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.
seamus wrote: » 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.
MadYaker wrote: » I just hand wash mine in the sink with hot water, no idea where you got every evening from though. To be honest based on what I've read from id say you're absolutely bonkers.
weldoninhio wrote: » If it becomes mandatory I’ll be taking a 1 use mask from work and wearing it until a) wearing it is lifted or b) it’s absolutely threadbare. Then I’ll get another one and start again. Absolutely pointless.
weldoninhio wrote: » Literally from the HPSC website, which I provided.
iamwhoiam wrote: » I walk around , I havent seen a single mask on the ground around here
robinph wrote: » ...and other than it getting a bit stinky if you don't wash it, what is the risk from coronavirus if you don't wash it or you put it in your pocket or leave it on the passenger seat of the car? Does it stop working if it gets a bit of fluff on it? Does it stop working if you only wash it every other day? Does coronavirus somehow only search out people who are wearing masks that were left on the passenger seat of their car for a bit?
Loafing Oaf wrote: » Me either. I'd say the kind of person who would be inclined to wilfully throw away something as big as a mask would be unlikely to be wearing one in the first place.
weldoninhio wrote: » You'll have to ask the same experts who recommend wearing masks, who have also said wash it every night at 60. Your hypocrisy is making you very defensive.
dwayneshintzy wrote: » weldoninhio isn't entering into anything with good faith here. He's admitted that he's fraudulently getting a letter saying he suffers from severe anxiety (which he doesn't), purely because he can't be arsed wearing a mask.
robinph wrote: » What hypocrisy? You are the one who is using people saying that masks need to be washed daily as a justification for saying nobody should therefore wear a mask. I'm merely saying that I'm not going to get coronavirus from putting my mask in my pocket or failing to wash it everyday. I'm not saying don't wash them.
odyssey06 wrote: » It's best practice to do so but it's not essential for them to serve their main function. It's probably also best practice to change from the clothes you wore in the shop and wash them before next use also. And take off the shoes. We don't know how long the virus survives on fabrics, or how infectious it is handling such fabrics. It is likely less than 24 hours based on studies of other materials. As a method of transmission, the far greater risk and concern is that of inhaling droplets in an enclosed public.
weldoninhio wrote: » I'm only repeating what the experts say.
odyssey06 wrote: » No you're not. You are quoting the experts either out of context or out of date and avoiding any followup questions when challenged on this.Do you agree or not with the current expert advice to wear a mask? Yet you rely on the same experts who recommend wearing masks ... to somehow spin it into don't wear a mask? Is that hypocrisy? Or does it just you don't have a coherent argument? There is a difference between what experts advise as best practice\advice\guidelines, and what is put into law as an enforceable minimum. Similarly, at an NCT, there is an enforceable legal minimum on tyre depths and best practice for what your tyre depth should be. It is difference between what you must do and what you should do.
Stark wrote: » That's bad. Don't see why it's an argument against wearing masks though. It's like saying no-one should pick up their dog **** because some people do that thing of bagging it and then leaving the bag as litter.
weldoninhio wrote: » I haven't twisted anything or quoted anyone out of context.
odyssey06 wrote: » Could you also post the section where they advise people to wear masks and explain why you won't? What is your point? You are posting random information out of context. The context where the same organisation says that you must wear a mask in enclosed public spaces. The page that you have linked to is the best practice on how you should use a mask. Yes, and??? You have no points, no arguments. Do you agree with the advice to wear a mask and if so why not?
davemckenna25 wrote: » Hi Folks, sorry to jump in on the whole washing of masks thing but are we not also washing/changing masks everyday due to the risk of a bacterial buildup on the inside of the mask due to our own warm breath/moisture. This is also a main reason why they need to be washed if a cloth and changed if a disposable one.
GT89 wrote: » How much asymptomatic spread is actually going on in reality. How many people are actually contracting CV19 from going to the supermarket or travelling on public transport my best guess is very few.
