Masks for Corona Virus

What I am being told by doctors that I meet here and there is that their consensus is not to wear any masks. Most people wear them incorrectly and end up having to touch their face more often, which in turns spreads germs to the area around your nose and you end up breathing it in.

Stay healthy, be sure to get your flu shot and keep your hands away from your face.
 

Was told by a registered nurse and friend that the masks are mainly to give some supporting feeling, A scarf will do the same. Now though, the virus can enter through the eye ducts. Wash your hands and face, I tend to wash my eyes in the shower. Soap burn them out....lol
Laughter is the best medicine....
I now have a full supply of peanut butter, the crunchy one....love it.
 
They don't stop the virus but do protect but not 100%. Millions of people in Asia have been wearing them for years. Keeping your distance from others (no face-to-face talking) and avoid people coughing and sneezing is best. I bought some for just that reason especially sneezing.
 

hollydolly said:
A theatre nurse said in an interview, that the face masks they wear as surgeons and nurses in theatres are good only for about 20 minutes then they have to be changed, the real use for them in those situations is to prevent blood transfer and splatter into mouth and eyes of the medical staff .. otherwise they're not the best at preventing any kind of viral germs. They also have to be removed from the face in a certain manner to prevent getting the bacteria on the hands ( lots of videos available) ..

There are apparently some much better masks at preventing bacteria from entering the lungs than others... . Most of those paper type that you see Asians wearing , are fairly useless when it comes to anything bacterial... according to what I've read the virus are so small they can penetrate straight through, and that would be exactly the same with a scarf..

There are much better masks at preventing surgeons et al from contracting any type of virus but they involve full face masks as well as as minimum grade FFP3 mask preventing the tiny virus from entering like the paper or cheap cloth masks used by the masses on the streets...
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And they start at around $170.00 a pop!
 
PopsnTuff said:
And they start at around $170.00 a pop!
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I know it's absolutely disgraceful...but in fact unless you're in the firing line ( within 7 feet of someone with it who is coughing or sneezing) you don't need a mask ( at least that's what they''re saying.. far more sensible to wear latex gloves or some type of gloves before touching handles etc in public area.... because the virus can and is transferred to solid objects..and when at home ensure you regularly disinfect your own handles, bannister rails, fridge doors , toilet handles etc.. even your computer keyboard because we at this age are at the most at risk aside from those who are already very ill.... don't re-use latex gloves.. and wash your outdoor gloves regularly

Health experts today have said ..
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While a mask seems like a good idea, there isn't a lot of good evidence that it can reliably prevent infection when worn by the public. But they are useful to put on a sick person to reduce their spreading of the virus.'

Current advice from Public Health England is to wear one at home if you are caring for a sick person – and if you get sick, to stop you infecting others. The NHS may give you some if they tell you to self-quarantine.

But don’t buy large quantities of masks. There is a global shortage and the close-fitting ‘respirator’ style ones, like N95 or FP2, which are similar to those worn by builders to protect them from toxic fumes, should be saved for the healthcare workers who will really need them.

I think I’ve been exposed, but I feel fine. What should I do?

Do not go to a clinic or the doctor’s without calling first. If you have the virus, you could infect more vulnerable people.

The current official advice is this: if you have visited Hubei province in China in the past 14 days, or Iran, northern Italy and the Daegu and Cheongdo areas of South Korea since February 19, call NHS 111 – even if you do not have symptoms.

You may well be asked to self-isolate for 14 days.

If there is a risk that you may be infected, other family members or close contacts may also need to be contacted and questioned.

He said: 'It looks unlikely this will be over quickly. It may be with us into next year and might eventually become a seasonal infection, returning each winter.'



Could I die if I get it?

It depends to some extent on how old you are. Covid-19 barely even causes symptoms in children, even babies, and in China is not known to have caused any deaths in under-tens. The main concern with children is that if they catch the virus they may pass it on to older at-risk individuals. This is why some headteachers have chosen to close schools, but this is not yet official policy.

According to the most recent data from the China Centre for Disease Control, death rates are 0.2 to 0.4 per cent between the ages of ten and 50, but then start climbing.



You have a 1.3 per cent chance of dying from it in your 50s, a 3.6 per cent risk in your 60s, an eight per cent risk in your 70s, and a 14.8 per cent risk in your 80s.

Risk climbs with age because older people more often have other diseases, such as cancer or conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes or pulmonary disease, which worsen Covid-19.

Professor Neil Ferguson, on the faculty of medicine at Imperial College London, told The Times: 'China seems to be suppressing transmission at the moment. In Italy we think there are many thousands of cases distributed across the country. In Iran there are tens of thousands, if not more.

'We calculated with an enormous amount of uncertainty that one per cent of those infected might die - with a fourfold margin of error in each direction. So a death rate of 0.25 per cent of cases would be similar to the 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics while a four per cent rate would compare with the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic (with a death toll estimated at 40 million to 50 million).
 
Rosemarie said:
As most of these masks are made in China, isn't there a chance that they may already be contaminated by the people who made them?
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this has been said, and I'm sure that's possible..but I would imagine that most of the masks were already made before the outbreak... however that's also possibly why there's such a shortage perhaps china are not only keeping them for use for themselves, but also not releasing a certain amount for sale that were manufactured since the outbreak... who knows, *shrug* I think we could drive ourselves mad with supposition if we let it.. because no-one is giving us any real information least of all the CHinese
 
911 said:
What I am being told by doctors that I meet here and there is that their consensus is not to wear any masks. Most people wear them incorrectly and end up having to touch their face more often, which in turns spreads germs to the area around your nose and you end up breathing it in.

Stay healthy, be sure to get your flu shot and keep your hands away from your face.
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If you do a bit of research, you'll find that the flu shot does not protect anyone from the Corona virus.
 

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