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Face Masks
It appears that the government has now decided that face masks have some efficacy and are suggesting it would be a condition when lock down ends for workers to wear them and when using Public Transport
Our London Mayor is now saying he will INSIST the public wear them. About 10 days ago his LT workers were crying out for them and he told them,at the time, they were not necessary but gave them gloves instead.
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Our London Mayor is now saying he will INSIST the public wear them. About 10 days ago his LT workers were crying out for them and he told them,at the time, they were not necessary but gave them gloves instead.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.ZM, the previous line was that there was no evidence that masks were effective.
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What Prof Van Tam said was:
“ There is no evidence that general wearing of face masks by the public who are well affects the spread of the disease in our society. What matters is social distancing,”
Note the ‘who are well’ bit. Obviously people can think they’re well and still have the disease.
The situation is fluid and the Govt of our country and others throughout the world are responding as best they can in an unprecedented situation. OK, they aren’t getting everything right but let’s give them a bit of slack given the circumstances, eh?
“ There is no evidence that general wearing of face masks by the public who are well affects the spread of the disease in our society. What matters is social distancing,”
Note the ‘who are well’ bit. Obviously people can think they’re well and still have the disease.
The situation is fluid and the Govt of our country and others throughout the world are responding as best they can in an unprecedented situation. OK, they aren’t getting everything right but let’s give them a bit of slack given the circumstances, eh?
Thanks, jno. No, it isn’t clear where they’re coming from and whether they will be free issue.
Retro, do you not agree that the situation is fluid and ministers are, whilst in no way perfect, doing their best in an unprecedented set of circumstances?
Or are you going to lump yourself in with the ignorant masses who think that, as soon as you become an MP, you know the answer to everything, immediately?
Retro, do you not agree that the situation is fluid and ministers are, whilst in no way perfect, doing their best in an unprecedented set of circumstances?
Or are you going to lump yourself in with the ignorant masses who think that, as soon as you become an MP, you know the answer to everything, immediately?
I am fully prepared to give the government some slack. They are doing an incredible job ,working around the clock in uncharted territory but seem to be incredibly unlucky in some of their policies and decisions i.e behind every one else in testing and slow to implement. It was also unfortunate that the order for Chinese testing kits at £millions turned out as duff gear.:-(
The question of general mask use was mentioned at the briefing yesterday. Chris Witty said that the evidence that any mask ie not the certified ppe, offered extra protection in social distancing circs was still weak but they were still looking at the evidence and would keep it under review. He also said that he was in no doubt that so far as “real” ppe went then nhs and care staff should be getting them first as they are in the riskiest situations. The disadvantages of public mask use are already known.
retro, I think all governments are winging this. Inevitably, some policies will turn out to have been better than others, and so far it seems ours has been slow on the uptake. For all I know, masks will stop Covid in its tracks and we'll all be wondering why we weren't wearing them weeks ago (I'm not putting money on it, though).
I would say Zacs that they do leave themselves open to criticism in this particular change of policy. My wife is no stranger to wearing surgical masks and realises the cheap cotton masks only protect the patient. They later become wet and are of little use to anyone. The government, I believe, should have acknowledged earlier that the N95 mask was a better option for its medical staff and procured more and gone into full production in the UK.
As for procurement I believe the government are taking the flak for the mismanagement of NHS Trust management.
As for procurement I believe the government are taking the flak for the mismanagement of NHS Trust management.