Masks
#376
Re: Masks
You appear to be saying that with bars and restaurants open and where mask wearing isn't practical that there's not much point in wearing masks in, say, grocery stores. Well what about those people that do get exposed to the virus in those places and may or may not develop the illness but may still be infectious and then want to go to the grocery store?
If they wear a mask and follow the other rules when doing so, then it's far less likely that they will infect other shoppers. That's a good thing isn't it?
You may argue it won't change the numbers but it changes what the numbers would become if masks were not mandated in the grocery stores.
If they wear a mask and follow the other rules when doing so, then it's far less likely that they will infect other shoppers. That's a good thing isn't it?
You may argue it won't change the numbers but it changes what the numbers would become if masks were not mandated in the grocery stores.
#377
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 704
Re: Masks
Was she wearing glasses? If so, that's probably why, and the fault would lie with her employer rather than her, for supplying her with a cheap mask that fogs the lenses continuously when fitted well.
#378
Re: Masks
No i'm simply saying grocery stores are not the problem. Young party crowds are the problem. We need to address the cause of the spikes to reduce the transmission and masking up in grocery stores whilst allowing a basic free for all in the pub, club, party scene is NOT addressing the problem its putting a band aid on a surgical wound
So, if you had a surgical wound, and a band aid, you wouldn't apply it because it's not a proper bandage? If you had a Hummer and needed dinner you wouldn't take it to the shops because it's not a proper truck? That's called making perfect the enemy of good.
#380
limey party pooper
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 9,982
Re: Masks
#381
Re: Masks
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. I've decided I can just remove my glasses in the taxi. It's not me driving and I know where I'm going.
#383
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Nov 2011
Location: Somewhere between Vancouver & St Johns
Posts: 19,851
Re: Masks
I wonder if those who choose to wear burqas are also wearing a mask??????
#385
Re: Masks
A glass lens feels cold to the touch (like a drinking glass), is relatively heavy, and is cheaper - so is typically used for a "free"/ low cost prescriptions.
A plastic lens is not cold to the touch, lighter in weight, and is used for premium insurance or for an upcharge.
It used to be that NHS lens were glass, and plastic lens were an extra, and not insignificant, cost. I haven't had an NHS prescrition for many years, so I don't know what the current situation is.
A plastic lens is not cold to the touch, lighter in weight, and is used for premium insurance or for an upcharge.
It used to be that NHS lens were glass, and plastic lens were an extra, and not insignificant, cost. I haven't had an NHS prescrition for many years, so I don't know what the current situation is.
#386
Re: Masks
You can wear masks everywhere if you like but will it stop the spikes we are seeing? Not unless you wear one in the places i listed. So how do you suggest that these spikes that have been troubling us are managed? Remember we weren't wearing them last month in stores, nothing much has changed, in fact grocery stores have been open this entire pandemic with few wearing masks and i don't remember any stats that show we had spikes in any grocery stores to be concerned about. To put it another way how do you get masks to be worn where there is obviously a risk, as in a pub for example?
We have a population of 63,343 with a COVID count of 911 and a death count of 9.
Tell me that wearing a mask hasn't worked.
#387
Re: Masks
Me too. Makes no difference though. My glasses fog up outside if I look down while breathing. Don't look down.
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. I've decided I can just remove my glasses in the taxi. It's not me driving and I know where I'm going.
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. I've decided I can just remove my glasses in the taxi. It's not me driving and I know where I'm going.
#388
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 704
Re: Masks
A glass lens feels cold to the touch (like a drinking glass), is relatively heavy, and is cheaper - so is typically used for a "free"/ low cost prescriptions.
A plastic lens is not cold to the touch, lighter in weight, and is used for premium insurance or for an upcharge.
It used to be that NHS lens were glass, and plastic lens were an extra, and not insignificant, cost. I haven't had an NHS prescrition for many years, so I don't know what the current situation is.
A plastic lens is not cold to the touch, lighter in weight, and is used for premium insurance or for an upcharge.
It used to be that NHS lens were glass, and plastic lens were an extra, and not insignificant, cost. I haven't had an NHS prescrition for many years, so I don't know what the current situation is.
#389
limey party pooper
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 9,982
Re: Masks
Me too. Makes no difference though. My glasses fog up outside if I look down while breathing. Don't look down.
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. I've decided I can just remove my glasses in the taxi. It's not me driving and I know where I'm going.
They fog up the minute I get into a taxi or when in small rooms but not big shops. I've decided I can just remove my glasses in the taxi. It's not me driving and I know where I'm going.