To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

I had a funny feeling you were still in primary school.

A well fitted mask does not require adjusting. The problem is not the children or the mask it's your mask attitude and level of education.

Sloppy fitting masks move just as masks that catch on stuble move. Quality mask education needed.

Children wear masks better than parents expect.

No, it's practical advice, but you knew this already, didn't you.

But what maybe you didn't know because their has been no public leader yet is that guidance has been updated to include airborne transmission.

M-alteasers goes well with popcorn.

The threat to pull children from schools may have been weighed up as potential harms(collateral damage) in April by the HIQA EAG members when the NPC 'reported' "concerned individuals acting indendently" but the game has changed now that NPHET have side stepped HIQA.

I think the poster is nearly promoting more people to email them with all their posts about.

Imagine doing a quick vox pop with the kids at the breakfast table to see if they wanted to wear seat belts.

Mary I was the super spreader McCarthy in a nutshell.

WTF.

Thats just straight up lies. Proper ffp level valved masks protect the wearer. In a recent(ish )study good quality valved masks were shown to equally protect as much as surgical mask as well. Maybe that's changed now though? As I saw in Hong kong they were blaming them for infecting someone in quarantine, saying they only protected the wearer. So maybe somebody can provide an update on that?

On cormican, He is dangerously incompetent. Hes responsible for two colossal errors in the pandemic. Our stance on masks, and stopping contact tracing in schools. Theres probably other stuff behind the scenes as well.

The fact that the man still has any influence says a lot about the hse.

Where were you looking?

25 for 25. 5 packs of 5.

50 for 100. Not sure about wrapping.

10 for 10. Individually wrapped.

Obviously buying from non reputable sources carries more risk of masks not being up to advertised spec. Whatever FFP2 you do buy, preform a light test with each mask before donning. Also it is very informative to cut open one of the masks to inspect the quality of the media, even better if you have a microscope at hand. If there are no holes from the induction process and the media looks of high quality, chances are the mask meets the spec with which it was advertised at.

Primary pupils from 3rd class up to wear face coverings until February.

The Department of Education will issue guidelines to schools later this evening, which will also include what exemptions will apply.

The new rule, which was recommended by Nphet last week, is to take effect immediately, and will be reviewed in February.

Volume wise I would suggest you start small until you find the shape/mask that works for you. That way if they don't fit your face well, pass them onto someone else to try and go find the perfect model/make for your face.

All 3 above came with the same cerification as the promed one you were looking at so after that it is down to size, shape and fit. After replying to you earlier I went and ordered 25 for 25 from fitzmedicalsupplies as someone asked me to grab a few P2's for them. I can provide feedback in a week if you ask.

Note THE €2 ones are behind the head ties = which as a general rule of thumb = better fit. But some don't like it on the back of the head/hair. I haven't tried the Haylard media but I believe it is excellent media. UK made so defo not counterfit.

If the fit is a bit slack on the earloop ones I tend to shorten the earloop slightly(tie a knot) and that increases my fit to near perfect. Just buy from pharmacies and or medical supply centers, as better chance of not being counterfit. Once it fits your face well, you've done your light check and inspected the internal media by cutting open and testing with a microscope OR holding each layer to the light to inspect for descrepancies your at the nearly as good as it gets stage.

Certainly buying in bulk at 10 for 10 or 20 for 20 makes far more sense than buying 2 for 7/8 euro.

I'd tend to think we're right on this one. Asian countries have been wearing masks since the 50s, we're just well behind the curve. They also wear the mask when they're not feeling great to protect others. You think the Irish would do that? John-O with his luminous phlegm on a good day won't wear one during a pandemic, not a hope he'd wear one to protect others from his own illness.

They're children, they'll get used to it just like anything else. And by all accounts, most kids seem to want to wear them, unlike their adult counterparts who think their rights are being infringed....

I'd be thinking the opposite. Kids are seeing the vast majority of adults wearing them, so I've no doubt they want to wear them too, that's what kids do. I'd be of the opinion that if a kid said they don't, that is the parents heavily influencing them. FFS, I used to tear up napkins at dinners and make masks out of them, kids love wearing things! Or so I believe. Wouldn't have one if you paid me!