A few observations.
I have spent way, way more time in medical facilities this year than I like.
Starting in late February or early March there were screeners at the doors of the clinics I was going in to. Ask the questions, take.your temperature and hand out a mask. Hand sanitizer stations popped up everywhere and all the healthcare workers were wearing masks. That continued though April.
When I went back in for the 2nd surgery pretty much the same routine but.they added a Covid screening to the pre-op tests. The wife was allowed to wait for me in a waiting room.
When I went back to PT the same front door screening was in place and the PT staff were now required to wear "real" masks instead of the cute homemade ones they'd used earlier.
In August when my gallbladder committed mutiny they wouldnt let my wife wait with me at the ER. They said they'd call her and update her as soon as they knew something. They didn't. When I had the gallbladder removed she wasn't allowed to wait inside nor was she allowed to visit me the 2 nights I stayed in the hospital. She was pissed, I rested much better than if she'd been there.
When my daughter had her gallbladder attack a month later they let her husband wait with her in the ER and during surgery he was allowed to wait in the waiting room, same hospital.
Two weeks later at my Ortho Doc's office they were no longer screening at the door but you were still required to wear a mask. The receptionist at the Dr office took my temp.
Tuesday, a month since the last visit, at the Doc's office they were down to just "wear a mask".
I dont yet know if my wife will be able to wait inside when I have shoulder surgery 3.0 next week.