Plane etiquette… lurgy
Discussion
RemarkLima said:
Read the Cochrane study, which takes all those studies and tries to make sense of it.
Basically, in the real world, with real people, doing real things, masks make no difference... Even early days of the pandemic that was a known thing that they wouldn't make any difference. If you've ever worked in a medical setting there is specific doffing and donning of masks and other PPE, which will never happen in the wild.
As a nurse friend of mine pointed out, to make them effective doing the weekly shop you would;
1. Have someone in full PPE handing out correctly sanitized masks on entry
2. If you touch your face or mask at any point during the shop, you would need to return to the start, decontaminate, re don a new mask and start again
3. At the end, be stripped of relevant PPE by someone else to then incinerate all wasted material
In the end it was a "shown to be doing something and give everyone a sense they can contribute" that won out for the mask mandates.
Obviously, YMMV
I've never understood number 2. Why should touching your mask or face matter? Is it to avoid transferring bugs from hand to face/mask, or vice-versa? Basically, in the real world, with real people, doing real things, masks make no difference... Even early days of the pandemic that was a known thing that they wouldn't make any difference. If you've ever worked in a medical setting there is specific doffing and donning of masks and other PPE, which will never happen in the wild.
As a nurse friend of mine pointed out, to make them effective doing the weekly shop you would;
1. Have someone in full PPE handing out correctly sanitized masks on entry
2. If you touch your face or mask at any point during the shop, you would need to return to the start, decontaminate, re don a new mask and start again
3. At the end, be stripped of relevant PPE by someone else to then incinerate all wasted material
In the end it was a "shown to be doing something and give everyone a sense they can contribute" that won out for the mask mandates.
Obviously, YMMV
carreauchompeur said:
Should he have worn a mask? Probably.
It's literally the least they could do.It's a real shame that the Asian courtesy of wearing a mask when unwell hasn't stuck here, partly due to misunderstanding who wears the mask and why, and partly due to being an entitled bellend. Your choice which.
Get well soon OP.
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