Advice on wearing masks or face coverings

I’ve been watching the response to the recent ending of advice to wear masks or face coverings, and its been interesting.

Locally (which means Glasgow) there was a slow response, then it was as if everybody noticed everybody else wasn’t wearing anything, and it was almost like ‘Monkey see, monkey do’, and I see few wearers.

By way of contrast, I’ve been watching live video from the streets of Asian countries, and they have largely ignored the change, with most people still masking up, so far.

For the time being, I won’t change my habit of wearing a face covering in enclosed areas, such as shops and public transport, given the filthy habits I see some sad individuals don’t regard as disgusting.

This, of course, has nothing to do with being an awkward so-and-so, or enjoying the freedom to mouth abuse at some people from behind my face covering :-)

Keep Wearing Masks

On a more serious note, I’m intrigued, since the pandemic has not been declared as ‘Over’, although in countries like the UK measures are now being reported to have led to falling infection rates.

It will be interesting to see if this trend continues with the mask ruling change, or if that stalls, or returns to an increase.

If it did, nowadays, I almost wonder if there would be any point in telling the public, given the power the conspiracy theorists and nutjobs have proven to hold over a major portion of the population.

Now, I’d be quite happy if they said nothing (provided the information was released on sensible outlets of course), and just left Darwin to quietly remove the dross.

I also have access to a supply of ‘special’ masks, which are free for those who don’t want to follow advice from official or government sponsored sources.

Free Masks

Belgium apparently has ‘Bad news for coronavirus’

Since I’ve given up on the usual news, I thought I’d mention this for others who are also fed up with ‘the media’.

This is possibly a sad day, and possibly also bad news for many more, as it may mark the end of days when it’s acceptable to go out wearing a face-covering and be able to make rude, but honest, faces at all the idiots and morons that seem to fill the streets nowadays.

The most recent ‘release’ I enjoyed this face-covering option for was during a recent bus trip. I’m not sure how many of my fellow travellers would have joined in (but their faces showed growing irritation), but I think a woman on the phone was potentially close to the end of her existence as she talked (more like shouted) to some poor sod non-stop (for the half-hour I was on board) in some sort of guttural foreign/non-English language, who never got the chance of getting a word in during that time, or realised they could just have hung up, and ended her tirade, unless they were too scared of what she would do to them if they did hang up, and she arrived home none too pleased with them.

The way some people behave in public makes me wonder if their minders are lying dead, out of sight, in a pool of blood somewhere nearby.

Bad news for coronavirus

You know what I mean.

Nice Mug

Maybe this cartoon should be a card that can be handed to Covidiots

I had to venture out on some fairly long bus trips over the past week or two, something I’ve not really needed to do much in recent months.

Despite quite a heavy sign presence stating “Wear your mask, it’s the law, not your choice”, I’ve never seen anyone be refused access to a bus (since this came into force), while the number of people who don’t seem to be able to get their masks over their nose is growing.

Bear in mind the reason for a mask is not to protect the wearer from Covid-19, but to reduce the spread from anyone who may be infected – if the numbers have not been revises, then the effectiveness against infection is about 5%, but that rises to about 20% for preventing spread from an infected person.

So, NOT wearing a mask, or wearing it improperly, means someone who DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT OTHERS!

I doubt there’s any chance this cartoon might ever be made into a poster – I’m pretty sure the PC Brigade would be fast to have it declared an obscene publication, and banned from public places lest it cause offence.

But I suspect that could be circumvented if private individuals had cards printed – and could hand them out, or pin them onto Covidiots wearing their masks as depicted.

Masked Morons

So, masks and face coverings – seemingly most people still don’t have a clue

I still find it slightly weird and unsettling when I go out and wander among ‘ordinary’ people.

Either the education regarding masks and face covering is inadequate (which I would say it is as I had to go dig up the relevant reports online before I had any understanding behind these tools), or people are dumb. Sad to say, either option probably covers most of the people I get too close to when I’m out.

At its simplest, masking reduces the possibility of an infected person spreading the virus, rather than preventing a wearer from being infected – in the roundest of number, the last figure I saw given was that it is SEVEN time more effective at preventing a carrier from spreading than from stopping an uninfected person from being infected.

As this is mainly down to preventing an airborne spray or aerosol from getting between any two people – hence the 2 metre distancing – wandering around outside wearing a mask while alone, or driving alone, ever so slightly pointless.

Quite different in enclosed spaces of course, such as shops or public transport.

Being masked and had the double dose, I find I’m either being glared at, or told I’m ‘TOO CLOSE’ by elderly people in queues.

One day, I’m going to crack with one of them, and tell them if I’m too close, they’re free to back off, as far away from me as they like, rather than increase the risk for both of us by staying close enough and berating me with their potentially virus tainted breath and spit.

I’ve seen some interesting graphics recently, reproduced below.

 

 

Keep On Masking

 

 

Anti-vax helpers

Yet nobody can be prosecuted for this child’s death.

The next seemingly applies to a party held in Australia, where it seems they’ve made a real hash of dealing with the pandemic.

 

And finally, for now at least, a video I’ve had hanging around from the start of 2021, just to see how things developed during the year.

Long enough, I think, to suggest people really should be making lists of people and companies to boycott, and drive into the wilderness.

Many companies deserve to go under as, especially in the past few weeks as lockdown has been eased for some – their owners have complained long and loud about NOT being included in the first round of easing, suggesting they will open for business regardless, as they NEED their customers back through their doors to make money.

Great way to treat your customers and your business.

Get them through your doors while the figures still say certain business remain at risk, meaning any customers who DO visit stand an increased risk of infection, and even death or disablements.

Exactly WHO will THOSE business owners be complaining to later, after they’ve killed or maimed their customers, and there aren’t enough left to keep them profitable?

Is this woman still around and being followed by a crowd of adoring morons?

I have no idea, as I would not taint my browser’s history file by searching for her – but think people like her should be held to account for their potentially dangerous/lethal nonsense.