Face mask information.

[EFLImpudence]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53397617

Ignoring the error in the headline saying "Face masks and coverings to be compulsory...".

After watching the video (yeah, that'll happen) can someone please tell me what to do with the plastic bag afterwards?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Also from the article:

"Meanwhile, a report requested by the government's chief scientific adviser suggests the UK could see around 120,000 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals during a "reasonable" worst-case scenario this winter."

'Suggests', 'could', 'reasonable worst-case' - Not scaremongering to brainwash you, surely.

 

[JP_]

what's wrong with the title? Any covering is allow, not just actual face masks.

Plastic bag - chuck in the bag bag with the other bags!

I am following the 1 week rule. I shop every week (I drive to a nice quiet supermarket, usually after work on a Friday), wear builder's gloves when shopping, chuck all bags back in boot. Gloves live on a dashboard. Idea being, if I pick up any virus, hopefully it will die in the 7 days before the next shopping trip.

 

[motorbiking]

This is the problem with the face mask concept. While you reduce your droplet spread a bit, you are more likely to get Covid on a contaminated surface in a shop and then if you take your mask on and off while going in to shops without washing your hands, then you are more likely to contaminate your face.

At least with it being mandatory its something we all have to do and will not think about it too much.

 

[JP_]

Best option is to avoid public places as much as possible.

Remember, nothing has changed. The virus is still the same as it was in early March when only a few people in the UK had it.

 

[sodthisforfun]

This is the problem with the face mask concept. While you reduce your droplet spread a bit, you are more likely to get Covid on a contaminated surface in a shop and then if you take your mask on and off while going in to shops without washing your hands, then you are more likely to contaminate your face.

At least with it being mandatory its something we all have to do and will not think about it too much.

We are still supposed to use hand gels for that aren't we? I use it when I go into a shop and as soon as I leave/put bags in the boot, then wipe my keys!!

Best option is to avoid public places as much as possible.

Yep, that's what I do.

 

[sodthisforfun]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53397617

Ignoring the error in the headline saying "Face masks and coverings to be compulsory...".

After watching the video (yeah, that'll happen) can someone please tell me what to do with the plastic bag afterwards?

Put the bag aside and reuse? If shopping once a week, the virus should have died before using it again.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Just ordered one

 

[mitch66]

what's wrong with the title? Any covering is allow, not just actual face masks.

Plastic bag - chuck in the bag bag with the other bags!

I am following the 1 week rule. I shop every week (I drive to a nice quiet supermarket, usually after work on a Friday), wear builder's gloves when shopping, chuck all bags back in boot. Gloves live on a dashboard. Idea being, if I pick up any virus, hopefully it will die in the 7 days before the next shopping trip.

Such virtue. Well signaled

 

[JohnD]

Such virtue. Well signaled

strange turn of phrase.

You disapprove of what he's doing?

 

[bernardgreen]

The mask is NOT to protect the wearer from being infected.

The mask is primarily to try and prevent the breath from an infected person ( the wearer ) infecting other people.

A person with no symptoms can be breathing out virus and infecting people nearby.

 

[Notch7]

I heard a caller on the radio earlier saying "face masks aren't needed, it's just being done to control people"

there is a new pandemic: stupidity. It definitely started in America
I

 

[charliegolf]

The mask is NOT to protect the wearer from being infected.

The mask is primarily to try and prevent the breath from an infected person ( the wearer ) infecting other people.

A person with no symptoms can be breathing out virus and infecting people nearby.

Ergo, if everyone wears a mask, everyone is a bit safer.

 

[Notch7]

The mask is NOT to protect the wearer from being infected.

The mask is primarily to try and prevent the breath from an infected person ( the wearer ) infecting other people.

A person with no symptoms can be breathing out virus and infecting people nearby.

Yes, it's why wearing masks needs to be a collective effort, it's about selfless action.

 

[mitch66]

Such virtue. Well signaled

strange turn of phrase.

You disapprove of what he's doing?

Not at all. That's why I highlighted how virtuous the poster is and how clear he made it. Why is that strange?