65, don't go back to work. Even if you just don't feel comfortable, if you're not the healthiest person, if you're pregnant, if you anything, do not go back to work if you don't feel comfortable. I feel comfortable with the proper PPE. If I get sick, knock on wood. It happens. I go from there, you know, I'm not saying that I'm invincible and I'm not going to get sick. Who knows? But I am looking forward to going back to work helping my patients. I'm a mobile hygienist too, so I can go to people's homes. I feel a lot safer going to people's homes than perhaps working in a dental office because I wouldn't know what my employer will have for us. Are they going to have the level three masks or the N95 masks, all of the face shields, all of the air purifier systems, you know, are they going to see one patient every two hours? All of those are unknowns. Me having my own mobile hygiene business means I can follow every precaution possible and only do what I feel comfortable doing. So I'm very much looking forward to going back to work. Let me know your thoughts either that you are terrified or you're thinking, oh, I want to get back to work too. Let me know you guys in the comments and I will talk to you guys in the next video.