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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Similar to all the claims from the pro mask side.

    Two sides to every story.

    Like the fact 1% is nothing like 11.4%?

    What's the 'other side to that?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Out of interest, have you been asked to produce your fraudulent doctor's note for not wearing a mask yet?

    No, haven't even seen a Garda checkpoint ensuring that the law is being adhered to. They had them previously to make sure people stayed within the 2km/5km, but haven't seen one of them on mask patrol. It's almost as if they have better things to be doing.


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    Tired332 wrote: »
    If this really was a deadly pandemic we wouldn't need to be rushing to test everybody to prove it exists. People would actually be sick . Hospitals would be full. People you actually know would be dead. None of that exists in reality, but instead only on your television , and newspapers. Healthy people locked up suppressing their immunity for the past 7months and now we are coming into winter( ?flu season) .Every other year the flu killed people where was the big pandemic then.

    Edit: yes I wear a mask , but I do not think it makes a difference as it harbour more germs.

    People I know are dead.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,446 ✭✭✭Seanergy


    Similar to all the claims from the pro mask side.

    Face coverings are completely useless as the variation of fabrics used in their production renders them nothing but an optical means.

    I could make one from a sieve and put it on ...

    Would that be any addition in reducing anything??

    No it wouldn’t

    At this point your just spewing, you have been asked questions regarding your statements but you chose to ignore them and bull on with more statements.

    What you have said regarding face coverings is absolute horse.

    If you put a modified sieve on your head at least we would have a chance of straining some of the bull, btw it would not be called a face covering it would still be referred to as a sieve, oh look that lad with a sieve on his face.


  • Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭moonage


    Graham wrote: »
    In fairness quite a lot of people struggle with basic percentages.

    Up to midnight 08/09/2020

    Total number of confirmed cases 30,164
    Total number of cases hospitalised 3,435

    A shade under 11.5%

    You forgot to factor in the vast number of people with no or mild symptoms who were positive but never got tested so aren't included in the confirmed "cases".

    This will drive the infection/hospitalistion rate closer to 0% than your fanciful 11.5%.


  • Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭moonage


    Sconsey wrote: »
    There is a pile of research out there that says mask reduce the risk of spreading the virus, that is proven not speculation.

    Could someone link to the two or three strongest pieces of research that prove that masks reduce the spread of the virus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    moonage wrote: »
    Could someone link to the two or three strongest pieces of research that prove that masks reduce the spread of the virus.
    Expect a link to a 'recent study' by the John Hopkins Centre. :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,142 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    moonage wrote: »
    You forgot to factor in the vast number of people with no or mild symptoms who were positive but never got tested so aren't included in the confirmed "cases".
    This will drive the infection/hospitalistion rate closer to 0% than your fanciful 11.5%.

    So what you are also forgetting is that you have excluded people who were sicker than that but didn't reqiure hospitalisation. Mild symptoms does not mean no hospitalisation.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    moonage wrote: »
    You forgot to factor in the vast number of people with no or mild symptoms who were positive but never got tested so aren't included in the confirmed "cases".

    This will drive the infection/hospitalistion rate closer to 0% than your fanciful 11.5%.

    Would I be correct in assuming you'll be unable to back-up that claim too?


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    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Agreed
    My father in law was 89 and had underline heart condition for 25 years. His heart wouldn't have given out if he didn't have Covid-19. He might have died weeks or years later of natural cause but for catching Covid-19.

    His death was most definitely caused by Covid-19.

    My condolences to you and your family. My mother was a resident in a nursing home for over 3 and a half years, due to slowly progressing dementia. She was considered to be in very good physical health for her age (81). She died 20 days after showing her first symptom (a cough) back in April. I have no reason to believe she wouldn't have lived for quite a while longer, only for coming into contact with Covid19.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,142 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Bumping an earlier post linking to a summary of the reasons why the US CDC changed their advice on masks for general public, based on:

    * Comparative data between countries based on mask wearing
    * Comparative data between US states based on mask wearing, including the same US states before and after mask policies changed
    * Data from case studies where infected people (hairdressers, flight passengers) wearing surgical masks did not infect any of their close contacts
    * Data from laboratory studies showing the effectiveness of masks at reducing emission of droplets
    * Data showing that people with covid-19 are highly infectious just before they start to show symptoms

    The CDC reviewed the latest science and affirms that cloth face coverings are a critical tool in the fight against COVID-19 that could reduce the spread of the disease, particularly when used universally within communities. There is increasing evidence that cloth face coverings help prevent people who have COVID-19 from spreading the virus to others.
    https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2...ear-masks.html

    Summarised in this article:
    https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/41...-masks-prevent

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭moonage


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    This was your claim:
    "99% of people who get it barely know they have it and are recovered in a week."

    So what you are also forgetting is that you have excluded people who were sicker than that but didn't reqiure hospitalisation. Mild symptoms does not mean no hospitalisation. Your numbers are bogus to say the least, and that's the most diplomatic way I can put it.

    You are pulling numbers out of thin air.
    It's laughable to watch your change and shift the goalposts on your claims with this obvious and blatant abuse of statistics when you are challenged on these nonsense figures.
    For you to claim statistics in circulation are 'fanciful', when you provide not a single shred of support for any of your claims is hypocrisy of the highest order.

    I think you're mixing me up with someone else.

    It's only logical that the infection/hospitalistion rate is far, far lower than the "case" numbers/hospitalistion rate of 11.5%.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,142 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    moonage wrote: »
    I think you're mixing me up with someone else.

    It's only logical that the infection/hospitalistion rate is far, far lower than the "case" numbers/hospitalistion rate of 11.5%.

    Mea culpa, thanks for the correction. Original post corrected.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Similar to all the claims from the pro mask side. Two sides to every story. Face coverings are completely useless as the variation of fabrics used in their production renders them nothing but an optical means. I could make one from a sieve and put it on ...Would that be any addition in reducing anything?? No it wouldn’t Surgical masks are surgical mask for a reason.But we hadn’t them in the beginning so nothing was mentioned about masks etc until supplies were secured. Secured for a kings ransom I might add.

    Even if you want to use a surgical mask (easily obtained on Amazon etc) rather than a face covering (and as you believe that nothing will happen to you personally) what's the problem with wearing it as required?

    If there's an even 10% chance across the population to help prevent the spread of Covid -
    to someone vulnerable- why would anyone say 'fuk that'?

    What are you afraid of? Do you really believe it's all a big conspiracy or is it something else?


  • Registered Users Posts: 23 Merry_Hell


    I'm against masks. I don't know if they work at slowing transmission or not. I've read papers and reports that support both theories. I just think if they do work, we are three months past the point were they would have been needed. Putting them on now does more harm than good for reasons outlined by others already in this thread.

    To the people in favour of masks, particularly those on this thread practically sneering at people with an opposite opinion to them, I have a question.

    Strains of Adenovirus, Influenza virus, Rhinovirus and others can spread asymptomatically and can cause death in the at risk population that you are trying to save by wearing masks. If Coronavirus was eliminated tomorrow, would you take off your mask knowing those other viruses are out there?

    If yes, it can be argued that you're practically as evil as me.

    If no, I commend your commitment but have to ask why you weren't campaigning for or wearing masks in previous years while the old and infirm succumbed to viral pneumonia. It's like you've just recently latched on to a handy virtue to feel smug about on the internet.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Pablo Escobar


    Merry_Hell wrote: »
    I'm against masks. I don't know if they work at slowing transmission or not. I've read papers and reports that support both theories. I just think if they do work, we are three months past the point were they would have been needed. Putting them on now does more harm than good for reasons outlined by others already in this thread.

    To the people in favour of masks, particularly those on this thread practically sneering at people with an opposite opinion to them, I have a question.

    Strains of Adenovirus, Influenza virus, Rhinovirus and others can spread asymptomatically and can cause death in the at risk population that you are trying to save by wearing masks. If Coronavirus was eliminated tomorrow, would you take off your mask knowing those other viruses are out there?

    If yes, it can be argued that you're practically as evil as me.

    If no, I commend your commitment but have to ask why you weren't campaigning for or wearing masks in previous years while the old and infirm succumbed to viral pneumonia. It's like you've just recently latched on to a handy virtue to feel smug about on the internet.
    I've seen papers supporting masks, but none saying they're useless. Could you possibly post a link to this? I wouldn't mind taking a look.

    Secondly, to your question on whether masks will stay the norm, no they won't. There's prededence for this from Spanish Flu where masks were common and even without Facebook, YouTube, etc. the anti-maskers still existed and tried to get their message across whatever way they could. However, masks have not been common for the past 100 years or so.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,142 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Masks work better v covid than some of the other respiratory viruses as theorised to be more reliant on large droplets to spread.
    Its not valid to compare milder viruses or those for which we have vaccines either in terms of mandatory masks.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Pitch n Putt


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Masks work better v covid than some of the other respiratory viruses as theorised to be more reliant on large droplets to spread.
    Its not valid to compare milder viruses or those for which we have vaccines either in terms of mandatory masks.

    Said nobody ever.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Masks work better v covid than some of the other respiratory viruses as theorised to be more reliant on large droplets to spread.
    Its not valid to compare milder viruses or those for which we have vaccines either in terms of mandatory masks.
    I don't believe that is fact. Could, may or shown to be in a lab is as far as they have got. The rising numbers of cases seems to undermine the claim anyway. Masks are aimed at allowing a lot of people to move about where they may not be able to stay far enough apart. It's not the masks, it's the staying apart that is the key factor.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Said nobody ever.....

    Clean your mouth out!! Don’t you know Odyssey is that arbiter of what masks can and can’t do, and how they should be worn.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Pitch n Putt


    Clean your mouth out!! Don’t you know Odyssey is that arbiter of what masks can and can’t do, and how they should be worn.

    :pac::D:pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,446 ✭✭✭Seanergy


    Merry_Hell wrote: »
    I'm against masks. I don't know if they work at slowing transmission or not. I've read papers and reports that support both theories. I just think if they do work, we are three months past the point were they would have been needed. Putting them on now does more harm than good for reasons outlined by others already in this thread.

    To the people in favour of masks, particularly those on this thread practically sneering at people with an opposite opinion to them, I have a question.

    Strains of Adenovirus, Influenza virus, Rhinovirus and others can spread asymptomatically and can cause death in the at risk population that you are trying to save by wearing masks. If Coronavirus was eliminated tomorrow, would you take off your mask knowing those other viruses are out there?

    If yes, it can be argued that you're practically as evil as me.

    If no, I commend your commitment but have to ask why you weren't campaigning for or wearing masks in previous years while the old and infirm succumbed to viral pneumonia. It's like you've just recently latched on to a handy virtue to feel smug about on the internet.

    Masks do work at slowing transmission and they work instantly. Great you can read, what exactly did you read? Putting them on now does more harm than good for reasons outlined by others already in this thread.

    Your question to the sneering and non sneering pro masks side is based on your assumption that all pro maskers are wearing masks to protect the vulnerable, which is not the case, some are just doing everything in their powers to avoid another lockdown for various personal reasons, others are doing everything they can so that they or someone they know can have access to elective surgery, the picture is a lot bigger than the one you paint in your head.

    I couldn't give a rats arse if you commend or condone my behaviour, regarding the future of mask/non mask wearing, aren't you getting totally ahead of yoursef?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,142 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Clean your mouth out!! Don’t you know Odyssey is that arbiter of what masks can and can’t do, and how they should be worn.

    Well thanks but actually when I looked back over my previous posts I couldn't find the article that stated that, so consider the claim withdrawn.
    For flu v coronavirus, the trasnmission profile appears to be similar.

    However, I would still put coronavirus is in a different category re: mask wearing until we have vaccine or non hospital medical treatments available.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    Clean your mouth out!! Don’t you know Odyssey is that arbiter of what masks can and can’t do, and how they should be worn.

    Well you still around..great. When Odyssey posts, he can usually backup everything he says, not like you and your pals. Shows he got the brain and common sense, that's the difference between you and him.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Merry_Hell wrote: »
    I'm against masks.

    That's a rather odd position to take considering
    Merry_Hell wrote: »
    I don't know if they work at slowing transmission or not


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,142 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    xhomelezz wrote: »
    Well you still around..great. When Odyssey posts, he can usually backup everything he says, not like you and your pals. Shows he got the brain and common sense, that's the difference between you and him.

    Except when I post from phone - it's a bit like playing away in the league :(
    Must stop doing that!

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Except when I post from phone - it's a bit like playing away in the league :(
    Must stop doing that!

    Makes no difference at this stage, some of the posters just blindly refusing facts, you might just throw bricks at them with the same effect.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    xhomelezz wrote: »
    Makes no difference at this stage, some of the posters just blindly refusing facts, you might just throw bricks at them with the same effect.

    You really cannot blame people in this. Our government fcuked up. Who sat down to make a list of places to wear masks but somehow other places aren't included on the list. They should have just made masks mandatory in all indoor public places. People are confused and I wouldn't blame them.

    Making masks mandatory after talking about their new scientific evidence. Had some dope sit down and make a list to make masks mandatory. But somehow left out offices and factories.

    It's not the people who should be blamed, it's our government. They seem to be waiting for something bad to happen before doing something.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    You really cannot blame people in this. Our government fcuked up. Who sat down to make a list of places to wear masks but somehow other places aren't included on the list. They should have just made masks mandatory in all indoor public places. People are confused and I wouldn't blame them.

    Making masks mandatory after talking about their new scientific evidence. Had some dope sit down and make a list to make masks mandatory. But somehow left out offices and factories.

    It's not the people who should be blamed, it's our government. They seem to be waiting for something bad to happen before doing something.

    I agree to some point. Government, well both of last ones, lost any credibility at this stage. Half arsed measures they keep announcing since the start of this mess does more harm than good. But people by now should know better as well.


  • Registered Users Posts: 23 Merry_Hell


    Seanergy wrote: »

    Your question to the sneering and non sneering pro masks side is based on your assumption that all pro maskers are wearing masks to protect the vulnerable, which is not the case, some are just doing everything in their powers to avoid another lockdown for various personal reasons, others are doing everything they can so that they or someone they know can have access to elective surgery, the picture is a lot bigger than the one you paint in your head.

    I couldn't give a rats arse if you commend or condone my behaviour, regarding the future of mask/non mask wearing, aren't you getting totally ahead of yoursef?

    The first quoted paragraph implies people are putting on masks because they fear the government's response to the virus more than the virus itself. I've heard a few people justify it that way. Is that really a way we want to be governed?

    I don't think I'm getting ahead of myself. Since May the death and illness caused by the virus has receded to a fraction of epidemic levels. As we move further away from the point where we may have needed masks, our fanatic demand for them increases. If they can be mandated in summer under threat of prison, when hospital figures are in single digits, I can't foresee a time when it will be acceptable to take them off.


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Merry_Hell wrote: »
    The first quoted paragraph implies people are putting on masks because they fear the government's response to the virus more than the virus itself. I've heard a few people justify it that way. Is that really a way we want to be governed?

    If it means they wear their mask, I can live with it.

    Some people just won't listen to reason so there unfortunately has to be another approach.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Merry_Hell wrote: »
    I'm against masks. I don't know if they work at slowing transmission or not. I've read papers and reports that support both theories. I just think if they do work, we are three months past the point were they would have been needed. Putting them on now does more harm than good for reasons outlined by others already in this thread.

    To the people in favour of masks, particularly those on this thread practically sneering at people with an opposite opinion to them, I have a question.

    Strains of Adenovirus, Influenza virus, Rhinovirus and others can spread asymptomatically and can cause death in the at risk population that you are trying to save by wearing masks. If Coronavirus was eliminated tomorrow, would you take off your mask knowing those other viruses are out there?

    If yes, it can be argued that you're practically as evil as me.

    If no, I commend your commitment but have to ask why you weren't campaigning for or wearing masks in previous years while the old and infirm succumbed to viral pneumonia. It's like you've just recently latched on to a handy virtue to feel smug about on the internet.

    That is largely irrelevant to be fair. The fact is that mask use is now mandatory in a range of situations based on current scientific evidence. .

    No one is being "harmed" by using a mask.

    And yes colds and flu spread can also be reduced by mask use - but as colds / normal influenza can be managed via vaccines or medications inc secondary infections etc it is less of an issue*.

    Finally no one who wears a mask or advocates for same is being 'smug' or "sneering" in the face of a global pandemic and doing everything possible to contain its spread whether that's for vulnerable groups, family members or otherwise.

    Edit. *Clarified


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    Merry_Hell wrote: »
    The first quoted paragraph implies people are putting on masks because they fear the government's response to the virus more than the virus itself. I've heard a few people justify it that way. Is that really a way we want to be governed?

    I don't think I'm getting ahead of myself. Since May the death and illness caused by the virus has receded to a fraction of epidemic levels. As we move further away from the point where we may have needed masks, our fanatic demand for them increases. If they can be mandated in summer under threat of prison, when hospital figures are in single digits, I can't foresee a time when it will be acceptable to take them off.

    Manipulating at a fraction level
    :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    gozunda wrote: »
    influenza outbreaks can be controlled via vaccines and medications etc it is less of an issue.

    What medication can be used to control influenza?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,348 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    I see that *ahem* 'DJ Spiral' from Big Brother back in the 2000s is back and kicking off in a Lidl about his 'constitutional rights'.

    Seeing as he sounds like Bosco now, I'd be more worried about him having laryngitis than Covid though.

    https://twitter.com/ActingTheGom/status/1304711641481838597


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    What medication can be used to control influenza?

    Nice try. Still you forget this one is brand new. Influenza is been around for while.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    What medication can be used to control influenza?

    Genuine question or ?

    The full quote was
    "And yes colds and flu spread can also be reduced by mask use but as normal influenza outbreaks can be controlled either by vaccines and medications etc it is less of an issue."

    Mea culpa. Let me be a bit more precise.

    Yes colds and flu spread can also be reduced by mask use - but as colds / normal influenza outbreaks can be controlled either by vaccines or medications etc it is less of an issue.

    You asked about medications

    And by the dictionary definition - that is
    a drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease.

    Influenza - vacines plus various antiviral medication such as Tamiflu

    Colds - antibiotics and a range of other medications

    And no none of negates the advice to wear masks in the midst of a pandemic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,482 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    Cystic Fibrosis sufferer here

    I absolutely can't stand masks , ****ing hate them fogs up my glasses and I find it hard to breath regularly anyway , But I have to wear them , unfortunately taking a chance just isn't an option for me

    Does it protect me ? I don't really know but as Batman once said about superman turning bad if there's even a 00000.1 % chance I have to consider it an absolute certainty , that's just how it is

    I want to work , go outside and do all the normal **** everyone else does , but I find it farcial that people like that spiral muppet gemma o doherty and all these utter utter ***** are using this pandemic to push an agenda

    I guess my point is though there are tonnes of people dozens like me who you don't think about or see around cos my/our conditions are invisible to most but when you decide nah I don't like mask's i'm not wearing one today , your putting my life at risk ........I wish more people would realise this


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    gozunda wrote: »
    Genuine question or ?

    The full quote was
    "And yes colds and flu spread can also be reduced by mask use but as normal influenza outbreaks can be controlled either by vaccines and medications etc it is less of an issue."

    Mea culpa. Let me be a bit more precise.

    Yes colds and flu spread can also be reduced by mask use - but as colds / normal influenza outbreaks can be controlled either by vaccines or medications etc it is less of an issue.

    You asked about medications

    And by the dictionary definition - that is



    Influenza - vacines plus various antiviral medication such as Tamiflu

    Colds - antibiotics and a range of other medications

    And no none of negates the advice to wear masks in the midst of a pandemic.


    Just a note, antibiotics are useless against colds and flu. They may however be used against some secondary infections that may come after.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    gozunda wrote: »
    Genuine question or ?

    Influenza - vacines plus various antiviral medication such as Tamiflu

    Colds - antibiotics and a range of other medications

    And no none of negates the advice to wear masks in the midst of a pandemic.

    Genuine question. Except I knew the answer.

    Antibiotics don't work on viruses so are not a valid treatment for colds. They can be useful if you get a bacterial infection alongside the viral one.

    Tamiflu can reduce the severity of influenza - but only if you take it soon enough, and yhata hard to do. Other than that, I've only heard of symptom relief treatments, not ones that address the disease.

    If masks are effective for Covid, they should be used for these diseases too.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    It's about proportionality to the risk..
    Mortality for COVID-19 appears higher than for influenza, especially seasonal influenza. While the true mortality of COVID-19 will take some time to fully understand, the data we have so far indicate that the crude mortality ratio (the number of reported deaths divided by the reported cases) is between 3-4%, the infection mortality rate (the number of reported deaths divided by the number of infections) will be lower. For seasonal influenza, mortality is usually well below 0.1%

    If you want to wear a mask to stop yourself passing on influenza, you'll be pleased to hear there is nothing to stop you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    saabsaab wrote: »
    Just a note, antibiotics are useless against colds and flu. They may however be used against some secondary infections that may come after.

    I think that is somewhat getting a bit off tangent tbh. The issue was medications used to help treat colds and flu's. Sequela ditto.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Genuine question. Except I knew the answer.
    Antibiotics don't work on viruses so are not a valid treatment for colds. They can be useful if you get a bacterial infection alongside the viral one.Tamiflu can reduce the severity of influenza - but only if you take it soon enough, and yhata hard to do. Other than that, I've only heard of symptom relief treatments, not ones that address the disease.
    If masks are effective for Covid, they should be used for these diseases too.

    I don't think you do tbh

    You left out the influenza vacines used each year btw.

    As detailed there are also approved medications used for both illnesses / secondary infections

    Big difference with the current designated pandemic - is we have no vacine and many medications are still being evaluated.

    But this is your big chance. Start a campaign for mask use if you believe strongly they should be used for colds and flus as well


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭GT89


    Saw a Chinese family today out shopping dressed up in a thick mask, gloves and safety goggles yes safety goggles one of them was even wearing the goggles over their glasses. Utter madness.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Out doing the shopping early this afternoon, only one person not wearing a mask.

    More surprisingly, nobody at all with a mask tucked under their nose.

    It's quite apparent the message is sinking in.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    GT89 wrote: »
    Saw a Chinese family today out shopping dressed up in a thick mask, gloves and safety goggles yes safety goggles one of them was even wearing the goggles over their glasses. Utter madness.

    No madness whatsoever about it. Quite sensible precautions. Also do we need to add xenophobia to your lengthy list of issues?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 253 ✭✭Xtrail14


    GT89 wrote: »
    Saw a Chinese family today out shopping dressed up in a thick mask, gloves and safety goggles yes safety goggles one of them was even wearing the goggles over their glasses. Utter madness.

    They have immunity sure.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    GT89 wrote: »
    Saw a Chinese family today out shopping dressed up in a thick mask, gloves and safety goggles yes safety goggles one of them was even wearing the goggles over their glasses. Utter madness.

    Think you saw fcuk all. You just felt like to post another bs.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭GT89


    No madness whatsoever about it. Quite sensible precautions.

    So do you support goggles or some sort of eye protection being made mandatory too if it is a sensible precaution?


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    GT89 wrote: »
    So do you support goggles or some sort of eye protection being made mandatory too if it is a sensible precaution?

    I doubt anyone would object if you decided to wear goggles.

    Personally I'm happy enough with the mask/hand-washing/social distancing for now but to each their own.


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