Facemasks

[ladymuck]

The reason respirators/masks were not recommended/required from the very beginning is because government wanted entire supply to be available to NHS only.

Very selfish attitude

[SueEllen]

Very selfish attitude

**** care homes and **** social care workers going into people's homes.

Who gives a bloody ******* damn.

[JamesBrown11]

The reason respirators/masks were not recommended/required from the very beginning is because government wanted entire supply to be available to NHS only.

I don't remember Government ever openly admitting this, although "Protect NHS" slogan was pretty telling. At the time NHS was suffering from PPE shortages and it was almost impossible for regular customers to buy respirators and masks online as all stock was reserved for NHS.

See for example this article from APRIL:

"Coronavirus could be 'wiped out' if 80 to 90% of Britons wear effective DIY masks, claims Oxford University health chief as government is warned making them compulsory for public risks NHS supplies"
Telling public to wear masks 'could put NHS supplies at risk', health boss warns | Daily Mail Online

[NotAllThere]

Wore a mask for a couple of hours today - public transport, visit it to doctor's then to chemist's. Wasn't particular uncomfortable - you kind of forget about after a while.

[AtW]

Wore a mask for a couple of hours today - public transport, visit it to doctor's then to chemist's. Wasn't particular uncomfortable - you kind of forget about after a while.

Beats being wearing a ventilator or a coffin?

[Jog On]

Beats being wearing a ventilator or a coffin?

Have you seen this?

[BlasterBates]

Have you seen this?

In April in Germany only one town mandated masks and the rate of infection dropped dramatically compared to everywhere else.

Seems to work.

[AtW]

Standard disclaimer, to prevent Mor Ons sueing them if they said otherwise.

WTF people still discussing about, this was all tested - masks reduce the distance cough can travel - that's proven fact -

See how a mask affects how a cough travels - CNN Video

You don't get 100% protection obviously from simple masks, but if everybody was wearing them it would REDUCE spread meaningfully, does not matter if it's 10% or 50% - that will be determined later, right now we just need to do everything we can do beat that virus.

[AtW]

In April in Germany only one town mandated masks and the rate of infection dropped dramatically compared to everywhere else. Seems to work.

Yes, but did those masks have a 100% guarantee that they will work?

[Jog On]

Standard disclaimer, to prevent Mor Ons sueing them if they said otherwise.

WTF people still discussing about, this was all tested - masks reduce the distance cough can travel - that's proven fact -

See how a mask affects how a cough travels - CNN Video

You don't get 100% protection obviously from simple masks, but if everybody was wearing them it would REDUCE spread meaningfully, does not matter if it's 10% or 50% - that will be determined later, right now we just need to do everything we can do beat that virus.

I don't trust CNN and neither should you