On 28/03/2020 07:19, mm0fmf wrote:
On 28/03/2020 06:28, wrote:
When I go out, I see lots of people wearing masks. I also see medical
people wearing masks when dealing with COVID-19 cases. Why is this?
The BBC was unequivocal, at the start of this crisis, in stating that
masks are not useful as a preventive measure against COVID-19.

Was the BBC wrong, or lying? I don't recall seeing/hearing any
official retraction of the previously stated position.

Bill.


You mean this:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-51881555/coronavirus-do-face-masks-actually-work


Seems to explain when you need them and when not.


Interestingly, many of the people shown in that are not wearing them
properly. They have a gap on either side of the nose, which should be
closed by adjusting the malleable strip in the top edge of the mask.

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Colin Bignell