In message , at 01:35:15 on Wed, 20 May
2020, Recliner remarked:

Unlike in most other countries, masks are neither supplied not mandatory
for the public in the UK. The government has always made clear that they
were of no benefit to the wearer, and of limited benefit to others. It's
always insisted that medical grade PPE was reserved for health care
professionals, not the public.

I think they are issuing FFP3 masks to essential public sector workers,
who aren't strictly speaking "health care professionals".

And the funny thing is, those disposable 'surgical masks' we presume are
arriving on P2F's may not even be FFP2.
--
Roland Perry