Corona Face Masks

[nailit]

Is wearing a face mask really any protection against Corona?
Unless they are made from a non-permeable material (such as rubber) I fail to see how they can be a protection.

[Zacs-Master]

Discussed here, nalit. Basically you’re protecting other people rather than yourself and only for a short time (a matter of minutes)
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/How-it-Works/Question1701345.html

[jim360]

High-grade surgical masks offer some protection. Otherwise it's more about protecting others from you than vice versa.

[Peter Pedant]

the chances of it protecting anyone is nil
( nice maff estimation for my Jim)

they dont work
this is not news we have known for yonks

[nailit]

Thanks for the link zacs, missed that.
Jim, I know people that wear a bloody scarf around their mush. Surely THAT cant offer any protection (either way) can it

[THECORBYLOON]

Advice from the World Health Organization,

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks

[fiction-factory]

>the chances of it protecting anyone is nil
Clearly lots of people don't accept that or think it's worth giving the benefit of the doubt. In Wuhan for example everyone seems to be wearing them even though the lockdown has been lifted and all across the word (apart from UK) police, army, airport staff seem to be wearing them. Here Sainsbury's staff organising the queues were wearing them when I went at the weekend and 25% of shoppers wore them.

[Zacs-Master]

Basically, if you wear a face mask out and about, you’re admitting you shouldn’t really be out and about (I.e. if you need to protect people from yourself you should be self isolating).

[rowanwitch]

multiple thicknesses of fabric may stop you coughing or sneezing droplets on others

[gness]

Our only one doctor surgery ran out of their face masks.....more will arrive sometime.
In the meantime he asked a friend and I to make some. We use close woven cotton with a pocket that something extra can be popped into...I don't know that bit....I just pass them on.
They are used by our nurse and home care helper. We are making enough that between home visits they can change the masks to a new one. All are boil washed after one use. We have many elderly folk scattered about in the mountains here who require visits. It's not ideal but the nurse and carer feel better going from house to house...farm to farm with a clean mask for each visit.

[Old_Geezer]

My understanding is that it's a cultural thing in some places, such as Wuhan. Signalling your desire not to pass a virus that you aren't aware you have, on to others. Health authorities appear fairly united that it doesn't do a lot else.