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I like Tothill's answer. Provide masks and tell them they need to wear them.
You've been very wise. It is so sad thinking that just people who were extra careful and made sure to use their individual common sense from the very beginning instead of relying on WHO's and governments' suggestions (remember? "Masks only protect others, you don't need a mask, only doctors need one") have effectively protected themselves ( and others!) and perhaps saved many lives without knowing it.
How many more lives could have been saved if they told us the truth instead? ("Folks, masks will save your lives but we don't have enough, we need them for doctors and nurses")If they blocked the sale of masks for the general public, many more people would have stayed at home to feel safer. Or at least, they would have had that choice.
I remember reading an article in early March about the exact dynamics of COVID contagion on a bus in China. The article said the only person who didn't get contaged was wearing an N95 mask. Others who weren't wearing a mask, including people sitting at 8 meters(!) from the person who was already ill, got all contaged, then spread it to others.
This article was a game changer for me. I tried to tell as many people as I could, but you all know the rest of the story.
I still feel extremely sad about this. Talking about lack of transparency.
Hope you find your answers but I think it should be mandatory and your parents are at risk. Just my opinion. Keep looking into it.
take care
At home, I'm asking people who come in to wear masks (I provide disposable masks if they don't have one), to wipe off their shoes in my improvised foot bath and spray their hands with alcohol. I say it nicely like "I know it may be an inconvenience but I hope you understand that we have vulnerable elderly people in the house."
If you prefer that the workers wear masks, tell them. If they won’t, you can relieve them of their services.
I cannot request that the workers do anything, no matter how nicely I ask. They will not answer to me, even though my parents want me to be fully involved. I do not think that I can relieve them of their duties, since I'm not the POA.