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| Zero999:
--- Quote from: coppice on July 22, 2020, 02:54:42 pm --- --- Quote from: Zero999 on July 22, 2020, 02:11:36 pm ---Oh, so it looks like visors don't provide as much protection as I origionally thought. It also implies masks provide more protection for the wearer, than I thought too. I'm happy to admit I'm wrong about this. --- End quote --- Visors provide a high degree of protection, but not from breath. Dentists have been wearing them since AIDS first appeared, to catch spray from working on a patient's mouth. When you look at the amount of spray they catch, its surprising dentists didn't always wear these things just to keep clean. Nurses and other medical people have been wearing them for years, because again they are at risk from spray coming from patients during procedures. --- End quote --- Yes that's all true and whether a visor protects against COVID-19 or not, depends on the main mode of transmission, which I thought was droplets, in the form of spray from coughs, sneezes and when people are talking, but if it's air-bourn, it won't do much. Unfortunately it's becoming more likely the main mode of transmission is air-bourn, hence why visors don't help much. I don't know why dentists wore visors to protect against HIV, which is not transmitted by spray, or was that in the early days, when not much was known about it? The last time I saw my dentist, they didn't wear a visor, just a mask, but it was before the COVID-19 was known to be present in the UK. I'd imagine that's changed since. |
| maginnovision:
My wife was just told by her CEO that they're letting go of ~85% of their employees. They've all been working from home and I think they find out at the end of the month. |
| tom66:
--- Quote from: coppice on July 22, 2020, 02:54:42 pm --- --- Quote from: Zero999 on July 22, 2020, 02:11:36 pm ---Oh, so it looks like visors don't provide as much protection as I origionally thought. It also implies masks provide more protection for the wearer, than I thought too. I'm happy to admit I'm wrong about this. --- End quote --- Visors provide a high degree of protection, but not from breath. Dentists have been wearing them since AIDS first appeared, to catch spray from working on a patient's mouth. When you look at the amount of spray they catch, its surprising dentists didn't always wear these things just to keep clean. Nurses and other medical people have been wearing them for years, because again they are at risk from spray coming from patients during procedures. --- End quote --- Every dentist I have ever been to has worn a face shield during any procedure that produces aerosols - like drilling. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 04:24:13 am ---My wife was just told by her CEO that they're letting go of ~85% of their employees. They've all been working from home and I think they find out at the end of the month. --- End quote --- What industry? |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: tom66 on July 23, 2020, 07:31:25 am --- --- Quote from: coppice on July 22, 2020, 02:54:42 pm --- --- Quote from: Zero999 on July 22, 2020, 02:11:36 pm ---Oh, so it looks like visors don't provide as much protection as I origionally thought. It also implies masks provide more protection for the wearer, than I thought too. I'm happy to admit I'm wrong about this. --- End quote --- Visors provide a high degree of protection, but not from breath. Dentists have been wearing them since AIDS first appeared, to catch spray from working on a patient's mouth. When you look at the amount of spray they catch, its surprising dentists didn't always wear these things just to keep clean. Nurses and other medical people have been wearing them for years, because again they are at risk from spray coming from patients during procedures. --- End quote --- Every dentist I have ever been to has worn a face shield during any procedure that produces aerosols - like drilling. --- End quote --- I've never had my teeth drilled before, so that would explain why I've not seen a dentist wear a visor. --- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 04:24:13 am ---My wife was just told by her CEO that they're letting go of ~85% of their employees. They've all been working from home and I think they find out at the end of the month. --- End quote --- What does she do and how has her job been impacted by the pandemic? I think if we have a long term recession, it will be due to trade barriers, rather than the pandemic. |
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