moonage wrote: » What are the criteria for ending the policy of compulsory mask wearing? What are the conditions whereby this temporary measure can be lifted? What level has the virus to get to and for how long? Of course, there aren't any criteria. The government went into lockdown without knowing how to get out of it. They have done the same with mask wearing.
_Kaiser_ wrote: » Not at all. Just glad to see that beyond the confines of this thread, realism is still out there. Was in one of the Fresh shops/market places for lunch and again very very few wearing masks beyond staff. From what I saw today in and around Dublin it seems the majority aren't too bothered about "masking up" after all.
bush wrote: » Ye thats what ive been wondering how long will this mask wearing go on. I live in a county that hasnt seen a case in weeks and do people normally going around shops sneezing in peoples faces? It just seems pointless to me in shops.
Sleety_Rain wrote: » Anybody know where you can buy a shield mask in Dublin?
Elmer Blooker wrote: » I've just had a conservation with someone about masks, they said that most people only wear them because they have to and to be allowed into shops, they don't wash them or even change them and become filthy breeding grounds for germs and bacteria, people shove them into their pockets with whatever else is in their pockets on their way to and from the supermarket. They also described someone in the fruit & veg aisle breathing all over the produce through a filthy mask ...... the conclusion: they are pointless.
odyssey06 wrote: » Your 'conversation' about 'most people' does not trump the advice of the CDC. If what you have outlined was the case, we would expect to see jumps in cases when mask wearing rolled out. The evidence from US states where masks were rolled out contradicts your conclusion. Think about the same scenarios you have outlined and replay it this time without the mask. As opposed to breathing, dropping saliva, coughing and sneezing in the supermarket without any face covering??? Bacteria don't jump off the mask into the air. Virus droplets do from an uncovered mouth. It's their own germs on the mask. Whatever else was in their pockets was already on their hands. The mask is a barrier that protects others from them.
boggerman1 wrote: » The pro mask nazis must be loving all this now.when is their next big push to have people wearing them full time both outdoors and indoors.hate the god damn things and have went to town a lot less since this madness has taken hold.when do the pro mask wearing crowd propose we can get rid of them.a couple of months,yrs or the next decade
boggerman1 wrote: » .hate the god damn things and have went to town a lot less
Elmer Blooker wrote: » I've just had a conservation with someone about masks, they said that most people only wear them because they have to and to be allowed into shops, they don't wash them or even change them and become filthy breeding grounds for germs and bacteria, people shove them into their pockets with whatever else is in their pockets on their way to and from the supermarket.
robinph wrote: » How does someone wearing a mask incorrectly increase their chances of catching the virus from you who are wearing a mask correctly? What difference does wearing a mask wrong compared to not wearing one at all make? Does the virus know that they are wearing a mask wrongly and target them specifically and avoid the people who are not wearing a mask at all? What difference does being old make to if the virus chooses to land on them or not? Where are the studies showing how the virus is searching out these older people with incorrectly fitting masks but avoiding young people with no masks? If you care about other people then wear a mask. Avoid people who are not wearing masks as they don't care about you.
weldoninhio wrote: » There's a catch, however. You have to wear the mask correctly and dispose of it properly, or you might actually increase the infection risk to yourself or others.
harr wrote: » Seen my first melt down this morning, man was asked to put on mask in shop and let a torrent of abuse at the poor girl at counter. Something something about his right not to wear a mask and it wasn’t the law .. fair play to the assistant who was calm and enough and calmly told the man it was also her right to refuse service he left after firing off another round of abuse. A number of customers also told him calm down and he left once a few people started to turn on him .. Not a very good public image for the company he works for as he was wearing their uniform and driving a work van.
GazzaL wrote: » They're the same lot that wanted the whole country in full lockdown until there wasn't a single case left. Lunatics.
Stark wrote: » Seems to be a general thing in the restaurants I've been in that the waiting staff have been wearing visors. They're supposed to be fairly useless for protecting the staff from infection from what I've heard.
