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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostVery selfish attitude
Who gives a bloody ******* damn."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by JamesBrown11 View PostThe reason respirators/masks were not recommended/required from the very beginning is because government wanted entire supply to be available to NHS only.
See for example this article from APRIL:
"Coronavirus could be 'wiped out' if 80 to 90% of Britons wear effective DIY masks, claims Oxford University health chief as government is warned making them compulsory for public risks NHS supplies"
Telling public to wear masks 'could put NHS supplies at risk', health boss warns | Daily Mail OnlineComment
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Wore a mask for a couple of hours today - public transport, visit it to doctor's then to chemist's. Wasn't particular uncomfortable - you kind of forget about after a while.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostWore a mask for a couple of hours today - public transport, visit it to doctor's then to chemist's. Wasn't particular uncomfortable - you kind of forget about after a while.Comment
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Standard disclaimer, to prevent Mor Ons sueing them if they said otherwise.
WTF people still discussing about, this was all tested - masks reduce the distance cough can travel - that's proven fact -
See how a mask affects how a cough travels - CNN Video
You don't get 100% protection obviously from simple masks, but if everybody was wearing them it would REDUCE spread meaningfully, does not matter if it's 10% or 50% - that will be determined later, right now we just need to do everything we can do beat that virus.Comment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostIn April in Germany only one town mandated masks and the rate of infection dropped dramatically compared to everywhere else. Seems to work.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostStandard disclaimer, to prevent Mor Ons sueing them if they said otherwise.
WTF people still discussing about, this was all tested - masks reduce the distance cough can travel - that's proven fact -
See how a mask affects how a cough travels - CNN Video
You don't get 100% protection obviously from simple masks, but if everybody was wearing them it would REDUCE spread meaningfully, does not matter if it's 10% or 50% - that will be determined later, right now we just need to do everything we can do beat that virus."Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon MuskComment
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