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Only wearing that if I go to a bank.
I have not yet, but I may. About the only thing I can think of is either a handkerchief, which may be too small to utilize the non-sewing method, or a bandanna, which, to paraphrase Dave Barry, will make me look like a colorful bank robber.
What is everyone doing?
Everyone's trying to do their best here in Philly but people are still somewhat confused. Today for instance, two carjackers were wearing corona virus masks. Good, right? Wrong. They were wearing N95 masks, which should be reserved for medical personnel. Here is a quote from the inquirer article:
"The CDC stressed that people wear homemade cloth masks, instead of N95 or surgical masks, like the carjackers wore, that doctors and frontline workers desperately need. "
This is crazy advice. Healthcare workers discard their masks frequently. I bought N95 masks in January for family and employees, but one each, and we disinfect them regularly. One mask will last forever if it is cared for properly.
CDC should be figuring out how to manufacture masks, not advising people not to wear them. The reality is that the general public wearing N95 masks would do more to protect frontline healthcare workers (by reducing total number of cases coming in for care) than a few extra masks in hospitals, given that extra hospital masks only cause healthcare workers to use new masks rather than to re-use disinfected masks (which are perfectly fine).
I’m very sorry to hear this. It is a potent reminder of just how scary this stuff is.I'm not wearing one when I walk around town with my family and/or dog. My plan is to wear one when I go to a store, but I've been able to avoid that for 10 days now and don't see a need for a visit for at least two more weeks. We've been successful getting deliveries for everything (even Tyler Phommachanh (which was starting to get low because we didn't hoard) if my delivery shows up).
My plan was to wear one of the few surgical masks we have, then a cloth one over it to keep the surgical mask from getting contaminated as easily (and because the cloth ones look tougher). There's been so much mixed messaging about masks (I think it's deliberate misinformation and I'm not a conspiracy guy usually). The best I can interpret, the surgical mask gives a bit of protection to the wearer. The cloth mask just helps others (still good if we all wear them), and stops you from touching your face. Our plan was to wash the cloth mask and recycle the surgical mask after a week or two when any virus would be gone. I have no idea if this is helpful to us, but it doesn't seem like it would be harmful.
I just lost a friend today. He, his wife and father-in-law were on lock down since they all had health issues. Daughter did some stuff outside the house. He, his daughter and father-in-law got COVID-19 disease and he and the father-in-law died. Even though the death rate seems small, and seems a lot bigger when you know the person. Stay safe everyone.
N95 masks require training and fitting to be more effective than other masks. You really think the average person would wear them properly?
Someone needs to make ones with UConn on them. If I'm going to look ridiculous with this thing on it might as well have a UConn logo on it.
I'll repeat an earlier post....the scariest thing about Coronavirus is that my health is impacted by the stupidity of other peopleAt grocery store today. A somewhat elderly lady, I'll say somewhere between 55-70, was in produce section wearing a mask which covered her mouth but not really her nose. I watched her lower her mask a bit so she could itch her nose near the nostrils and then put her mask back up to where it was. These are the people we live amongst.
yes, but also learned yesterday it also helps you as it will minimize what you inhale and it appears this virus is dose dependent....from a very knowledgeable phd...The mask strategy, as proposed, is to protect others from you.
Condolences...I'm not wearing one when I walk around town with my family and/or dog. My plan is to wear one when I go to a store, but I've been able to avoid that for 10 days now and don't see a need for a visit for at least two more weeks. We've been successful getting deliveries for everything (even Tyler Phommachanh (which was starting to get low because we didn't hoard) if my delivery shows up).
My plan was to wear one of the few surgical masks we have, then a cloth one over it to keep the surgical mask from getting contaminated as easily (and because the cloth ones look tougher). There's been so much mixed messaging about masks (I think it's deliberate misinformation and I'm not a conspiracy guy usually). The best I can interpret, the surgical mask gives a bit of protection to the wearer. The cloth mask just helps others (still good if we all wear them), and stops you from touching your face. Our plan was to wash the cloth mask and recycle the surgical mask after a week or two when any virus would be gone. I have no idea if this is helpful to us, but it doesn't seem like it would be harmful.
I just lost a friend today. He, his wife and father-in-law were on lock down since they all had health issues. Daughter did some stuff outside the house. He, his daughter and father-in-law got COVID-19 disease and he and the father-in-law died. Even though the death rate seems small, and seems a lot bigger when you know the person. Stay safe everyone.
I wasn't being critical, please don't mistake my tone. I assumed you were running where others aren't, i.e. the suburbs where it's easy to avoid other people while running. The "do you" comment wasn't intended to be snarky. That said, I think if "actively [turning your] head" was sufficient, we wouldn't need masks.I can actively turn my head and avoid others, but can’t control my heavy breathing and baseball spitting habit when I run. So it’s more like me protecting others.
But hey, I’ll do me
Sorry to hear of your loss. Yesterday I hit that milestone in an admittedly lesser way, with the death of a Facebook friend.I just lost a friend today. He, his wife and father-in-law were on lock down since they all had health issues. Daughter did some stuff outside the house. He, his daughter and father-in-law got COVID-19 disease and he and the father-in-law died. Even though the death rate seems small, and seems a lot bigger when you know the person. Stay safe everyone.