Masks

They love seizing on the same buzzwords, don't they? Hysteria is a new favourite. I don't see anybody getting hysterical here.

Tork wrote: »

They love seizing on the same buzzwords, don't they? Hysteria is a new favourite. I don't see anybody getting hysterical here.

Muzzle and face burqa are my favourites.

odyssey06

Tork wrote: »

They love seizing on the same buzzwords, don't they? Hysteria is a new favourite. I don't see anybody getting hysterical here.

If there's so much hysteria going on it should be very easy to find recent posts on this thread to illustrate the point... posts which can then be challenged and rebutted. But just shouting hysteria like that it is weasel words.

robinph

Tork wrote: »

Don't be facetious. We all know nobody enjoys wearing them.

For some short periods the 5 year old enjoys wearing a mask in order to join in with the mask wearing game, but that is admittedly as close as you are likely to get anyone "enjoying" it and is rather stretching the definition of enjoyment.

limnam

Was in Lidl this morning.

There was a family there both parents masked up. None of the kids wear.

Surprised they're allowed in.

My local centra won't serve you if you're not masked up.

limnam wrote: »

Was in Lidl this morning.

There was a family there both parents masked up. None of the kids wear.

Surprised they're allowed in.

My local centra won't serve you if you're not masked up.

Kids under 13 are exempt.

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

That was from the 12th of March.

Has the virus changed since then?

Pitch n Putt

If everyone wore two or three masks at the same time

It’s sure to make things twice or three times as safe no?

And to protect from any long lasting effects that nobody can be sure of but seems to be the new mantra.

It started off as the hysteria about the second wave for about a month. That didn’t really materialise so we’ve moved on to the long term effects.

Long term effects of reduced screening etc will be the biggest problem

It won’t be every ailment someone from the 24000 plus recovered people in this country get in the future that’s going to be linked to their contracting of covid 19.

Tork wrote: »

Oddly enough, the people I know are happy to wear them and then put the masks in the wash. It's no big deal.

A 60 degree wash every night (as is advised)?? Really?

fly_agaric wrote: »

They seem to have been at this mask wearing lark in some East Asian countries for a while. Doesn't seem to have done them much harm, and I highly, highly doubt they are all following exacting hospital level decontamination procedures in the handling of the masks joe public use on public transport or in cities with bad pollution.

I refuse to believe my fellow citizens are dirty, lazy pigs + throwing out a disposable mask or putting a reusable one into the wash after use is too much hard work. :pac:

edit: I could be wrong of course and we are uniquely dirty and lazy as a people...

Have you walked around anywhere recently?? Disposable masks all over the ground.

weldoninhio wrote: »

A 60 degree wash every night (as is advised)?? Really?

Of course not.

Sconsey

weldoninhio wrote: »

Has the virus changed since then?

Our understadning of the virus has changed, modes of transmission, etc.

I don't expect you to care though, you just keep telling your lies and trying to twist headlines to suit yourself.

weldoninhio wrote: »

Have you walked around anywhere recently?? Disposable masks all over the ground.

Went for a walk just there to get lunch. Saw zero.

iamwhoiam

weldoninhio wrote: »

Have you walked around anywhere recently?? Disposable masks all over the ground.

I walk around , I havent seen a single mask on the ground around here

seamus

Tork wrote: »

Don't be facetious. We all know nobody enjoys wearing them.

That's not true.

I've seen plenty of remarks online from people who enjoy the anonymity. Same people who often wear hats, wear hoodies with the hood up, or wear shades even when the sun in out.

There's a small but reckonable number who prefer being able to disappear into the background. Masks now offer a socially acceptable way of doing this.

I haven't seen many masks on the ground either.

Tork wrote: »

Of course not.

Thats the medical advise though. Every night in a 60 degree wash.

So if they leave them aside - after being worn once - and don't wash them for 2 days a plague will descend on their house?

bigslick

weldoninhio wrote: »

A 60 degree wash every night (as is advised)?? Really?

Have a about 6-8 reuseable masks. Pop one on when im heading out and drop it in washing basket when I return to do maybe a mask wash once a week. Its really not that difficult or strenuous and has now become a habit for me and my OH.

limnam

joeguevara wrote: »

Kids under 13 are exempt.

Ah,

Yep they were under that I'd say.

Tork wrote: »

So if they leave them aside - after being worn once - and don't wash them for 2 days a plague will descend on their house?

People are wearing them because the experts have said it stops the spread of the virus. The same experts have said they need to be washed nightly at 60 degrees. So are all these virtuous mask wearers following expert advice or not, be quite hypocritical to complain about people not following expert advice when they are picking and choosing what parts to follow themselves. No??

The HPSC advises that cloth face coverings be “stored safely and laundered regularly to ensure that they are clean”. So wash it every evening, on a 60-degree cycle, once you’ve returned home.

limnam wrote: »

Ah,

Yep they were under that I'd say.

I think the under 13 year old exemption is a bit high tbh. I think under 8 should be exempt but over should be wearing a mask.

bigslick wrote: »

Have a about 6-8 reuseable masks. Pop one on when im heading out and drop it in washing basket when I return to do maybe a mask wash once a week. Its really not that difficult or strenuous and has now become a habit for me and my OH.

Do you reckon the majority do that? Truthfully.

odyssey06

Tork wrote: »

I haven't seen many masks on the ground either.

I have seen masks on the ground, plus tissues, plus bottles, cans etc
I think some at least have been blown from car dashboards by gust of wind.

Masks don't represent a unique new form of litter threat though, any more than the above. It's a litter concern not a public health one.

For example, Assistant Professor of Virology at Trinity College Dublin Kim Roberts has said hard surfaces, such as lunchboxes, are more likely to transmit Covid-19 than school uniforms. She said lunchboxes should be washed daily.
Prof Roberts told RTÉ's Today with Sarah McInerney that there is not enough solid evidence about fabrics retaining the virus but when they are washed at 60C the detergent will adequately kill any virus present.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0813/1158958-covid19-coronavirus-schools/

weldoninhio wrote: »

People are wearing them because the experts have said it stops the spread of the virus. The same experts have said they need to be washed nightly at 60 degrees. So are all these virtuous mask wearers following expert advice or not, be quite hypocritical to complain about people not following expert advice when they are picking and choosing what parts to follow themselves. No??

The HPSC advises that cloth face coverings be “stored safely and laundered regularly to ensure that they are clean”. So wash it every evening, on a 60-degree cycle, once you’ve returned home.

So does it say, wash it every evening or wash before use? I am intrigued how each one of your posts takes something and you invariably twist it and lie about it.

joeguevara wrote: »

So does it say, wash it every evening or wash before use? I am intrigued how each one of your posts takes something and you invariably twist it and lie about it.

The HPSC advises that cloth face coverings be “stored safely and laundered regularly to ensure that they are clean”. So wash it every evening, on a 60-degree cycle, once you’ve returned home.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/face-masks-the-definitive-guide-to-when-to-wear-them-how-to-wash-them-and-the-chin-tuck-1.4256311

Launder used face coverings on the evening of use at a temperature of at least 60 degrees Celsius.

https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/guidance/infectionpreventionandcontrolguidance/ppe/useoffacemasksbythegeneralpublic/

odyssey06

weldoninhio wrote: »

The HPSC advises that cloth face coverings be “stored safely and laundered regularly to ensure that they are clean”. So wash it every evening, on a 60-degree cycle, once you’ve returned home.
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/face-masks-the-definitive-guide-to-when-to-wear-them-how-to-wash-them-and-the-chin-tuck-1.4256311

Article dated May 18th 2020.
Come back to us when you catch up to August.

weldoninhio wrote: »

The HPSC advises that cloth face coverings be “stored safely and laundered regularly to ensure that they are clean”. So wash it every evening, on a 60-degree cycle, once you’ve returned home.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/face-masks-the-definitive-guide-to-when-to-wear-them-how-to-wash-them-and-the-chin-tuck-1.4256311

Its a paywall.

Is the 'so wash it every evening on a 60 degree cycle once youve returned home your words or the HPSC words?

I have 7 and throw it in the laundry basket each day. Forgot mine this morning so had to ask someone to buy a disposable one in the londis beside work.