Boudicca
Seaside Queen
If you think you can carry off African fabric ones, PM me your address and I will send you a couple. All are two layers of cotton or polycotton with nose wire and a pocket for a filter.
Face masks
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elbows
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The thread was started on March 12th and that should not be ignored when considering the poll results.
new thread?
I haven't gone outside without a mask since about March, gym, jogging, work.
only just clocked this thread, and with the numbers being put up now, clearly it hasn't aged well. Be nice if those who voted 'am I fuck' were to be able to change their vote. Out of respect for those passed.
nyxx
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Where have you been since March?
Responses and cultural norms around the globe have been wildly different.
nyxx
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Any thoughts so far on face masks and the B117 variant?
Are cloth masks still any use?
I’m midway through sewing a batch of 3 layer masks, not sure how effective these are going to be.
Then there are friends & family who have the two layer cotton masks I made. Wondering whether to contact them all and say they’re no use without an extra filter, or even, just no use.
Are cloth masks still any use?
I’m midway through sewing a batch of 3 layer masks, not sure how effective these are going to be.
Then there are friends & family who have the two layer cotton masks I made. Wondering whether to contact them all and say they’re no use without an extra filter, or even, just no use.
elbows
Well-Known Member
I wouldnt think of it in binary terms like still of use/no use.
Better masks were always more ideal than more simplistic masks. Thats true with old and new variant, and governments considering making the mask recommendations stronger is a reflection of the overall need to improve the picture and increase protection/reduce transmission in general. New variants may force them to tighten up on this stuff, but tightening up on it is always a good idea anyway, its something that should have been done with or without mutations making their presence felt.
Whether our government are actually going to make new recommendations about type of mask and the scenarios in which a mask should be warn remains to be seen. Press reports when new lockdown was looming suggest its an area they were looking into, but how long that will take and how far they will actually go is entirely unknown to me.
Better masks were always more ideal than more simplistic masks. Thats true with old and new variant, and governments considering making the mask recommendations stronger is a reflection of the overall need to improve the picture and increase protection/reduce transmission in general. New variants may force them to tighten up on this stuff, but tightening up on it is always a good idea anyway, its something that should have been done with or without mutations making their presence felt.
Whether our government are actually going to make new recommendations about type of mask and the scenarios in which a mask should be warn remains to be seen. Press reports when new lockdown was looming suggest its an area they were looking into, but how long that will take and how far they will actually go is entirely unknown to me.
nyxx
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I guess I feel a sense of responsibility towards the people I’ve given masks to. One was a friend’s mother who is 70+ with copd, really don’t want her to have a false sense of safety.
It’ll be relevant & interesting to see if there’s any changes, although the uk govt guidance on masks has not matched what I feel is adequate so far. Have been quite shocked at the low quality of a lot of mass produced face coverings - a lot are just a single layer of thin stretchy fabric.
It’ll be relevant & interesting to see if there’s any changes, although the uk govt guidance on masks has not matched what I feel is adequate so far. Have been quite shocked at the low quality of a lot of mass produced face coverings - a lot are just a single layer of thin stretchy fabric.
8ball
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elbows
Well-Known Member
I had a quick look for latest mask news after what I'd previously said, and the current stories all seem to be parroting each other based on an anonymous government source who told the Telegraph that they were looking into things like making masks compulsory in busy outdoor locations.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Cue plenty of arguing over the definition of "busy". Guess it might be anywhere where maintaining a 2 metre buffer isn't feasible?
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
That's already part of the advice, but pretty much impossible to legislate I would have thought. They won't do it anyway.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Yeah, but I thought the advice was kind of softer in outdoor locations. I've never really worn a mask outdoors, but I haven't really been anywhere outdoors where I need to be in close proximity with people.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Well one of the other things being considered involves the 2 metres. People may have forgotten that they slackened this advice months ago in a sickening concession to businesses, they killed off the 2 metre rule. Now they are apparently thinking about bringing it back.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I haven't found anything to have really changed since that slackening where I am.
Supine
Newt Member
I would recommend FFP2/K95/KN95. Buy a packet and rotate their use, no need to discard after a single use outside of a hospital environment (imho). . They cost a couple if quid each but are significantly safer for you and people you interact with. Worth the money.
When my mum had to go to a hospital appointment recently the nurses all made a fuss out of her and complimented her mask that I'd insisted she wore
I would recommend FFP2/K95/KN95. Buy a packet and rotate their use, no need to discard after a single use outside of a hospital environment (imho). . They cost a couple if quid each but are significantly safer for you and people you interact with. Worth the money.
When my mum had to go to a hospital appointment recently the nurses all made a fuss out of her and complimented her mask that I'd insisted she wore
This, nyxx. These are the only ones that can give the wearer reasonable certainty about protecting themselves (as ever, if worn correctly). This is now the fourth thread I am advocating for their use (/bangs drum).
If there ever was a time to use them for someone in their 70s, especially if they are still going to the shops themselves or similar, it's now. Yes, they cost a couple of quid, but to tide them over now until their vaccination date while the virus is so rampant, I also consider them well worth it. And that their use hasn't been recommended more, is imo just yet another big failing of this utter fail of a government.
ETA: Given that we will most likely all be wearing face coverings in some settings for some time, they can always use your handmade and probably pretty decent one (given that it's a three layer one) a couple of weeks after their vaccination.
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wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
meets the legal requirement to "wear a face covering" :/
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
I would recommend FFP2/K95/KN95. Buy a packet and rotate their use, no need to discard after a single use outside of a hospital environment (imho). . They cost a couple if quid each but are significantly safer for you and people you interact with. Worth the money.
When my mum had to go to a hospital appointment recently the nurses all made a fuss out of her and complimented her mask that I'd insisted she wore
Where are you getting yours from? Every time I've been given one, and this time I bought my own, they've been dodgy as fuck
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
nvm these seem like the real deal now I put it on (or at least good enough), it looked like it had tiny holes in but they were actually covered with a transparent layer
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Use of face masks designated KN95 - Safety alert - HSE
A substantial number of face masks claiming to be of KN95 standards are likely to be poor quality products accompanied by fake or fraudulent paperwork.
Not that they're definitely rubbish, more a warning that there's no quality control involved.
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
I don’t wear a mask when just walking outside, but do when in the shops. Even if I forgot one they always have spares
Use of face masks designated KN95 - Safety alert - HSE
A substantial number of face masks claiming to be of KN95 standards are likely to be poor quality products accompanied by fake or fraudulent paperwork.www.hse.gov.uk
Not that they're definitely rubbish, more a warning that there's no quality control involved.
This is just the case for K95, right? FFP2 are European standard? I buy mine from Lloyds pharmacy online.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
These sort of tests seem like a good idea to check how good the mask is?
Supine
Newt Member
Use of face masks designated KN95 - Safety alert - HSE
A substantial number of face masks claiming to be of KN95 standards are likely to be poor quality products accompanied by fake or fraudulent paperwork.
Not that they're definitely rubbish, more a warning that there's no quality control involved.
Properly sourced non dodgy ones are my recommendation. CE marked from a reputable supplier
tbf - a place where wearing a mask when sick was already normal. But still, the sheer reluctance by some of us lot un the UK. There's +1000 deaths a day atm now
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