AITA for wanting to refuse service to people who aren’t wearing masks

I am a nurse anesthetist and I work in a large OR in a big hospital. I work at an especially high risk place since there is no N95 mask that can protect me in the operating room since I have to put my face right next to the patient’s face in order to put a breathing tube in. Thankfully, I haven’t caught Covid so far, but one of our staff did catch it at work.<br><br>I’ve been very strict about masks and social distancing since before the pandemic even hit in my country. I refuse to play with fire when it comes to my health, since catching Covid so early could have meant almost certain death.<br><br>I’ve been very strict about masks at work, so much so that I have been reported for refusing anesthetic service to a surgeon who refused to wear a mask in the OR even though we have a strict no mask no entry policy. He didn’t have a medical exemption, he just said it was bullshit and that he didn’t want to wear one.<br><br>The issue was blown out of proportion and higher management is saying I’m too strict and that I’m scaring patients when I tell them to wear a mask when they get to the OR. But Mask don’t save lives is literally my motto.<br><br>AITA