The Balearics will not be making face masks obligatory in hospitals and day centres for now despite a major increase in the number of Covid cases over the festive period.
No face masks for now, say Balearics despite big increase in Covid cases
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Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyI totally agree with your comments apart from the first 2 sentences - yes, it would have been hugely beneficial against the spread of Covid BUT, masks were not available. I remember searching Amazon in early March 2020 but, whilst numerous offers were displayed, none were available before July at the earliest. In most Asian countries, if someone has a cold or a cough, they will wear a mask out of courtesy for others. Yes, masks aren't 100% infallible but neither are parachutes but I wouldn't jump out of plane without one.
Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyI won't be wearing one that's for sure. Lol
Most countries that battled with Covid now realise that face masks were made compulsory far too late in the pandemic's lifecycle. At the earliest signs of the pandemic masks should have been mandated and lives would have been saved. Essentially what masks do is to protect others from the wearer's germs, so preventing spread. They don't protect the wearer as such which is why there was a minority backlash against them and some people saw their mandate as a Government conspiracy. Here's what the latest science research tells us - Research shows that under most circumstances, mask wearing has no significant adverse health effects on the people who wear them (CDC, 2021). Masks are primarily intended to stop people from spreading droplets that contain the virus, which is especially important people who are asymptomatic or presymptomatic. These people may feel well and may not know they are infectious (CDC, 2021). While all masks provide some level of protection, properly fitting masks provide the highest level of protection. Wearing a highly protective masks are important for certain higher-risk situations, or for some people at increased risk for severe disease (CDC, 2022). Community mask wearing is an effective non-medical way to reduce the spread of this infection. It is effective in preventing someone from spreading or getting the virus (JAMA Network). Surely we're not going to have to endure this debate a second time around. Wear a mask. It makes sense.
SaraHe knows far more than surgeons and scientists as he has done 'research' on YouTube, on his lunch break on his job of cleaning the decks on boats .
James WalkerYou’re like a stuck record. Dust masks and those that you make at home from your old underwear or whatever obviously don’t work, and a lot of people were using homemade masks back in 2020, certainly at the beginning. Properly certified FFP2 or surgical masks do work as is pretty obvious to anyone with some intelligence. Why do you think surgeons, for example, wear them and always have?
Can't believe, people still believe in that bs and taking it seriously
James WalkerYou write this because you do not understand the purpose.
Because they don't work.