Mashing up 😄

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Monster mashing up?

I saw that. I also saw someone on the TV the other day say that there's evidence a mask doesn't stop anyone catching a virus (surprise surprise) but has a little bit of effect in stopping an infected person passing it on. Only a little bit mind.

Then some wummin this morning saying it's only courtesy to wear a face covering if you have a cold or flu and are going into an area where there's a number of people. We've never done this in the history of the planet for colds and flu but now we're inconsiderate if we don't.

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Monster mashing up?

I saw that. I also saw someone on the TV the other day say that there's evidence a mask doesn't stop anyone catching a virus (surprise surprise) but has a little bit of effect in stopping an infected person passing it on. Only a little bit mind.

Then some wummin this morning saying it's only courtesy to wear a face covering if you have a cold or flu and are going into an area where there's a number of people. We've never done this in the history of the planet for colds and flu but now we're inconsiderate if we don't.

Yet another ‘so called expert’ trying to just justify their existence.
Last November(2022) I suffered from an infection of my windpipe which required a course of antibiotics to clear up. I am prone to catching this infection which I have suffered from in the past.
A couple of weeks later I was speaking to a friend on Islay who told me that he was suffering from the same symptoms as I had suffered namely a hacking cough in my windpipe and a streaming nose.
My friend informed me that he was suffering from Covid as he had tested positive on a lateral flow test.
I replied that Covid must have been rife in Dundee in November 1977 as I was suffering from the same symptoms back then.
I received a course of antibiotics from my GP and an insurance line for one week.
In my opinion this so called strain of the Covid virus is nothing more than a heavy cold and throat infection.
The health experts should be telling the media that people suffering from a heavy cold are not suffering from Covid and they should get rid of their lateral flow test kits.

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Monster mashing up?

I saw that. I also saw someone on the TV the other day say that there's evidence a mask doesn't stop anyone catching a virus (surprise surprise) but has a little bit of effect in stopping an infected person passing it on. Only a little bit mind.

Then some wummin this morning saying it's only courtesy to wear a face covering if you have a cold or flu and are going into an area where there's a number of people. We've never done this in the history of the planet for colds and flu but now we're inconsiderate if we don't.

While I won't be doing it and it isn't done in this country, mask wearing when feeling a bit off to protect others has been going on in Asia for many years. I actually thought I was a comical attempt to stop catching colds but it was always to stop giving your germs to others.

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While I won't be doing it and it isn't done in this country, mask wearing when feeling a bit off to protect others has been going on in Asia for many years. I actually thought I was a comical attempt to stop catching colds but it was always to stop giving your germs to others.

It would be helpful if people wore a mask which was tailored to fit their face not the useless ‘one size fits all’ face masks which have a gap at each side to let the germs escape.

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While I won't be doing it and it isn't done in this country, mask wearing when feeling a bit off to protect others has been going on in Asia for many years. I actually thought I was a comical attempt to stop catching colds but it was always to stop giving your germs to others.

I was in Beijing around ten years back and was advised to wear a face covering when out and about. Not because of the risk of catching or passing infection but because of the pollution levels. That's the reason they wear them in more densely populated countries.

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I was in Beijing around ten years back and was advised to wear a face covering when out and about. Not because of the risk of catching or passing infection but because of the pollution levels. That's the reason they wear them in more densely populated countries.

That might be one reason for Beijing but generally across Asia it's to not pass on infection.
Across a lot of Asian countries whether densely populated or not.

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That might be one reason for Beijing but generally across Asia it's to not pass on infection.
Across a lot of Asian countries whether densely populated or not.

My wife was on holiday in Hong Kong in October 2016 and she told me that all the local residents wore face masks because of the air pollution mainly due to traffic fumes.
The locals were not wearing face masks because they might pass on infection. This is another myth peddled by the Dentist and politicians to suit their own agendas.

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My wife was on holiday in Hong Kong in October 2016 and she told me that all the local residents wore face masks because of the air pollution mainly due to traffic fumes.
The locals were not wearing face masks because they might pass on infection. This is another myth peddled by the Dentist and politicians to suit their own agendas.

Your wife is only partially correct.

In Hong Kong it really began in 2002 with SARS and awareness of not spreading infection to others, not a political myth or anything else but a fact. Its effectiveness I highly doubt, but it's why they do it.

Same in other Asian countries I travelled extensively in like China, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam and also Hong Kong.

For a long time I thought they looked rude until I had it explained to me properly over there.

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Your wife is only partially correct.

In Hong Kong it really began in 2002 with SARS and awareness of not spreading infection to others, not a political myth or anything else but a fact. Its effectiveness I highly doubt, but it's why they do it.

Same in other Asian countries I travelled extensively in like China, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam and also Hong Kong.

For a long time I thought they looked rude until I had it explained to me properly over there.

My wife informs me that while the wearing of face masks in Hong Kong may have started in 2002 because of SARS they were certainly being worn in October 2016 because of pollution.

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I was in Beijing around ten years back and was advised to wear a face covering when out and about.

They were being diplomatic.