Quote Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK View Post
I've said this before somewhere on here. I guy that i know is nearing the end of his studies to become a doctor. I asked him about masks and he replied...I don't know..There have been studies that show that masks aren't that effective during surgery, those studies being from the 90's until now. Some countries have politiczed masks to get their own gain (USA)
Firstly, I wear masks when required to do so, on a bus, in a shop, we no longer wear them in our office at work having been previously requested to do so before it was relaxed, if a client turns up in a mask, I will ask the client if he would feel more comfortable if I wear a mask, I worked for a company for 15 years who specified, designed and manufactured the filter media that goes into N95 and other masks, Masks are in the main just for political purposes with those on the left screaming mask mask, mask, and those on the right basically saying feck it, load of bollox. Because of a previous background in filtration, it was something that I took interest in, and because of the continuing arguments over them at the time I could find no peer reviewed evidence that masks could prevent a virus particle but I don’t think it is clear cut as that, much of the viral load will be emitted in what we called suspended solids and this is where I believe that masks, whilst not being able to filter the micron rating of the virus, forms a barrier that could filter the suspended solids containing the virus particles, just look at Flop 26 with world leaders totally mask less, then going in front of the telly, lined up putting the mask on for optics, I don’t have an objection to masks, and as winter is upon us I think will help in keeping flu and other respiratory illness at bay, filtration media will have moved on significantly which I have no knowledge of, the arguments for and against have become tedious, if I get into a crowded situation, I don’t care if those around are masked or not (example gig) a recent gig I went to, I masked up but not required to, plenty around didn’t but I just enjoyed the gig. Once the snuffling and coughing starts in the office, I will start wearing a mask in the office as I tend to suffer when getting cold and because of this was always ahead of the crowd regarding hand gel, I had antibacterial wash and hand gel on my desk long before it went crazy.