Coronavirus (COVID-19 Outbreak) (79 Viewers)
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I don't know about De Blasio in particular but "masks don't help" was a popular rhetoric in the US, probably because the people in the know knew there weren't enough masks anyway and they didn't wanna create panic or look incompetent.
Btw, even today there aren't enough masks, not just for the general public but for medical personnel, as well, so there is that.
Btw, even today there aren't enough masks, not just for the general public but for medical personnel, as well, so there is that.
I only know of people being tested who clearly have the virus, one guy who was already a very sickly person so I'd be surprised if he pulls through. I don't know anyone who has been tested who hasn't put themselves forward.
I think basically we're told to stay inside, and generally people are sticking to that, but I only think this week it has dawned on people that it's quite serious, from what I've seen when I've gone out. People cross the road when you walk toward them now. OK, they might have done that with me anyway...
As I mentioned before, the NHS was strained even before this so I see the lack of testing as a serious oversight misjudged as a cost saving exercise. I keep hearing how widespread testing is "a week away", but it always seems to be next week. Right now there is this idea that we do fairly well of just kind of getting on with it, as much as you can either not working or wfh. BoJo knows that British people in general will bunker in. To me it's buying time if nothing else, and obviously that will affect the economy quite seriously.
I think basically we're told to stay inside, and generally people are sticking to that, but I only think this week it has dawned on people that it's quite serious, from what I've seen when I've gone out. People cross the road when you walk toward them now. OK, they might have done that with me anyway...
As I mentioned before, the NHS was strained even before this so I see the lack of testing as a serious oversight misjudged as a cost saving exercise. I keep hearing how widespread testing is "a week away", but it always seems to be next week. Right now there is this idea that we do fairly well of just kind of getting on with it, as much as you can either not working or wfh. BoJo knows that British people in general will bunker in. To me it's buying time if nothing else, and obviously that will affect the economy quite seriously.
884 of those have only been registered today but occured throughout dog knows how many days in nursing homes. They are overall nursing home deaths
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-5400-as-nursing-homes-included-idUSKBN21K31I
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-5400-as-nursing-homes-included-idUSKBN21K31I
If you have used medical masks, throw them in the laundry or wash them by hand with soap and hot water. That way you can reuse medical masks.
If the masks get too thin from reusing, take two masks and put facial tissue in between. The facial tissue will serve as a filter. You can control the garde of the filter by adding more and more layers of facial tissue.
Also, you can use a stretchable cloth (spandex) to make a mask, balaclava style. Then take two sheets of paper towels and in between those put several layers of facial tissue, creating basically a facial tissue sandwich. Put on the spandex/balaclava mask and place the "tissue sandwich" between the mask and your mouth.
If the masks get too thin from reusing, take two masks and put facial tissue in between. The facial tissue will serve as a filter. You can control the garde of the filter by adding more and more layers of facial tissue.
Also, you can use a stretchable cloth (spandex) to make a mask, balaclava style. Then take two sheets of paper towels and in between those put several layers of facial tissue, creating basically a facial tissue sandwich. Put on the spandex/balaclava mask and place the "tissue sandwich" between the mask and your mouth.