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marinyork

Resting in suspended Animation
Location
Logopolis
The evidence is starting to appear that supports mask use. I do feel sorry for the poor old pensioner in your scenario but surely they’d have a hanky which they could cover their nose and mouth with?

P.S. I do wonder as Grant Shapps said he was aiming for 10% of public transport use a good while ago which is not realistic in the real world whether face coverings is a real world compromise.

Face coverings I think are useful, just I had doubts as those with links to asian countries voicing that it was a definitive solution and some scepticism around Italy where they were very widely worn (but eye coverings were seen as nonsense). Also worries about supplies going.

Still don't know how you get around the use indoors where the government recommends them and no one is using them. The latter policy may help the former.
 

marinyork

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Location
Logopolis
I agree totally my scenario was more about grumpy drivers having even more power to be a total arse about.
The nose thing is interesting I've lost count with how many wear sadly mostly surgical masks below the nose.
Only this morning I was handed some meds at the pharmacy with her wearing one like that.:sad:

My local pharmacy no one wears anything. Contacts in places I used to work it seems that they aren't the only ones. I do think it's a bit mad, but there you go.
 
The evidence is starting to appear that supports mask use. I do feel sorry for the poor old pensioner in your scenario but surely they’d have a hanky which they could cover their nose and mouth with?

My son is partially-sighted, and has some immunity issues, so has no option other than the bus for a 30/40 minute journey each way to work. At the moment he is working from his flat but there will soon come a time that he will have to make that journey again, at peak hours.

I hope that the mandatory wearing of face coverings comes in in Wales as well. Crowded buses are a hotbed for transferring viruses at the best of times, and these are nowhere near the best of times. I have told him that I would prefer to act as a taxi driver each morning/evening than see him use the bus until things are safer, but he doesn't want to 'make a fuss'.
 

stowie

Legendary Member
My local pharmacy no one wears anything. Contacts in places I used to work it seems that they aren't the only ones. I do think it's a bit mad, but there you go.

My local pharmacy have somehow managed to find some WWII gas masks which the staff wear. They also have erected a huge barrier to their shop with a hole in it to receive goods / make payment. The whole ensemble wouldn't look out of place on a Mad Max set.

The gas mask muffles their speech so they communicate using elaborate sign language.

What it lacks in efficiency it makes up for in entertainment.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Not talked about much, but in Italy some regions/provinces that eventually actually mandated them gave them out to every household.

I'm not suggesting that's worth happening here or will happen but it's an interesting comparison. Despite that though they were very widely worn way, way before that.

There's a rumour round here that buses are once an hour and there's no timetable. This is another one for working on getting the message out.
Belgium also distributed masks to residents.

Buses here are running extended Saturday times, I think, with extra earlies. Stickers on every stop give exact info.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
My local pharmacy have somehow managed to find some WWII gas masks which the staff wear. They also have erected a huge barrier to their shop with a hole in it to receive goods / make payment. The whole ensemble wouldn't look out of place on a Mad Max set.

The gas mask muffles their speech so they communicate using elaborate sign language.

What it lacks in efficiency it makes up for in entertainment.
Hope they have been made safe the fillers contain asbestos
 

All uphill

Still rolling along
Location
Somerset
No app now till September or October not to worry though serco are determined to fix it. The same serco who don't even use serco health in serco prisons.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...-september-coronavirus?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
But when it comes its sure to be "world beating" TM
 

gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
I heard on the French radio this afternoon that there are no reports of new cases of Corona virus in France at the moment. Correct me if I am wrong but they don't seem to mention Italy, Spain or France on the news anymore overhere. I wonder what is happening in Italy and Spain now?
I know the UK has more deaths caused by it than all the Europeen countries combined. Very poor and sad record indeed.
 

marinyork

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Location
Logopolis
My local pharmacy have somehow managed to find some WWII gas masks which the staff wear. They also have erected a huge barrier to their shop with a hole in it to receive goods / make payment. The whole ensemble wouldn't look out of place on a Mad Max set.

The gas mask muffles their speech so they communicate using elaborate sign language.

What it lacks in efficiency it makes up for in entertainment.

Guess it'll be your pharmacy that survives and passes these on these working practices to other pharmacies in future.
 

deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
I heard on the French radio this afternoon that there are no reports of new cases of Corona virus in France at the moment. Correct me if I am wrong but they don't seem to mention Italy, Spain or France on the news anymore overhere. I wonder what is happening in Italy and Spain now?
I know the UK has more deaths caused by it than all the Europeen countries combined. Very poor and sad record indeed.
Yes, the UK has disappeared up its own solipsistic posterior. Meanwhile, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ updates the figures very shortly after they're released, if you're looking for an overview of the figures.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
I heard on the French radio this afternoon that there are no reports of new cases of Corona virus in France at the moment. Correct me if I am wrong but they don't seem to mention Italy, Spain or France on the news anymore overhere. I wonder what is happening in Italy and Spain now?
Italy is slowly reopening. Do you have TV? It's been on France 24 French service and C-News quite a bit. I've not checked LCI recently.

If not, the RTS 8am radio news podcast (generally uploaded by 9) covers Italy quite a lot too. Le Journal de 8h - La 1ere: https://www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/le-journal-de-8h/podcast/?flux=rss
 
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