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| CatalinaWOW:
First I am going to say that I have only the average handyman/layman's knowledge of use of N95 and other protective masks. I really must depend on health professionals to give definitive advice on when and how to wear masks. But I am going to follow that with a big YAAH BUT. First, the professional advice varies. There are many reasons for that, including varying expertise of the professionals, incomplete science on the subject as relates to this virus. But in my opinion, most importantly because their advice is intended to be optimum for a particular question. It is important whether that question is: What is the best advice for mask use to protect health professionals in a time of mask shortage? What is the best advice for mask use to protect overall public health in a time of mask shortage. What is the best advice to protect the health of a family or other small group in a time of mask shortage? What is the best advice to protect personal health. And repeat the first three questions without the shortage qualifier. I strongly suspect that the answer is different in for some of these cases. Maybe different only in nuanced ways, but possibly dramatically different. Another example where the optimum advice might vary involves the merits of a valved mask vs non-valved. It has been my personal experience that valved masks do not become humid and soggy as do non-valved masks, while it has been asserted that valved masks are not as good at controlling droplet emission from the user. That generates a classic conflict in requirements that might lead to a preference for one type in one environment and the other under other conditions. I suspect we will watch these changing conditions play out over time in different parts of the world and watch the professional advice change along with the changes. Best advice for us amateurs is to pay attention to the local recommendations. |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: Sredni on March 25, 2020, 12:28:07 am ---A sample of some South Korean people thoughts on how they think their country is faring better than others. --- End quote --- Likely the Korean people are better prepared for outbreaks after the SARS outbreak. Including instructions & training on how to use masks effectively. |
| VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on March 24, 2020, 11:21:19 pm ---Geez, you guys are still arguing about freakin' masks? :-// Wear 'em if you got 'em. Can't hurt. --- End quote --- "You seen 'em, you play 'em." (Buster Scruggs) I bought 50 masks about 5 years ago and have mailed some out to those in need in concealed packages because of mask theft in the mail. Crime will be different now. As India is in lock down we won't be getting as many phone calls from low-life Microsoft Help Desk scammers for a couple of weeks. I suspect house burglaries will plummet. Carjackings will drop. Some good side effects will come out of this virus. |
| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on March 25, 2020, 12:59:19 am ---"You seen 'em, you play 'em." (Buster Scruggs) I bought 50 masks about 5 years ago and have mailed some out to those in need in concealed packages because of mask theft in the mail. Crime will be different now. As India is in lock down we won't be getting as many phone calls from low-life Microsoft Help Desk scammers for a couple of weeks. I suspect house burglaries will plummet. Carjackings will drop. Some good side effects will come out of this virus. --- End quote --- Crime may drop and seems to do so in areas locked down. A swathe of criminal minds sitting on their hands can't be good news though. |
| jonovid:
The unintended consequences of a 4 to 12 week coronavirus lockdown are shock & change to the core consumer culture! goods & services once most valued are now no longer desirable or just forgotten!. physically going out maybe too difficult. too expensive. if millennials were killing it back in 2019 , now coronavirus has totally utterly cremated it & buried the ashes in 2020. all them public places may just start to disappear, as new habits & new technology fills up the gaps in our lives. once filled by watching live ball sports, drunking , eating in public, and traveling to other places just to do the same. by far the worst is inflation, making once desirable going out, physically going there, way too expensive for most of us. private vehicle ownership, home ownership , international travel , club memberships , private educations , cheap consumer electronics. the golden age of the consumer maybe over! the great depression of the 1930s was followed by War! not a consumer bailout. even if the banks get a bailout. the sheer weight and size of all the failed derivatives may will sink the financial markets. coronavirus is not just another thing that ends in weeks or so you can move on, no its a permanent scar on this civilization! :'( if this is no the case I would be very surprised. consumer confidence just got king-hit in the face! |
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