Covid-19 Pandemic (Corona Virus)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sadly a lot of people here in the UK are still not taking the virus seriously.

No-one wears a face mask and people are still going to supermarkets and standing around close to each other in the aisles and queuing at the checkout.

The Government has had to order the closure of all bars, clubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms etc etc as people were still going to them despite requests not to and not social-distancing.

Our National Health Service struggles at the best of times... and we have far less doctors, nurses & equipment per head than in northern Italy.

I am very afraid for the weeks and months ahead.

[dimviii]

https://www.corriere.it/dataroom-mil...df06d574.shtml

[Tarmop]

There aren`t any masks to carry... and one has to eat, so supermarket its is. Close, well, ok, there is that, but i believe it was 15-20 minutes of standing close to someone. Surfaces on the other hand can carry the virus for 9 days and that is probably the real issue.

[Tauri_J]

Masks are for sick people. Otherwise They are useless.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Masks are for sick people. Otherwise They are useless.

I'd still rather wear one. And why do the doctors & nurses wear them then ?

Claim: ‘Face masks don’t work’
A. Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone.

There aren`t any masks to carry... and one has to eat, so supermarket its is. Close, well, ok, there is that, but i believe it was 15-20 minutes of standing close to someone. Surfaces on the other hand can carry the virus for 9 days and that is probably the real issue.

And its true about surfaces. A UK doctor has warned that petrol/diesel pump handles are big spreaders ...

[pantealex]

Mask works if you don´t touch your face it but most of us are not used to wear mask so it will "bother" us and we will be touching our face.

[Sulland]

Experts here says masks help if others, if a person that has the virus will have to be around others. But not healthy people to be infected with the virus.

but as usual experts dont always agree. Not in medicin and not in Rally ;-)

[gps-monkey]

Maybe it helps a bit (wearing a mask or not)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...oHImgzACygY609

[Jarek Z]

In Poland it is mandatory for everyone who returns from abroad to go to a 2-week quarantine. This includes Kajto and his whole team, who have returned from Mexico. They have to seat at home for two weeks without leaving and watch their health.

Source (in Polish only):
https://www.sport.pl/sport/7,173950,...d-granica.html

[Mirek]

Everybody shall wear the mask because nobody knows who is already infected and spreads the virus despite feeling himself healthy. The mask is preventing the virus from easy spread. So my mask is not for saving me but for saving the others around me against a potential infection from me. Vice versa their mask saves me from potential infection from them.