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How many people on Boards have a mask and if so are you wearing them for essential trips? And this late in the day where can you get one that is going to be half decent and not from a suspect seller who could have done anything to it?

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Stark

Could try it with flammable aerosols

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cTDGqcUpA

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Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »

Masks were historically used for preventing the naive from infection. Not the other way around.

I'd love to hear more about this.

John O.Groats

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I picked up a glasses shield visor, are they good?

Better than nothing but still not all that effective if not worn in conjunction with a facemask.

Carfacemandog

seefin wrote: »

Probably an obvious question . Have a good few double layer cloth masks. See an awful lot of people with the blue disposable ones. Do they offer better protection . Have read that medical masks are better but are they different to the disposable ones you can buy in lidl etc? Medical masks have metal strip around nose?

Can't speak to their effectiveness vs others, but I find them far, far comfier due to much less of that muggy type feeling that builds up in the cloth masks. I've also got stubble which either type catches on, but they are larger to I find myself needing to readjust the chin/nose way less often.

One thing I have read recently though is that masks with valves are less effective.

Dubl07

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I picked up a glasses shield visor, are they good?

In conjunction with a mask, yes. Alone, no.

Jim_Hodge

Kendrick Jolly Ibex wrote: »

Masks were historically used for preventing the naive from infection. Not the other way around.

Why would you want to protect an infection from a naïve person?

xhomelezz

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Why would you want to protect an infection from a naïve person?

I think we should protect virus from Tickers at this stage.

odyssey06

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Why would you want to protect an infection from a naïve person?

Naive here means 'naive of the infection', as in wearing a mask to protect an uninfected person directly from the outbreak.
As opposed to now, we are are being asked to wear a mask to stop the spread from an infected person to an uninfected \ naive person.

Jim_Hodge

odyssey06 wrote: »

Naive here means 'naive of the infection', as in wearing a mask to protect an uninfected person directly from the outbreak.
As opposed to now, we are are being asked to wear a mask to stop the spread from an infected person to an uninfected \ naive person.

Woooosssh!!!!

Spiderman0081

If cases keep going up in countries where mask wearing is mandatory, will those who believe in the effectiveness of mask say that there would be more cases if people didn’t wear masks?
Will those who wear masks blame those who don’t wear masks for the increasing number of cases?
Can the rising number of cases be attributed to not wearing masks correctly?
How many people who wear masks wear them exactly in the correct manor? For example, how many of those who touch their masks, which is literally a breeding ground for bacteria, wash their hands immediately before touching any other object?

Jim_Hodge

Spiderman0081 wrote: »

If cases keep going up in countries where mask wearing is mandatory, will those who believe in the effectiveness of mask say that there would be more cases if people didn’t wear masks?
Will those who wear masks blame those who don’t wear masks for the increasing number of cases?
Can the rising number of cases be attributed to not wearing masks correctly?
How many people who wear masks wear them exactly in the correct manor? For example, how many of those who touch their masks, which is literally a breeding ground for bacteria, wash their hands immediately before touching any other object?

Yes.
No.
No way of knowing.
Don't know.

KaneToad

Non surgical/medical grade face coverings:

Face coverings are encouraged because they restrict the spread from an infected person to a non infected person. They do this simply by reducing the distance traveled by droplets.

Face coverings won't stop you inhaling the virus if it reaches your face covering.

If you could be 100% confident that you do not have the virus there is no point in you wearing a face covering.

You can not be 100% certain that you do not have the virus. Asymptomatic carriers are the cause of the virulence of this curse.

Ergo, cover your face in indoor public settings. It's not a conspiracy.

growleaves

ixoy wrote: »

Watching a episode of 'The Great' today, set during the reign of Catherine the Great. Even then, they were giving out to her for not wearing a mask during a small pox outbreak and that was in the late 1700s...

Is that historically accurate though?

The most notable thing about the Russian Plague of 1770-72 was the violent refusal of ordinary people to go along with restrictions. Riots, a mob invasion of the Kremlin and the Archbishop of Moscow was killed when he tried to shut down churches.

Living Off The Splash

I observed a woman in Brown Thomas Grafton Street today with two children. She was walking around the store with a phone to her ear and not wearing a mask. She had an unused mask in her hand. She left the store and immediately the phone came away from her ear. She started talking to her children. She then crossed the road to Marks and Spencer directly opposite. As she went in the door the phone came back up to her ear.

These stores should have a dedicated person stopping this type of trickery. Let them tell the person to finish their call outside.

sterz

I've been using the disposable masks up until now as I only had to wear them for a short period of time, going to the shop etc. Any recommendations for masks that are more comfortable, i.e. can wear for a few hours with no issues? Find it a little harder to breath if I'm wearing the disposable mask for more than a few minutes.

Stark

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

I observed a woman in Brown Thomas Grafton Street today with two children. She was walking around the store with a phone to her ear and not wearing a mask. She had an unused mask in her hand. She left the store and immediately the phone came away from her ear. She started talking to her children. She then crossed the road to Marks and Spencer directly opposite. As she went in the door the phone came back up to her ear.

These stores should have a dedicated person stopping this type of trickery. Let them tell the person to finish their call outside.

Sounds like way more of a PITA to keep up that charade than to actually wear the mask. Some people.

otnomart

sterz wrote: »

I've been using the disposable masks up until now as I only had to wear them for a short period of time, going to the shop etc. Any recommendations for masks that are more comfortable, i.e. can wear for a few hours with no issues? Find it a little harder to breath if I'm wearing the disposable mask for more than a few minutes.

I have only been wearing surgical type masks myself, they seem to be the lighest and easier to breath in, expecially in hot weather.
I understand from reading different sources that the FFP2-FFP3 are harder to breath in, unless they have a valve.

bush

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

I observed a woman in Brown Thomas Grafton Street today with two children. She was walking around the store with a phone to her ear and not wearing a mask. She had an unused mask in her hand. She left the store and immediately the phone came away from her ear. She started talking to her children. She then crossed the road to Marks and Spencer directly opposite. As she went in the door the phone came back up to her ear.

These stores should have a dedicated person stopping this type of trickery. Let them tell the person to finish their call outside.

Did you follow her home too?

McGiver

French cases increasing.

French doctors recommending mandating masks in workplaces and in all indoor spaces.

It will be introduced here eventually too. I would prefer the gov not wasting time this time as they did in April to June.

MickeyLeari

Anyone having issues with peripheral vision while wearing masks? I have tripped and fallen a couple of times and jarred my back after missing steps.

RoYoBo

otnomart wrote: »

I have only been wearing surgical type masks myself, they seem to be the lighest and easier to breath in, expecially in hot weather.
I understand from reading different sources that the FFP2-FFP3 are harder to breath in, unless they have a valve.

My OH has similar difficulties so I bought a pack of KN95 masks (the Chinese equivalent versions) from the US to see if these might work .... and they did! They are light and have a shape that allows more space to breathe. In as much as anyone 'likes' wearing a mask, he's happy enough.

I bought from Iherb on a special offer - think it was something like $9 for 5, but more when not on special. Not cheap, especially with shipping, but he only wears them briefly in a shop and I'm using my Instant Pot or the sun to dry sterilise and re-use afterwards.

Seanergy

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John O.Groats

MickeyLeari wrote: »

Anyone having issues with peripheral vision while wearing masks? I have tripped and fallen a couple of times and jarred my back after missing steps.

Nope. No issues at all. What type of mask are you wearing?

Tipperary animal lover

MickeyLeari wrote: »

Anyone having issues with peripheral vision while wearing masks? I have tripped and fallen a couple of times and jarred my back after missing steps.

You are suppose to wear the mask over your mouth not your eyes ... only joking no I've been wearing them from months now never a problem

Away With The Fairies

McGiver wrote: »

French cases increasing.

French doctors recommending mandating masks in workplaces and in all indoor spaces.

It will be introduced here eventually too. I would prefer the gov not wasting time this time as they did in April to June.

It will happen here after the UK mandates them. What can possibly go wrong with increasing cases every day.

Xtrail14

Getting fairly annoying now wearing a mask to be honest, no end in sight.

ednwireland

MickeyLeari wrote: »

Anyone having issues with peripheral vision while wearing masks? I have tripped and fallen a couple of times and jarred my back after missing steps.

very difficult with a cloth mask and glasses, i find the surgical ones much better. havent fallen though. glasses are varifocal which probably doesnt help

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

It will happen here after the UK mandates them. What can possibly go wrong with increasing cases every day.

they'll mandate them everywhere apart from where clusters are actually happening on current form

Away With The Fairies

Xtrail14 wrote: »

Getting fairly annoying now wearing a mask to be honest, no end in sight.

I'll wear all the masks I can if it means reducing the viral load and so I may not get it as bad.

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KaneToad wrote: »

Non surgical/medical grade face coverings:

Face coverings are encouraged because they restrict the spread from an infected person to a non infected person. They do this simply by reducing the distance traveled by droplets.

Face coverings won't stop you inhaling the virus if it reaches your face covering.

If you could be 100% confident that you do not have the virus there is no point in you wearing a face covering.

You can not be 100% certain that you do not have the virus. Asymptomatic carriers are the cause of the virulence of this curse.

Ergo, cover your face in indoor public settings. It's not a conspiracy.

Oh Man.....

Hand in Your Pants

Plenty of people not wearing masks on the train at the weekend. Ticket inspector only wearing a visor. To be fair I took off mine too as it's too much to be wearing one for several hours.