To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

Thats me

ginoginelli wrote: »

People are still just wearing shields though. Its particularly prevalent in retail. NPHET have very strongly come out against their use but the governments messaging as once again been poor.

Nothing wrong with wearing shields and NPHET unlikely against shields. You can see even health services personnel often wearing shields in addendum to masks.

odyssey06

namloc1980 wrote: »

Those face shields just look ridiculous. How anyone thinks they are of use is begins me.

I think there was some concern, in the early days of the virus, about people being infected via their eyes... healthcare workers were wearing masks and visors \ goggles.
Haven't heard much more of late about that, but that seemed to give them a bump in popularity.

speckle

odyssey06 wrote: »

Did the mask help at all with filtering out any of your triggers and reducing the sneeze count?

It just added different issues. Cant win either way

siblers

Thats me wrote: »

Nothing wrong with wearing shields and NPHET unlikely against shields. You can see even health services personnel often wearing shields in addendum to masks.

Problem is that people are wearing shields without masks

Seanergy

speckle wrote: »

Really annoying at times...I am a sneezing expert..had at least 50 this morning..nothing unusual about that for me.
Been thinking if on average it is even only 20 a day thats c7200 a year. I thank profusely whoever invented hankys, toilet roll and antihistamines etc.Triggered by smells/perfume, dander,pollen, chemicals, dust etc etc
I am having a great time this year

You sneezed at least 50 times this morning, nothing unusual about that you say yet when calculating your annual total you drop your sneeze count down to 20 per day!

odyssey06 wrote: »

Did the mask help at all with filtering out any of your triggers and reducing the sneeze count?

Good valid question. really looking forward to an indepth sneeze expert reply.

speckle wrote: »

It just added different issues. Cant win either way

sure can't!?

Many people new to mask wearing have come on thread over the past few months citing how wearing a mask has helped them with pollen and dust etc. A good few even vowed to continue the practice of mask wearing post covid, into the future when pollen count is high or when cycling their bike around polluted environments.

But somehow, you a self proclaimed sneeze expert got no relief from any of your other triggers and just added different issues.

I call bull.

speckle

I refuse to respond to those who are beligerant and jump to attack a poster by inferring that they are bullsh*ing.
I have no problem answering a a politely put question even if the person has a differing viewpoint than myself.
If people have been reading my posts since march regarding covid they will see this.

Regarding sneezing today..at a minuim I sneezed 50 times after that I lost track until medication kicked in. That high number would be pretty usual for me depending on the trigger this time thanks to the neighbours cat sneaking into my house last night to sleep.

hence I chose 20 which is an average estimate but I cant actually remember the last day when i have not sneezed especially in the morning. Some people who have allergys will understand that and the akward and sometimes funny situations that has caused this year hence my original light hearted post with a smilie at the end.

My allergies have been tested via my GP and hospital immunologists. Anyone requiring more personal medical information may pm myself and I will decide to respond or not as it is a long list

And by the way I never stated that some people with certain triggered allergys/asthma are not helped by an apprioate face covering/mask at the apprioate time.. so do not infer that I did from my previous reply or other posters interpretation of it.

Just remember that there is a minority that they dont help as everybodys allergys and asthma may be different.. just like avoiding one trigger and replacing it with another may not resolve your allergy issues if the underlying problem is still the same. You are your own expert along with your specialist/dermotologist/ immunologist . Discuss it with them or at least your GP.

Seasons greetings to you all. Atishooo

Thats me

siblers wrote: »

Problem is that people are wearing shields without masks

Question was: "why are people still wearing shields?". There are reasons.

Why somebody does not wear masks - is different question. Why people would pay senseless TV licence but would not wear masks? May be because in former case they would be imprisoned for non-compliance while the in latter case government is not interested in the enforcing its own decisions?

Seanergy

xhomelezz wrote: »

Gone playing Pacman? Good choice.

Innovative mask gobbles food like Pac-Man

weldoninhio

Seanergy wrote: »

Innovative mask gobbles food like Pac-Man

That is ridiculous. It doesn’t seem to form any seal when closed.

xhomelezz

weldoninhio wrote: »

That is ridiculous. It doesn’t seem to form any seal when closed.

Since masks doesn't work as you stated many times, your post is pointless I believe. Another wind up.

ShineOn7

DPD drivers now seem to not be wearing masks?

That surely can't be company policy?

Mrs OBumble

ShineOn7 wrote: »

DPD drivers now seem to not be wearing masks?

That surely can't be company policy?

How many DPD drivers are within 2m of someone for 15+ minutes?

galway_lad

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

How many DPD drivers are within 2m of someone for 15+ minutes?

Cool, I haven't been within 2m of someone outside my household for 15 minutes in... well since last February I guess.

No need for masks for me, right?

ShineOn7

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

How many DPD drivers are within 2m of someone for 15+ minutes?

How many members of the public are they in contact with every week in December?

It's in the hundreds easily

They should be masked up

Sconsey

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

How many DPD drivers are within 2m of someone for 15+ minutes?

March 2020 called, they want their Covid advice back!

weldoninhio

ShineOn7 wrote: »

How many members of the public are they in contact with every week in December?

It's in the hundreds easily

They should be masked up

Any delivery i've gotten, they've dropped it to the door, rang the doorbell and walked about 5-10m away, waited until someone answered, checked it was the right house, then left. No answer, they go back and take the package back.

xhomelezz

Happy Christmas everyone!!!! Enjoy as much as you can and stay safe guys and gals!

obi604

A question about washing hands.
Does the water have to be hot? Or will cold water do.

A family member here saying water needs to be hot to make sure it works etc etc etc

runawaybishop

obi604 wrote: »

A question about washing hands.
Does the water have to be hot? Or will cold water do.

A family member here saying water needs to be hot to make sure it works etc etc etc

Temp doesn't matter, it's the washing motion that does it. For the water to be hot enough to kill bacteria etc you'd give yourself first degree burns

Jim_Hodge

obi604 wrote: »

A question about washing hands.
Does the water have to be hot? Or will cold water do.

A family member here saying water needs to be hot to make sure it works etc etc etc

Easily looked up.....

Is cold water effective if there’s no warm water?
"Yes," says Professor Bloomfield. "Warm water is more effective at removing dirt easily but cold running water is fine for hand-washing as long as you're using the correct hand washing technique with soap and rinsing thoroughly."

utmbuilder

Ive upgraded in recent weeks im public stores to n95, costing about 2.50 a pop.

No cold sores this time around but using a good mouth wash once daily.

pgj2015

does anyone know of anyone who has been fined for not wearing a mask yet?

xhomelezz

pgj2015 wrote: »

does anyone know of anyone who has been fined for not wearing a mask yet?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/two-months-in-jail-for-man-wearing-mask-on-head-like-a-hat-1.4439903%3fmode=amp

pgj2015

xhomelezz wrote: »

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/two-months-in-jail-for-man-wearing-mask-on-head-like-a-hat-1.4439903%3fmode=amp

Delighted for him. its funny though how I see a lot of bus drivers not wearing masks themselves.

paul71

xhomelezz wrote: »

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/two-months-in-jail-for-man-wearing-mask-on-head-like-a-hat-1.4439903%3fmode=amp

You could have guessed before reading, that the fool would be accompanied to court by either John Waters or Gemma O'Doherty. 2 months in jail, the freeman nonsense comes home to roost.

pgj2015

paul71 wrote: »

You could have guessed before reading, that the fool would be accompanied to court by either John Waters or Gemma O'Doherty. 2 months in jail, the freeman nonsense comes home to roost.

Not surprising about all the previous convictions either. Them kind of fools are always getting into trouble with the law and are very dangerous drivers usually. bitch and moan all day about the government but never work a day in their lives and sponge off the state to the day they die.

runawaybishop

pgj2015 wrote: »

Delighted for him. its funny though how I see a lot of bus drivers not wearing masks themselves.

They are behind a partition.

pgj2015

runawaybishop wrote: »

They are behind a partition.

A lot of the ones I see aren't behind a partition.

Daragh1980

Has anyone used a merkin as a mask?

xhomelezz

Daragh1980 wrote: »

Has anyone used a merkin as a mask?

Smart..

Give it a go and post some pics how did you get on