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Happy to see more masks about today

Very reassuring to see more masks being worn today. People even wearing along the street too. Sweden not faring too well and neither is Netherlands with their more relaxed approaches throughout.

Alina Danford ● 2291d38 Comments

There was an article in the Times this morning about Italy. When they came out of their strict lockdown in late April, they were told to wear face coverings, even in the street, with which they have largely complied. Three months on there is no sign of the spike in infections which some other countries on the European mainland are experiencing.

Susan Kelly ● 2291d

Whilst welcoming their use inside buildings, there is no evidence whatsoever that they are of any use outside, where 'social distancing' is much, much easier and transmission of the virus from person to person is much less likely.A recent medical report in China suggested that 98% of all known virus infection 'clusters' had definitely occurred indoors and I do believe that every single one of the recent 'spikes' around the world (and in the UK) can be traced back to an internal environment.

David Noades ● 2291d

You wont get me walking around with one on. Infact i forgot and went into a shop without one. I was reminded but not turned away. Think i will stay away from as many shops as possible. Ive only once put on a face mask as i had to travel on a bus with someone,could not wait to get if off faster. Gastly things for me.

Julian Pavey ● 2291d

I didn't say they were helpful outside, merely that the Italians are wearing them. Not taking them on and off all the time probably helps. It means less touching of them and no forgetting to put them on when you go back inside.

Susan Kelly ● 2290d

Go into a bank with social distance mapping on the floor and with staff behind screens and you wont get in the door without one. Go into a pub or restuarant  and you dont need one. Bonkers.

Julian Pavey ● 2290d

"Social Distancing" seems to be a very moveable feast in Chiswick.  When there are so many women whom seem to 'own their own space' so much so that they are prepared to walk into me directly, even to the point of changing their direction to aim right at me, very strange.Then there are those men and women so busy staring at their phones they bounce off me with a mumbled "sorry" - social contact, far from social distancing.I'm overtired looking after everyone else, by dancing to avoid them so I've given up,  because they can't be bothered to look after anyone else even themselves, it seems.Outside the ice cream parlours SD has been thrown away, after all "lockdown is over".Masks may or may not help - personally I think they do, so I'll continue to wear mine every time I step out onto Covid High Street.  I don't know my infection status but I'd rather keep myself and everyone else safe(r) - not a popular view it seems these days.

Martin Weaver ● 2289d

Alina, I have to correct you, things have turned out pretty well in Sweden thus far despite no lockdown, just a thought..

Michelangelo Giuliano ● 2288d

I'm surprised you say that unless you mean from a purely financial point of view.  Sweden has the fifth highest number of cases per million population in the world and the seventh highest death rate.

Viv Griffiths ● 2288d

Martin - all these women making for you, obviously it's your sheer animal magnetism.  Don't worry, it'll pass.

Micki Hawkes ● 2288d

Alina, nothing at all reassuring to see more masks being worn. Why do you think it's reassuring? They are a complete waste of time, and serve no purpose whatsoever - except to make you look rather silly. In case you didn't read the following: " The WHO have said that there is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit, and if the mask is not worn correctly, then there is no benefit. Professor Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, said that "wearing masks would do next to nothing to combat the outbreak or reduce the wearer's risk of contracting Covid-19. After all, these disgusting, soggy masks have a nasty habit of trapping the virus, and is not a good idea, and could put the wearer at risk of contracting covid-19, according to Dr Jenny Harries, a Deputy Chief Medical Officer. And another DCMO, the well respected Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said that healthy people wearing masks would not reduce the spread.If it is so important to wear one of these muzzles in shops, why is it not necessary to wear one in a pub? Politics comes into the equation I would guess. I doubt if BJ would be keen on upsetting on the hospitality industry.So who's wearing a mask and why?

Brian Coyle ● 2288d

Me, because it's polite and courteous to fellow shoppers and retail staff and may stop infection transansmiiting.You no, because you are a Brexit dunce

Carl Wynne ● 2288d

All this 'modelling' we had at the start said that Sweden would have 90,000 deaths if they didn't lockdown. They've had about 5,000, 80% in care homes, which they admit they handled badly (sounds familiar!).

Susan Kelly ● 2288d

The mandatory wearing of masks in shops will never end, but mask wearing everywhere will become compulsory, as the requirement is not about health but draconian control and dehumanising animal-like branding, the intensity of which will increase. The DNA-changing vaccine will be introduced regardless of need, efficacy and safety, but will not allow for the removal of masks in public, for the virus will continuously mutate, and people will be always required to wait for the next DNA-changing vaccine. With the economy already destroyed, people, now reduced to muzzled slaves, will comply to all measures imposed upon them in order to survive in the new totalitarian State; all achieved by a sheeple-fooling virus fraud by the satanic ruling elite, aided enormously by BBC shills, LBC shills, other mainstream media shills, and even helped by people on this forum - such as Jayne Thorburn and Alina Danford. By the way, is this your real name, AD?

Michael Brown ● 2288d

What evidence/proof do you have that there will be a DNA-changing vaccine? And what exactly do you mean by 'DNA-changing' in the above context?And what do you know that proves that we will constantly need new vaccines? Influenza vaccines change every year but measles vaccines don't.

Andrew Jones ● 2288d

Sir, I object to your unqualified claims. You say that not wearing a face mask in confined spaces is the mark of someone who voted for Brexit. But you fail to substantiate that. So I will help. The Brexit vote was against stuff. A rejection. Notionally for “Great Britain” but not today’s UK, rather yesterday’s England. A vague notion of Empire and every man and his castle. Against them others. Them others who try to curtail and limit. So the resistance to masks is that, against those who wish to curtail, impose and limit freedom to do as we wish. Even if that wish is so very self centred. The mask is uncomfortable and irritating. I dislike it and I can find reason or excuse to doubt the rationale for having to wear it. I’m against masks. I’ve no alternative or better suggestions. But I’ll vote against masks. I’m sure we will find an agreement with virus that is better than before. After all, the virus needs us more then we need it.

Alan Clark ● 2288d

Sweden appears to have become very reluctant to keep track of their daily figures on worldometer.  4 or 5 days a week Sweden gives that days cases and deaths but they do not run a day by day list as other countries do.Although the graphs are updated they do not seem to tally with the daily reporting, and Sweden now has a worse death toll for the population size than the USA. It appears the lack of lockdown and other measures may have been a terrible mistake.

Viv Griffiths ● 2288d

"Me, because it's polite and courteous to fellow shoppers and retail staff and may stop infection transansmiiting.You no, because you are a Brexit dunce".Poor old Carl. I'll try my best to descend to your level, but it's such a long way down, I'm not sure I'll get there, but I'll keep trying.Wearing a muzzle has nothing to do with being polite and courteous to anybody. It's just pointless, as I've shown and explained. If you don't understand or accept what I've said, please say so with your reasons. Also, perhaps you could try hard and respond to the following, which I posted earlier. " I am really amazed at the number of people who are so ignorant of the facts, that they simply accept everything at face value. The WHO have said that there is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit, and if the mask is not worn correctly, then there is no benefit. Professor Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, said that "wearing masks would do next to nothing to combat the outbreak or reduce the wearer's risk of contracting Covid-19. After all, these disgusting, soggy masks have a nasty habit of trapping the virus, and is not a good idea, and could put the wearer at risk of contracting covid-19, according to Dr Jenny Harries, a Deputy Chief Medical Officer. And another DCMO, the well respected Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said that healthy people wearing masks would not reduce the spread.If it is so important to wear one of these muzzles in shops, why is it not necessary to wear one in a pub? Politics comes into the equation I would guess. I doubt if BJ would be keen on upsetting on the hospitality industry.So who's wearing a mask and why?" And while you're at it, can you please explain exactly what "transansmiiting" means? Nothing to do with Sandhurst is it? I've checked with the OED, and my trusty 'Observers Book of Odd Words (1959 edition), but can find nothing. Also, I can't quite see the correlation between wearing/not wearing a mask, and Brexit, and neither does anyone else from what I can see. You didn't vote the wrong way did you by any chance, and consequently feel a bit disgruntled? Why did you think it pertinent to mention it? Mind you, the current weather has a lot to do with Brexit doesn't it?     

Brian Coyle ● 2287d

Any response Carl, or have you gone into hibernation? What specifically do you disagree with in my post? And please promise us all not to mention Brexit, and I won't mention left right, left right....

Brian Coyle ● 2285d

Brian, you are arguing with someone who doesn't seem to understand that taking a car to a garage is a necessity for an MoT test.

Richard Greenhough ● 2285d

But how can this be so? He's one of Sandhurst's finest, er something or other - 4 star General I believe.

Brian Coyle ● 2285d

There’s no contradiction. If we increase overall risk by doing things we like, such as going to the pub or a restaurant, where face coverings are obviously impractical, we need to reduce risk elsewhere by, amongst other things, wearing face coverings.

William Beausire ● 2285d

Brian, I don’t find it helpful to respond to absolute tossers. Does that help?

Carl Wynne ● 2285d

What a twat this bloke is.

Basil Finnis ● 2285d

Someone posts about being happy to see people wearing face masks, cool, it makes them and thousands of others feel more comfortable. Then within a handful of posts the forum keyboard warriors come out to bicker along with the resident 'they're trying to change our DNA' guy. Madness.This forum is unfortunately pretty pathetic sometimes.

Nick Hunt ● 2285d

I took the tube to Blackfriars yesterday, then back from Tower Hill a couple of hours later. I didn't see anyone without a mask on the trains.

Susan Kelly ● 2285d

German doctors get together to expose the covid fraud as a guise to strip populations of their rights and freedoms. They say that a vaccine is unnecessary and express concerns about the RNA vaccine being considered, which is able to change the genetic make-up: 

Michael Brown ● 2285d

Italian doctor speaks out against Bill Gates DNA changing vaccines, saying our natural immune system works perfectly against covid (as has proven to be the case in people with properly functioning immune systems).

Michael Brown ● 2284d

Isn't it a bit dotty to rely on the biased opinion of the ACU (Abilene Christian University)?

Viv Griffiths ● 2284d

34 degrees forecast for tomorrow (Friday).  Don't forget, if you have trouble breathing or feel severe distress take off your mask.(And don't bother to put it back on)

Andy Riley ● 2284d

I like the use of masks, how often do you return home with a cold after sitting in doctor's or Hospital waiting area, think they should continue to be worn after this epidemic in those areas.

Janice Evans ● 2284d

"in those areas"I don't disagree - it is the mandatory edicts backed up by threats of fines I object to.

Andy Riley ● 2284d

Spanish holidays ruined for thousands of UK holidaymakers and travel firms alike.  2 confirmed 'covid' deaths confirmed in Spain today.

Michael Brown ● 2284d

...and 38 'covid' deaths confirmed in UK, today. It's time for people to rise and fight this destructive scam.

Michael Brown ● 2284d

In South Korea, people look at you like an idiot, if you dont wear a mask. It was also mandatory since March and still is with huge penalties. I'm curious as to why it wasnt so in the UK.

Jimmy Kim ● 2283d

"Brian, I don’t find it helpful to respond to absolute tossers. Does that help?". Yes thanks, Carl. It just confirms to all of us, as if we didn't know already, that you are a first class, longstanding plonker. All that square bashing...

Brian Coyle ● 2280d

After 5 days it might have been a good idea to let it go, Brian. atb.

Keith Iddon ● 2280d

Sorry Keith, but I was mowing the lawn.

Brian Coyle ● 2280d

You must have a huge garden or have you been using nail scissors?

Keith Iddon ● 2280d