MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 16/06/2020 20:59, Recliner wrote:
MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 16/06/2020 16:56, tim... wrote:

good god

I was expecting something functionally superior

Functional..? NONE of the ridiculous things being worn by the public at
large are remotely functional.


In what sense?

In the sense that people have them on for.

Unless you are a medical professional or you have the training to use
the correct mask in the correct way (including disposal) then it isn't
going to be any use.

Of course it will. The purpose is simply to significantly reduce the
distance that droplets from an infected person are projected. It's not
intended to filter them all out. And they aren't claimed to protect the
wearer.


Once you touch them, then they are contaminated, and so are your hands
and anything you touch.


The hands of an infected person are almost certainly contaminated anyway,
so the masks won't make things worse.