I dunno, what'll be different on 10th August? The announcement today was full of mights, shoulds, coulds maybes and perhapses, pretty much as expected, a ball of smoke. Pennys in Galway is getting it right, telling people not wearing masks to come back when suitably attired in line with the guidelines. Well done, two staff members at the door helping to ensure the safety of Pennys customers.Was the Centra worker not correct, though?
Explainer from The Journal on the new legislation - not that while these premises may not be covered by the legislation, it is possible they will still insist on use of a face covering:
- Post offices, credit unions and banks do not fall under the regulations. Indoor facilities that include any of these three services are also exempt from the requirement
Does anyone know why these are exempt? Is it for security reasons or what?
Does anyone know why these are exempt? Is it for security reasons or what?
That would make sense if it was mandatory not to wear a mask.I assume because having people in masks walking into banks etc was seen as a security risk
That would make sense if it was mandatory not to wear a mask.
Maybe it's because banks. Post offices etc have glass screens in place to protect staff.Does anyone know why these are exempt? Is it for security reasons or what?
If their asthma is that bad they can't use a cloth face covering, they shouldn't be working in a public setting in an outbreak of a severe respiratory virus.
"If a patient’s asthma is so severe that a standard cloth mask prevents them from breathing properly — which she says only includes about 1 percent of asthma patients — then they should be staying home anyway since the risk of them developing severe COVID-19 symptoms may be higher. "
- Sally Wenzel, the director of the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute at UPMC
Has anyone considered the evidence/ scientific publications about the efficacy of masks as a preventative measure in the general public setting ?
Masks don't work.
They should be reserved for the hospital environment.
agree this is disgraceful, as is all littering....see them used and then littered all over town and country..
That's an article. Theres quite a long list of scientific peer reviewed trials in the actual medical literature i.e pub med that would say the opposite. Masks don't work. Just because WHO did a u turn doesn't make them work. They should be reserved for the hospital environment. To see them used and then littered all over town and country is another unwanted effect of bad government decision making. To see individual citizens turning on one another on here and in supermarkets over false science is also regrettable. I wont be wearing one and many people who do are wearing them entirely incorrectly. Therefore they are fooling themselves, wasting money and damaging the environment.
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