88V8 wrote:Mike4 wrote:Would you really be wearing a facemask for four hours that often for it to be a problem?
The answer is disposable masks. About 50p each and widely available now.
Mmm, fair point.
Disposable... single-use plastic. It's hard to 'do the right thing'.
V8
Isn't it just. I tried to give the Tesco delivery bod a huge stack of their carrier bags they delivered my last three months-worth of my shopping in, and marked "Please return for re-use", and he would not take them!
I think the absolute TONNE of disposable PPE being used at the moment worldwide is a disaster, but paling into insignificance compared to the nearly 400,000 deaths worldwide from C-19 so far, 10% of them in the UK.
On the mask front, I use both disposable masks and home made masks at work, usually wearing them for 1 to 2 hours at a time. I don't find the probs you mention, but I get two others. If I'm doing anything physical I get out of breath much more easily with a mask on, and secondly they steam up my spectacles!
I can live with both, given the benefit to anyone near me and I like to see others wearing them for my benefit.