LadyDilbert
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I bought mine from Ebay and Amazon.
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What material are you making your masks from? The masks I bought aren't a close fit so I tend to have to keep touching my face to adjust them - which is not good. Thought I might try making some myself but not sure of the materials to use. The ones I bought are black material with a central seam shaped to cover you nose, they seem to be a knitted fabric with foam between the cloth layers.I am not only wearing a mask but have also been making sets of three fabric masks per person for my family members. Including scaled down versions for my grandchildren.
you need more than a mask to protect you from idiots around you. i went shopping today and i had to ask a woman to step away from me she was almost in my pocketI have mixed feelings about masks. Could create a false sense of security with people not following social distancing recommendations.
A mask is just one element of the safety measures needed. The more elements, the higher the safety for us all.you need more than a mask to protect you from idiots around you
Much of the confusion around masks stems from the conflation of two very different functions of masks - ingress and egress.
Masks can be worn to protect the wearer from getting infected or masks can be worn to protect others from being infected by the wearer. Protecting the wearer is difficult: It requires medical-grade respirator masks, a proper fit, and careful putting on and taking off. Unfortunately this is probably what a majority of the public believe is why they should wear a mask. But masks can also be worn to prevent transmission to others, and this is their most important use for society. If we lower the likelihood of one person’s infecting another, the impact is exponential, so even a small reduction in those odds results in a huge decrease in deaths. Luckily, blocking transmission outward at the source is much easier. It can be accomplished with something as simple as a cloth mask.
Remember, new infections start from people who are already infected and mask wearing can help prevent them spreading the disease.
The major supermarkets have a system in place at the moment, that they only let so many shoppers in at time. You have to queue outside till they let you in.personally, I’m not wearing a mask while cycling or dog walking. Social distancing is easy there.
But after seeing the absurd lack of social distancing in a supermarket last week, I will be wearing one next time.
I’m making masks from cotton for the lining and poly cotton for the outer side, I have made and donated nearly 2000 to care homes and nhs workers. No complaints from anyone as to them not fitting.What material are you making your masks from? The masks I bought aren't a close fit so I tend to have to keep touching my face to adjust them - which is not good. Thought I might try making some myself but not sure of the materials to use. The ones I bought are black material with a central seam shaped to cover you nose, they seem to be a knitted fabric with foam between the cloth layers.
The major supermarkets have a system in place at the moment, that they only let so many shoppers in at time. You have to queue outside till they let you in.
I’m fully in favour of masks, even if just a scarf pulled up to catch a cough or sneeze.
But so many people don’t engage their brain and use them sensibly.
I was looking out of my front window yesterday. Mr NextDoor was crossing the road to his own front gate.
He was wearing latex gloves, and I watched him remove his mask with one hand, pass it to the other gloved hand, then scratch his nose and cheek. The glove then swung from one hand, by the elastic, brushing against his glove, his cuff and the front of his jacket. As he approached his gate, he passed the mask from hand to hand again, thumb on the inside, fingers on the outside. With his newly available hand he opened his gate by the catch, and then opened his front door by the handle, and went inside.
Sooo, if there was virus on either the inside or the outside of that mask, I reckon that (in the 50 feet from his car to his hallway), he transferred it to his face and nose, both gloves, his cuff and jacket front, the gate latch, his front door handle.
I wonder where he spread it once he got inside?
personally, I’m not wearing a mask while cycling or dog walking. Social distancing is easy there.
But after seeing the absurd lack of social distancing in a supermarket last week, I will be wearing one next time I go shopping.
I don't really mind catching Covid-19 (rather get it over with), but I have no intention of passing it on, asymptomatically.
Bit of the old pot calling the kettle black that is.The staff were standing right next to each other, chatting, or filling shelves, then asking the customers to obey the social distancing rules - to very little effect.
Do you feel a false sense of security when wearing a seatbelt? Or a crash helmet? Or gardening gloves?I have mixed feelings about masks. Could create a false sense of security with people not following social distancing recommendations.
I wear a full 3M series 6800 respirator mask with the screen protecting both eyes, nose and mouth. I am type 2 diabetic. Not going overboard with gloves as well. Cannot see the point. Just wash my hands when I get home. I see individual over doing things with having to sanitising the shopping basket in the supermarket is just crazy. Not heard anything going through the skin. Wiping down an supermarket shopping basket is a bit of the over kill on things. Just wash your hands when you get home.I'm seeing far more people wearing masks when going to the supermarket now and wondered whether people are wearing a mask or not? I've been wearing a makeshift mask but think I may a "proper" one.
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