JDD wrote: » Anyone know where I could get comfortable cotton masks for an eight year old, five year old and three year old? The three year old probably won't wear one, but if he sees his older siblings wearing them you never know. Preferably with some kind of Disney/kid-friendly designs on them.
riffmongous wrote: » You're someone who has voluntarily chosen to wear a mask from the very beginning.. of course you are going to be more aware of what to do than most people. Where I live there has been a requirement to wear masks in certain places for a few weeks now and you can see loads of people wearing or using them incorrectly every time you look around. You will see this in Ireland too. It might not be rocket science to put on a mask, but using one correctly over longer periods requires quite a bit of discipline, education and thought. The good thing is though that the virus numbers are now so low that it's less of an issue if people are careless and the masks will still be useful.
khalessi wrote: » Etsy have some lovely children's masks
is_that_so wrote: » In public there's also the question of how long people may follow any guidance especially as we get into warmer weather and as we are looking into a very long summer of continuing restrictions.
Wibbs wrote: » Oh I see the practicalities are against us now. Like I said a few pages back I think the masks subject has passed its sell by date in this country. It could have been implemented early on in the campaign, but it'll be a hard sell now as people have become fed up and less worried about what to many if not most is an invisible and distant threat. Add in the authorities delay and contrary and wishy washy information around them and a major cultural and personal resistance to masks on top I can't see them being gaining any traction beyond a minority.
I'll bet this be grand feeling and a very real need to get back to normal will also impact social distancing and other measures as we go into the summer. I've certainly noticed more and more people become more and more sloppy around the social distancing thing. Not so much outdoors oddly enough, where it's actually less an issue, but certainly in supermarkets and the like. When more workplaces come on stream good luck. It'll take a major upswing in cases and deaths in the general population to change that(unless they go crazy high care home deaths won't really impact the general, only the personal). One we can hope and pray doesn't materialise. Our population density and mode of habitation for the majority should continue to help us, as it has since the start.
is_that_so wrote: » They've never been convinced by it and until very recently there's been little mask use outside of Asian counties who routinely wear them. It also seems to be a much lower priority measure where they have been used in Europe.
That uptick in cases is looking far less likely than the alarmist concern from a few months back. We have a growing number of countries as reference to the progress of the disease after exit strategies.
ek motor wrote: » Slovenia declares end to its Covid-19 epidemichttps://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/slovenia-calls-an-official-end-to-its-coronavirus-epidemic/ Back in April :https://www.themayor.eu/en/slovenian-municipalities-guarantee-free-protective-masks-for-locals
Mr.Wemmick wrote: » I am not more aware re masks, just had basic practice. I was food shopping first thing this morning and anyone who wore a mask, wore them correctly. No one touched their face. Like me, they've had practice..
Discipline, education and thought, lol.. it's a face mask, not a delicate piece of machinery. I actually wonder how people get up in the morning, wash and get dressed.. a face mask is something we are not used to, but we will soon.. and wear them correctly.. and look back at these patronising times. Again, not difficult.
riffmongous wrote: » If you're not trained then how can you judge if other people are using them properly? Wait until everybody needs to wear masks regularly and then you'll see the fairly common routine of mask around the neck or in the pocket, pulled out with the hands and put on before going in to the shop or bus, and then back in the pocket afterwards. Or the mask not over the nose, or the ffp2/3 with a ventilator on it. Well maybe if you weren't so naive you wouldn't need to be patronised? I've actually spent some time at the control areas for quarantine buildings and seen doctors and healthcare workers make fairly basic mistakes with their gloves and masks, that's why they have to have people there to control them. Have a look at any random google of people in PPE and you can spot mistakes fairly quickly if you know what to look for. Most of them probably didn't get enough training beyond a demo maybe and they've certainly got more on their minds by the time they are half way through a shift, that why you need discipline and thought too. But of course someone who wears a mask for 5 minutes on his way into a shop knows everything :rolleyes:
khalessi wrote: » Still doesnt negate the use of masks as healthcare staff use them all the time. They should be used by the public at this time
Wibbs wrote: » Yeah I don't get the improper use being the fork being constantly stuck into the masks and masks alone. I'm sure we've all seen improper use of social distancing, moving beyond 2kms, gloves(most certainly) and I'm quite sure there are a shed load not washing their hands properly too, yet all those tend to get a free pass. Again I'm more and more convinced it's cultural/personal aversion to masks in particular that acts like a magnet for the negatives.
riffmongous wrote: » If you're not trained then how can you judge if other people are using them properly? I've actually spent some time at the control areas for quarantine buildings and seen doctors and healthcare workers make fairly basic mistakes with their gloves and masks, that's why they have to have people there to control them. :rolleyes:
ShineOn7 wrote: » Going to order a pack of one of these two in the next hourhttps://www.fishersci.ie/shop/products/disposable-particulate-respirator/p-8001321https://www.fishersci.ie/shop/products/disposable-particulate-respirator/11713363 Any thoughts on there being much of a difference between them?
is_that_so wrote: » Looks like you thought this was the conspiracy thread! There is no "will" but "could" and "may" are prominent.
khalessi wrote: » Use face covers in busy public transport or enclosed indoor public areas such as retail outlets Leo Vradaker just now
SleetAndSnow wrote: » Not compulsory, just if you want too. For public transport I think it should be made mandatory tbh
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