StraightWhiteMale wrote:I have noticed it is asians who wear those masks and they have been doing it for years. The Viet bloke at my work says it is because over there they have poor air quality and also when they are sick they don't want to spread diseases to others whilst in public.
You see people walking around Brisbane city with their masks on. They can wear a mask covering their face but I can't wear a balaclava into a bank? How rude.....
Ziad wrote:They stop particles in air like dust and or gas fumes.
The only relevance is that the virus is carried in spit particles that people emit anytime they speak or cough etc.
Mate i thought i had seen it all, on eBay today i saw someone selling a single mask for $19.99 plus $9.99 postage....rotfl
Atleast in the US, eBay has decided to ban all ads of n95 and n100 masks...if only eBay Australia do that
Wapiti wrote:My wife is an emergency dept specialist doctor, and i can tell you that if you think the masks they use in the hospitals DAILYwhen faced with anyone suspected of a virus do nothing, you are mistaken.
They are simple P2 masks made for this, but they use the duckbill type that stand off your nose and mouth, so any particles sucked onto the exterior surface do not contact your mucous membranes, that's the idea anyway.
ANY mask is better than no mask, even a simple P1 dust mask you might use for grinding. But the virus is stopped by any P2 or better.
The Necrosis that eats out your lung tissue from Coronavirus, is best not picked up. Doesn't help you breathe afterwards.
flutch wrote:Just grow a beard and tuck it up under your sunnies, instant mask
StraightWhiteMale wrote:
Dad was telling me when he was in the army in Croatia they were not allowed beards because it stops the gas mask from sealing. I think thats one of the reasons its a common grooming standard in armies.
flutch wrote:Love living on the farm, paddock is full of food, we already have bulk supplies, we already have bulk ammo and f-a, we already have fuel, we already have water, we already have basically everything city plebs don't. And if we run out of s**t paper, plenty of crossbred wool and we can always designate a dam for ass washing haha
Die Judicii wrote:
Precisely.
This is the very reason Mr and Mrs China and all of their offspring are trying ( ? succeeded ) to buy Australia..
Ziad wrote:Mate do you actually realise even Chinese cannot buy a house or land in China, at the most its a 100 year lease.
Using same logic or govt will need to stop us buying and owning land