Britain ‘lags way behind’ in wearing face masks, scientists say

[AtW]

This thread now needs Gricer warning

[AtW]

Have to say ToryGraph comments are mostly Trump-supporters level moronic, far more so than Daily Mail, even the Express comments are more sensible (at least in the Weird News section)

[minestrone]

"Senior scientists issued an urgent call".

I can't take stuff that is written like this seriously. It's like a superman comic.

But when your story is as mundane as "academic doesn't like what government is doing" then I suppose you have to try anything.

[Andy2]

Is there evidence that face coverings are effective against Covid-19?

traditionally face mask wearing asian countries like japan and korea did not have such wild fire like spread of covid-19 as we had in Europe and USA. Is that enough evidence

[NotAllThere]

traditionally face mask wearing asian countries like japan and korea did not have such wild fire like spread of covid-19 as we had in Europe and USA. Is that enough evidence

Nope. It's an indication that they might be effective. But the difference in spread could have another cause. Correlation does not imply causation.

[dx4100]

traditionally face mask wearing asian countries like japan and korea did not have such wild fire like spread of covid-19 as we had in Europe and USA. Is that enough evidence

I don't think so...

Contact tracing and containment is largely pointed too in regards to South Koreas success.

contact tracing south korea - Google Search

South Korea nightclub contact tracing shows how to control an outbreak - Business Insider

[Andy2]

Nope. It's an indication that they might be effective. But the difference in spread could have another cause. Correlation does not imply causation.

whatever.
anyway it better to have a N95 mask barrier to the virus than have no barrier at all.

[NotAllThere]

whatever.
anyway it better to have a N95 mask barrier to the virus than have no barrier at all.

But it's better to wear one of these.

[BlasterBates]

I don't think so...

Contact tracing and containment is largely pointed too in regards to South Koreas success.

contact tracing south korea - Google Search

South Korea nightclub contact tracing shows how to control an outbreak - Business Insider

It's now clear because Germany cities that introduced compulsory masks had a significant drop in infection rates compared to the ones that didn't.

Face masks considerably contribute to reducing the spread of coronavirus infections

[WTFH]

I don't think so...

Contact tracing and containment is largely pointed too in regards to South Koreas success.

contact tracing south korea - Google Search

South Korea nightclub contact tracing shows how to control an outbreak - Business Insider

And Japan?