A doctor writing in the Daily Mail today. I completely agree. Face masks are OBVIOUSLY beneficial in slowing down the spread of this virus, not only do they obstruct person to person transmission they also inhibit the distribution of droplets when people cough and sneeze in public places, i.e. the droplets don't end up on surfaces to be later picked up by other people.
The science is clear on this now but the problem is that you can't buy them anywhere because guess what, the perfect storm of shortage and greed is playing out in front of our eyes. If you look on line you'll find that a pack of 50 masks is £50, however when I bought a pack back in February I got 100 for £5, and even that is OTT for the materials involved! (there must be a way of making these at home, I can predict a run on the price of elastic coming!)
IMO the government should requisition some garment factories (we must have at least a couple left in the UK?) and get unemployed people or convicts manufacturing surgical masks as fast as possible and by the million; they should have done this 4 weeks ago at the start of the lock down and by now should be handing them out at tube stations, on buses and in supermarkets. Fat chance though, I think this Government should have a lot to answer for when this is over, but unfortunately I fear that it'll all be brushed under the carpet as the weaker minded in our nation feel sorry for Boris, and the rest of us are simply relieved that the surviving population has in fact, survived!
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