Drago
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Show-us yer Covid masks....
- Thread starter Fab Foodie
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Blimey Bruce, you look like you're about to rob someone!
Rocky
Hello decadence
Asymptomatic.......there’s a lot of it about
Cant imagine any virus getting through thatI'm waiting to see @Drago's Y-Front conversion.
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Serious question, will that have any effect at all?
Surely you are going to either breathe the droplets either in or out & as you slide that down there is a risk getting any on the outside on your neck?
What is the size of the droplet & what is the standard of cloth/paper that is less than that for it to be effetcive
Rocky
Hello decadence
Cough into your buff. Take it off and see if it’s wet. It will be. Virus particles are exhaled in water droplets. Once in the air, the water evaporates and leaves the particles floating. My mask protects you by reducing the water droplets I’m exhaling. It won’t protect me, as the virus circulating in the air can pass through my face covering.
That’s why the experts say my mask protects you and yours protects me. So, yes it will have an effect.
I don't strip naked and submerge myself in disinfectant each time I come in from outside, so the rest of my body and clothes could also in infected, the mask is no different. I guess it could get a bit mouldy from my own bacteria, but I don't need to treat it like full PPE. Personally it would be a lot simpler just to say "Cover your mouth and nose if you are near people, remove your mask by the straps and continue to wash your hands as soon as you get in."
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
The experts, including the W.H.O, are at pains to point out that the effect a face covering to prevent the wearer from spreading the disease is "very minimal". It is being suggested more as a measure for giving confidence among the wearers, and thus encouraging the resumption of more normal activities, as it is a realistic means of reducing the wearers chance of infecting anyone.
Rocky
Hello decadence
The WHO is about to change its advice and recommend their use amongst the public (as they currently do for pandemic flu)........someone very close to me has just written their revised guidance. What this space!!
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
What people don’t seem to grasp is that masks like social distancing are all hurdles to transmission. Individually none are perfect but in combination with hand-washing etc. every hurdle adds-up. Just think marginal gains in cycling....
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I have been sporting a folded-double buff round my neck on my recent trips to Lidl but I now go 20 minutes before closing time when the store is very quiet so I haven't yet felt the need to pull it up over my mouth and nose.
But this reminds me... where is my CycleChat buff! I haven't seen it for a while. I'll go and search for it later.
As for the question of how much protection a face covering offers... I sneezed the other day and got some droplets on my TV screen 3 metres away - I couldn't see that being possible with 2 layers of buff material over my nose!
winjim
Smash the cistern
I'm waiting to see @Drago's Y-Front conversion.
View: https://twitter.com/ActuallyEmerson/status/1246206902469459973?s=09
No one needs to treat it like full PPE and yes your clothes may be infected but they are not rapped round your face so are unlikely to breath in anything from them.
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I do hope that's not the infamous @rich p crisp-packet is it?
