Masks

Away With The Fairies · 13-08-2020 01:27PM

Yes: valved

Tork wrote: »

Ah yes. But how do you know you have the virus, bud?

I'm waiting for the "It's not in my community" chestnut to come up again.

Or the 98% survives this but to fcuk with any lasting affects.

Sconsey · 13-08-2020 01:28PM

No: other

CalamariFritti wrote: »

When dealing with irrationality and hysteria at a nuclear level its the only defence one has. I mean you couldn't possibly take this serious,

Complains about hysteria and then describes it as 'nuclear' in the same sentence....:rolleyes:.

Tork · 13-08-2020 01:36PM

Yes: to protect others

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

joeguevara · 13-08-2020 01:37PM

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 · 13-08-2020 01:39PM

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 · 13-08-2020 01:39PM

No: I don't care enough

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 · 13-08-2020 01:39PM

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.

joeguevara · 13-08-2020 01:40PM

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.

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 01:40PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

That was from the 12th of March.

Has the virus changed since then?

Pitch n Putt · 13-08-2020 01:41PM

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.

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 01:42PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

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?

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 01:43PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

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.

Tork · 13-08-2020 01:45PM

Yes: to protect others

weldoninhio wrote: »

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

Of course not.

Sconsey · 13-08-2020 01:45PM

No: other

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.

joeguevara · 13-08-2020 01:46PM

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 · 13-08-2020 01:47PM

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 · 13-08-2020 01:47PM

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.

Tork · 13-08-2020 01:47PM

Yes: to protect others

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

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 01:47PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

Tork wrote: »

Of course not.

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

Tork · 13-08-2020 01:49PM

Yes: to protect others

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 · 13-08-2020 01:50PM

Yes: to protect myself and others

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 · 13-08-2020 01:50PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Kids under 13 are exempt.

Ah,

Yep they were under that I'd say.

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 01:52PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

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.

joeguevara · 13-08-2020 01:52PM

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.

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 01:53PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

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 · 13-08-2020 01:54PM

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/

joeguevara · 13-08-2020 01:57PM

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.

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 01:59PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

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

weldoninhio · 13-08-2020 02:00PM

No: I will wait for the HSE to recommend

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 · 13-08-2020 02:03PM

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.
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