My take on it is, we’re dealing with a lot of unknowns ... all we can do is to follow instructions and guidance from scientists via our elected government and otherwise do the best we can. There’s no point in washing masks in a way that’ll make them disintegrate, so wash at the highest temperature for that fabric ... if you personally don’t think that’s hot enough then get a more robust mask ... we’re all having to accept a bit more personal responsibility than some folk have been used to ...
And if we think the government isn’t making all the right decisions ... well, we got the government the country voted for ... 🙄
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I just wish we could have consistent advice across the board. Northern England are being restricted again due to a rise in cases due to lack of social distancing but Wales are opening up further which will result in exactly the same thing. England requires masks, Wales doesn't. And apparently kids under 11 aren't transmitting the virus? How has anyone worked that out if kids under 11 were supposed to have been locked up at home since March?
It's making it hard for me to keep telling relatives not to visit to see the kids. They seem to be under the impression that a two year old will sit quietly for an hour and not want to jump all over them
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Why at high temperature? If I can wash my hands in cold water - and it's the soap that destroys the outer shell of the virus - why doesn't that also apply to fabric?
Apparently some scientists have found that the virus aerosol spray rises in the air ... there is a theory that this why more men are getting Covid as there are proportionately more tall men than women breathing in the air from higher up ... extending from that I suppose it’s possible that the reason children tend not to be getting it because they are breathing lower down.
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I would say it won’t enter through ears. (Could be wrong) perhaps @punkdoc doc could verify that? masks,,, surely leaving anywhere for three days would be ok, it doesn’t live on materials for longer than that.
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I have often read that the virus can enter through your eyes, but can it enter through your ears as well?
I think so, as we weren’t allowed to share stethoscopes during the pandemic. It must be a rare route of transmission though, because it is much more difficult for the virus to get in that way - the anatomy is somewhat protective plus there isn’t a mucous membrane externally for droplets to land on or to easily touch like eyes.
I think it is very low risk unless you are sharing things which pass from ear to ear (ie. hardly anything).
We should be much more concerned with the definite modes of spread. The best way of all is not be in contact with air or surfaces which contain the virus. Every time you go out is a risk so we all have a responsibility to reduce risk and reduce exposure. I have to go to work and have to do shopping for me and my vulnerable family, but even doing that (and the former is about as high risk as you can get), I for one will not be going to a pub, restaurant or indoor gathering. This is to protect you as much as me.
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And if we think the government isn’t making all the right decisions ... well, we got the government the country voted for ... 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
masks,,, surely leaving anywhere for three days would be ok, it doesn’t live on materials for longer than that.
We should be much more concerned with the definite modes of spread. The best way of all is not be in contact with air or surfaces which contain the virus. Every time you go out is a risk so we all have a responsibility to reduce risk and reduce exposure. I have to go to work and have to do shopping for me and my vulnerable family, but even doing that (and the former is about as high risk as you can get), I for one will not be going to a pub, restaurant or indoor gathering. This is to protect you as much as me.