OT: When you go out, are you wearing a mask?

Elijah said:

I've changed my position from whatever I posted on the first page or 2 of this thread. My mom, who is a very high ranking nurse at a hospital serving a community of 150k+, is now telling me I should be wearing a mask in any sort of confined or crowded public space. Not saying her opinion is the be all end all of public health policy, but I trust her.

Don't need one if you're just walking around a suburban neighborhood, and I don't plan on going out at all, but if I do need to pop over to the grocery store or gas station I'll definitely be sporting a mask.

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mgteich said:

And, BTW, I think that we would like you to continue to give us you mom's opinion. I'm being serious. We need to hear from those who are on the ground in this crisis.

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moosekill said:

If you read what the World Health Organization has published, this is why they don't recommend wearing them currently. They say they don't work and people who are using them are much more likely to ignore the social distancing etc. I am simply quoting what they say for you people who don't read or believe them, once again going back to all of your vast knowledge on pandemics.
Or you could argue that the asians all wear them so it must be good. Of course this disease came from asians eating bats and dogs, so I am not sure I would recommend them as experts.

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Scotty said:

Expert in UK government briefing said.....he had discussed this with a colleague in Hong Kong earlier today and said it was not UK government policy to wear a mask if you are healthy. The key part is "if healthy" , I think it is different if you have the virus then you should wear a mask so not to contaminate others

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QuantumMechanic said:

CDC officially recommending "cloth face coverings":
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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QuantumMechanic said:

CDC officially recommending "cloth face coverings":
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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fnordcircle said:

Found a good renewable source for gloves. It's free if you are willing to put a little work in. DM me if interested.

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Ian said:

While that's true, the thing about that is that it's not the healthy people you have to worry about and that's why it really does make sense for everyone to wear one.

Let's be honest, most people who are really laying low and only going to the supermarket and being careful already don't think they're going to get it. They're worried, but no one really thinks they will. But at the same time, if everyone wore one, the people who didn't know they were sick before symptoms showed up wouldn't give it to someone else. Because obviously by the time people know they're sick and they start wearing one, it's essentially too late.

It's more or less a numbers thing from that standpoint and if everyone wears one, the likelihood of a sick person passing it to a non-sick person greatly reduces. That's obviously why everyone in China probably wears one during these pandemics and has been wearing one. That way, if they do happen to get it and don't know it, at least they're not passing it on to a healthy person.

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fnordcircle said:

Found a good renewable source for gloves. It's free if you are willing to put a little work in. DM me if interested.

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Pape said:

mask / gloves all the time, every place i have to go.

running out of hand sanitizer though... might have to whip up some homebrew, or just start carrying jugs of hot water and a bar of soap with me

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Tony2046 said:

We just received our order of two gallons of hand sanitizer. We also have a spray bottle of isopropanol that we use to sanitize anything coming into the house. We've become germaphobes.

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