https://www.nationalreview.com/2020...w.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-japan-shows-masks-help-slow-spread-covid-19/

"Masks matter because COVID-19 spreads through droplets. The primary way a healthy person is exposed is by coming into physical contact with viral particles contained in the saliva or respiratory secretions of a person with the virus — including one without symptoms. Particles are released when someone infected sneezes, clears his or her throat, laughs, eats or speaks. Droplet spread is not the same as aerosol spread, and evidence suggests that, unlike measles, COVID-19 viral particles do not remain airborne for long enough to create a “cloud” of infectious gas. (The risk of aerosol spread is high mostly for medical professionals, who may come in prolonged close contact with infected patients during procedures.)"

 

It seems late but yes I think they will.

 

If wearing masks can prevent the air spray from one person from getting into my nose or mouth and I can reciprocate and we can both stop the virus from attaching to surfaces and living a long life then I am quite content to wear a mask and have others do the same. In fact we have been wearing masks for weeks now.

Gloves and glasses seem like a reasonable extra precaution especially for those who are immune compromised.

 

I thought we didn't have any masks for healthcare workers.

 

I have read that the masks they will recommend are the cloth type ones not the N95 ones the healthcare workers.

 

You don't - not enough. That is the huge problem. N95 masks for all would be great but meanwhile a surgical mask is better than nothing and since this is a medical crisis there are lots of suggestions on line about making your own masks. Again better than nothing.

 

I expect that local seamstresses will make them or you can make your own.

 

I got some on Etsy.


https://etsy.me/2Ivx3sk

 

They will cave to public perception and ignore real evidence that shows wearing masks incorrectly actually increases risks.

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/heal...face-mask-might-actually-increase-your-risk-of-a-coronavirus-infection-c-725940
"While health experts are still working out how to develop a vaccine that will stop the spread of the virus, they agree on one thing - if you’re healthy, wearing a face mask is a largely pointless exercise.

Not only will it not protect you from coronavirus, but it may also actually increase your risk of developing it, because there will be a shortage of masks for the people who need them the most.

In the US, the country’s Surgeon General, Dr Jerome Adams, took to Twitter to urge people to stop wearing face masks.

“Seriously people - STOP BUYING MASKS!,” he wrote.

“They are NOT effective in preventing the general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!”

Face masks are needed for people who have already been diagnosed with the virus, to prevent people in close contact with them - such as medical professionals - from becoming infected."

 

mine will keep people far away I think. I think it will work.

 

I think it's possible they will reconsider because so many are walking around undiagnosed and unknowingly spreading the virus.

 

An agent who helps source Chinese suppliers said: “There are too many distributors in China, so we have to improve our quality checks and help foreign buyers source reliable products.”

In a batch of KN95 masks sent to a European country recently, only half were found to be good enough for use by frontline medical workers, the person said.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soc.../article/3077953/coronavirus-china-bans-export-test-kits-medical-supplies-firms

 

We can google all day and still be confused.

 

Are you confused?

 

I have a couple of old t-shirts. I saw a link with a pattern the other day. All I need are my scissors.

 

Yes.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-anthony-fauci-how-americans-can-reduce-coronavirus-death-toll/
"The head of the CDC estimates that 25% of COVID carriers are asymptomatic. Should we be advising people to wear masks?

The primary people who need masks are the health care providers who are putting themselves in harm's way when they're taking care of someone with a highly contagious disease. The other is the people who are infected. And you want to have them in the hospital and not spreading it there.

The one thing you don't want to do is, by recommending that people in the community generally wear masks, is if it takes it away from the people who really need it.

But in a perfect world, if you had an unlimited supply of masks, which we don't, if those individuals could possibly be spreading infection and not even knowing it, a potentially good way of preventing that — It's not 100% for sure, we know from studies that masks are not 100% — but we don't want the perfect to be the enemy of the good in doing something that could have an impact in preventing transmission."

 

Dang, I believe you've just solved the male or female question box on the census form!

 

BFF, I thought you knew everything, it's ambivalent.

 

The attitude of androgynous attributions is ambivalent in an atmosphere of amplified anxiety

Anyway,,,

 

Aptly applied.

 

What are you talking about?

 

You set yourself up to be shot down in almost every ambiguous and thinly veiled political post you make. Stop making political posts in GC and there will be peace in the valley.

 

Is it me? What am I doing?

 

Back to masks....do you believe a scarf will protect you? Does the CDC?

 

Last I knew, the CDC said a scarf was as good as the cloth masks. That could have changed tho. I'm thinking about a bandanna and a cowboy hat, kinda villain-y, huh? Or a Harry Potter scarf and my Hogwarts Alumni cap...

The problem is this virus while not technically airborne, a sneeze or cough can remain hanging in the air for up to 30 minutes. At least that's the last I read, it could have changed as well.

 

All I got is a balaclava, think I'll pull it down and go do some banking.

 

The bank's doors are locked these days.

 

A mask being worn by everyone in public is just like shelter in place. One more layer of protection for the individual wearing it and those in their vicinity. If it helps only 10 percent of the time it is a good thing.

 

The mask being worn by everyone in public is just like shelter in place. One more layer of protection for the individual wearing it and those in their vicinity. If it helps only 10 percent of the time it is a good thing.

If a virus hangs in the air for up to 30 minutes, which has been proven as far as I know, and someone walks through that area barefaced, where does the hanging virus go? It will inhaled or cling to your face, clothes, etc. Would it be better to have a mask covering your nose and mouth? Simply using common sense, yes.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-anthony-fauci-how-americans-can-reduce-coronavirus-death-toll/
The head of the CDC estimates that 25% of COVID carriers are asymptomatic. Should we be advising people to wear masks?

The primary people who need masks are the health care providers who are putting themselves in harm's way when they're taking care of someone with a highly contagious disease. The other is the people who are infected. And you want to have them in the hospital and not spreading it there.

The one thing you don't want to do is, by recommending that people in the community generally wear masks, is if it takes it away from the people who really need it."

Wearing masks may increase your risk of coronavirus infection, expert says. News-Medical, viewed 30 March 2020,

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200315/Wearing-masks-may-increase-your-risk-of ...
Wearing masks may increase your risk of coronavirus ...

 

If a virus hangs in the air for up to 30 minutes, which has been proven as far as I know, and someone walks through that area barefaced, where does the hanging virus go? It will inhaled or cling to your face, clothes, etc. Would it be better to have a mask covering your nose and mouth? Simply using common sense, yes.