jimmycrackcorm wrote: » Seeing as most if not all shops have staff who are enforcing queues to allow people in, just make it mandatory for shops to also only allow in people wearing masks. That way people will take it up. Once people see everyone else wearing them, then it'll become habitual. At the moment there isn't a critical mass of people wearing them so as to make it appear normal to increase uptake.
wadacrack wrote: » Disappointing I have to say. Maybe an ad on TV highlighted how masks might save lives etc could helphttps://twitter.com/otuathail/status/1275471447994052608
is_that_so wrote: » They are the kind of numbers I've seen and a lot lower in supermarkets and shops. Distancing, hand hygiene, cough etiquette and stay at home are all very easy sells as all of these definitely help. A mask policy that has suddenly changed tack as we seem to be nearing the end of this is really not and we've also got this far without a perceived need to wear masks. On top of that mask usage is far more complicated than just shove it on your face.
RoYoBo wrote: » Back at the beginning, when few people I encountered were wearing masks, I thought it was insulting to hear the insistence that most people would not be correctly wearing/removing or disposing of masks. Now, unfortunately, I see the evidence (literally) staring me in the face. The number of people with masks at half mast covering their mouth only, or round their necks, or faffing around with them as they go is unreal. Add to that the amount of used masks thrown off and dumped in car parks to blow around in the wind! Today, I watched a woman emerging from the local health centre taking off her mask by the front, smoothing it with both hands and then carefully rolling it into a ball before putting it into her handbag. Then, she rubbed her hands all over her face for good measure! I have no idea how this can be addressed. The problem seems to be that people don't know that they don't know how to use a mask properly, so they don't even attempt to find out
RoYoBo wrote: » Now, unfortunately, I see the evidence (literally) staring me in the face. The number of people with masks at half mast covering their mouth only, or round their necks, or faffing around with them as they go is unreal.
Ten Pin wrote: » Asymptomatic carriers can still transmit the virus, droplets on mask could transfer to hands and then to surfaces that some one else might touch and they then touch their face and on it goes.
PCros wrote: » Anyone recommend where to get those black fabric masks that you can reuse and wash anywhere online? Preferably local. I've seen one or two websites but they seem to be €10+ each...
dfx- wrote: » Air France not accepting cloth masks on board, only surgical masks..
ShineOn7 wrote: » Saw this elsewhere. A guide to different mask types and their efficiency Thoughts? https://ibb.co/DfkqkN6 (Image won't embed for some reason)
Darwin wrote: » From rte this evening: Wearing a mask decreases your risk of spreading or catching the virus by 99%.https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0624/1149351-covid-19-ten-things-to-know/ Where did this 99% come from? What type of mask are they talking about? God who writes this stuff
na1 wrote: » Is it legal? I mean when you buy a ticket you agree with their T&C, but then out of a sudden can they change their T&C? Can they demand everyone to wear gas masks with an oxygen cylinder behind you back starting from tomorrow?
Seanergy wrote: » 'An absolute scandal': Ireland has the highest Covid infection rate for healthcare workers in the world, committee told One nurse was sent home for wearing a face mask during their shift, Ní Sheaghdha said, stating that the worker was told that it was not HSE policy. The matter became an industrial issue.....When the HSE face mask policy for healthcare workers was rolled out on 22 April, the infection rate of workers dropped dramatically.
Seanergy wrote: » When this was put to the HSE, they said the drop could be accounted for as the virus numbers in the community were also falling, she said, stating that the INMO disagrees with this assertion. Post #2836 disagree's with the HSE assertion, as I do.
Utopia Parkway wrote: » Masks to be made compulsory on public transport services.
stephenjmcd wrote: » No its memo to cabinet from Shane Ross. Could well be made mandatory but far from a done deal. He also brought a memo 2 weeks ago on dropping of the 14 day self isolation and nothing was done about it. A memo is to start a discussion at cabinet but by no means a guarantee of something to be implemented as its likely to be the last cabinet before a new government and Ross wont be in the next.
is_that_so wrote: » They are the kind of numbers I've seen and a lot lower in supermarkets and shops...A mask policy that has suddenly changed tack as we seem to be nearing the end of this is really not and we've also got this far without a perceived need to wear masks...
