gunderhill Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, utalkin2me said: If you are going around speaking with others, you want them to have a mask on. In turn, it is best if you have a mask on while speaking with others. This stuff is not that difficult people. No, much better to not speak with anyone or at some distance, something Thais are unable to do. I have seen almost no signs Thais are taking this seriously at all, they all still huddle together and share eating drinking/ implements/bowls especially out of town. Most spread will be due to social interaction via TOUCH, the masks are pointless, they will not change them frequently enough, they constantly touch them, just sit and watch any Thai with a mask for 15 minute How do Thais distance themselves when most use motorbikes, how many Thais do you see wearing gloves. There are so many holes in their protection regime, its 99% for show, the "appearance" of doing something whilst doing almost nothing. Most contamination will be via touch from droplets landing on surfaces, how many people have coughed or sneezed next to you lately? I can't think of one. In my car yesterday outside a DIY shop I sat and watched for 20 minutes, people constantly touching their face/mask, phone calls with hand going up to the face regularly, masks being pulled down to eat food, some with masks only covering their mouths, nose left free, mask being moved around by touching the fabric part, no eye protection All of this makes them useless, then ask yourself are they changing these masks regularly? every hour or so. Then you have the people who wear a mask on a bike with no helmet when the death rate on the roads is 60 or so a day, I mean where's the logic? they are way more likely to die on that bike than getting a virus. if they applied the same sense of panic to helmets they could save thousands of lives, in fact they should start suggesting wearing a helmet will stop you getting the virus, this alone would save more people than the virus will kill. You know the answers. For the general public they simply don't have the ability to use masks and as such are a waste of time. The best policy would be to stay away from anyone and get them all to wear gloves and dispose of them often , they are more likely to get a virus off their hands then spread it to their face, masks encourage them to constantly fidget and touch their face even more. Edited April 3, 2020 by gunderhill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Chrysaora said: I clicked on the last link. You didn't read it. The study was a comparison of surgical masks versus cloth masks. It is not surprising they advise not to wear cloth masks. They didn't say not to wear a surgical mask. It would help if you are going to go cherry pick articles, that you read it. It makes look foolish indeed to make statement about "facts" not present in the article. I simply posted the link because it's a real study and not a newspaper or bro source. It was to support the "mask don't work or are useless" point of view of my "opponent" and not my personal opinion that they do work. I could have only posted the first couple links if I was cherry picking. If you read all the links you probably also say the study that say cloth mask are better than no protection. Edited April 3, 2020 by Tayaout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 35 minutes ago, gunderhill said: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-52153145/coronavirus-we-do-not-recommend-face-masks-for-general-wearing In the article it says it's his opinion. Who care? I base my opinion on studies that are published in peer-reviewed journals and don't rely on someone title as a professor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 31 minutes ago, Tayaout said: I base my opinion on Who care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 minute ago, gunderhill said: Who care? I sure dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Just now, Tayaout said: I sure dont. Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xylophone Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 3:38 PM, tropo said: 1:23:10 to 1:24:30 - a reporter asks Trump about their policy on mask-wearing. TRUMP STUBBORNLY IGNORES HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION’S MASK-WEARING DIRECTIVE. The President issues an executive “do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do” order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, xylophone said: On 4/3/2020 at 3:38 PM, tropo said: 1:23:10 to 1:24:30 - a reporter asks Trump about their policy on mask-wearing. TRUMP STUBBORNLY IGNORES HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION’S MASK-WEARING DIRECTIVE. The President issues an executive “do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do” order. There's no need to shout. You've got the wrong press briefing. There is nothing about Trump choosing not to wear a mask in the time slot of my posted video. Don't be lazy - find your own source material. Edited April 5, 2020 by tropo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, tropo said: There's no need to shout. You've got the wrong press briefing. There is nothing about Trump choosing not to wear a mask in the time slot of my posted video. Don't be lazy - find your own source material. There you go......knock yourself out and plenty more out there. As for the other quotes about it will go away; can go back to work by Easter; it's like the flu, all quotes (and more) by this idiot, and documented for all to see. And the caps were a posting error on my part, not intended to shout. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52161529 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/im-not-going-to-do-it-trump-refutes-his-own-administrations-advice-on-masks https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/recommends-face-masks-trump-follow-advice-200404084441424.html Edited April 5, 2020 by xylophone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Spoke with my sister in the UK last night. She said "most people don't wear a mask" - she was quite nonchalant about it too, which really did surprise me. Then one just has to look at the numbers. Perhaps A'nut is not being truthful about the stats, I don't know. I've made one or two quick trips to Lotus in the last few days, & everyone wore a mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Apologies, we are not accepting any more comments on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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