Face masks for dummies
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If we all run around naked and someone pees on you, you get wet right away. IF you are wearing pants, some pee will get through, but not as much. So you are better protected. But if the guy who pees is also wearing pants, the pee stays with him and you do not get wet. Is that clear enough?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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If we all run around naked and someone pees on you, you get wet right away. IF you are wearing pants, some pee will get through, but not as much. So you are better protected. But if the guy who pees is also wearing pants, the pee stays with him and you do not get wet. Is that clear enough?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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If we all run around naked and someone pees on you, you get wet right away. IF you are wearing pants, some pee will get through, but not as much. So you are better protected. But if the guy who pees is also wearing pants, the pee stays with him and you do not get wet. Is that clear enough?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Dan Neely wrote:
Is that clear enough?
can't see a bl**dy thing with my pants on my head.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun 1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague. 2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. Synonyms: pest, plague, CCP
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Dan Neely wrote:
Is that clear enough?
can't see a bl**dy thing with my pants on my head.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun 1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague. 2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. Synonyms: pest, plague, CCP
Plus, you really want to change your shampoo - your hair smells really nasty. :~
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If we all run around naked and someone pees on you, you get wet right away. IF you are wearing pants, some pee will get through, but not as much. So you are better protected. But if the guy who pees is also wearing pants, the pee stays with him and you do not get wet. Is that clear enough?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Stupid and dangerous analogy. Read this: Do face masks work against the coronavirus and should you wear one? | New Scientist[^] I am married to a Health Professional who is currently working 12½ shifts attending to patients with CV-19. When I look into her exhausted face on her return, it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of this pandemic.
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Stupid and dangerous analogy. Read this: Do face masks work against the coronavirus and should you wear one? | New Scientist[^] I am married to a Health Professional who is currently working 12½ shifts attending to patients with CV-19. When I look into her exhausted face on her return, it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of this pandemic.
It's a pretty good analogy: if you are infected, then wearing a breathing shield face mask helps prevent you from infecting others - it doesn't prevent others from infecting you (except possibly as a tiny proportion of your use of PPE) I'm sorry for your wife, mine was sent home from the Care Home where she works - with elderly COVID patients yesterday, and we're on quarantine. I don't think it's coronavirus, but we're waiting for a test to be arranged to check, and it's probably the amount she's been overworked in the last couple of months as other staff self isolate (some genuinely, some not) that has brought her to this point. Keep her safe, do what you can for her, let her get as much rest as she can - this is not a lot of fun.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Stupid and dangerous analogy. Read this: Do face masks work against the coronavirus and should you wear one? | New Scientist[^] I am married to a Health Professional who is currently working 12½ shifts attending to patients with CV-19. When I look into her exhausted face on her return, it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of this pandemic.
sirius-black wrote:
I am married to a Health Professional who is currently working 12½ shifts attending to patients with CV-19. When I look into her exhausted face on her return, it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of this pandemic.
Thank her for her invaluable work.
Tom
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Stupid and dangerous analogy. Read this: Do face masks work against the coronavirus and should you wear one? | New Scientist[^] I am married to a Health Professional who is currently working 12½ shifts attending to patients with CV-19. When I look into her exhausted face on her return, it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of this pandemic.
sirius-black wrote:
I am married to a Health Professional who is currently working 12½ shifts attending to patients with CV-19. When I look into her exhausted face on her return, it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of this pandemic.
I know how you feel. My wife is medical staff too, luckily enough her shifts are not that hard anymore, what brings a bit of physical relax, but mentally still is a big load. I hope you stay healthy.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Stupid and dangerous analogy. Read this: Do face masks work against the coronavirus and should you wear one? | New Scientist[^] I am married to a Health Professional who is currently working 12½ shifts attending to patients with CV-19. When I look into her exhausted face on her return, it's a stark reminder of the seriousness of this pandemic.
The purpose of the masks (at least in USA) is to prevent the wearer from spread their disease to others - or at least, mitigate it. If you give it some thought, in public locations, the use of a scarf is likely to be as good or better a choice than a face mask. The reason? If you cough or sneeze into the mask (the primary target for it's preventive need) then it will probably be over-pressured by the sudden out rush of air. It will escape through the sized and the results sent sideways and backwards instead of being trapped. On the other hand, a scarf-like has a material of a looser weave (in general) and it makes the release of pressure easier - now one can wrap said scarf around more than once. As the particles are expelled through the scarf they hit the weave and are trapped. Although coarser, it's much thicker to make up the difference. The mentioning of a study in Viet Nam - totally unsupervised with respect to handling the cloth masks (let alone any mention of compensating for the looser weave with more layers) makes it questionable (at best). The looser weave not only prevents over-pressure and consequential escape of unfiltered droplets and particles but, since it wraps around, it has far less access to side/backward leakage. In real life, picture this: In some (southern) US states they have allowed the opening of barber shops. The barber and customer were show, both wearing masks, with the barber behind. A good cough or sneeze and the barber gets a face full (vectored right into the eyes . . . oops!).
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