Maybe Burkas aren't such a bad idea after all.........................
Masks like that don’t help with a virus.
Please read this carefully. It’s the top comment on the Zerohedge piece linked here below.
“I just read a German report from Bavaria that they got one confirmed case in isolation. That patient, a German, works at an international factory that has suppliers and sub-factories in China. A lady from Shanghai was on a training week at the factory, without any symptoms, but showed them on the 23rd when she returned to Shanghai. The way she got the virus was from her parents, who are from Wuhan and visited her just before she left for Germany.
“What this shows is that there is most certainly direct human - human transmission during the incubation period, and also how the virus can be easily transmitted from Wuhan - Shanghai - Bavaria or anywhere else in the world. I have been to China and there is no way that the authorities would or could admit the size of the outbreak, especially not during the Lunar New Year, which assures that it will spread much more than during the rest of the year.”
Don’t many of the female commuters in Asian countries wear masks anyway? Hell, I saw a lot of them in Silicon Valley who did, and I am even seeing that now here in central Texas.
Maybe Burkas aren't such a bad idea after all.........................
From what I recall when the H-1 N-1 virus made its round in 2009 also know as the swine flu virus some one suggested here on FR to use NAC or N-Acetyl Cysteine and to make it work even better along with a healthy dose of buffered C. I have a hunch who ever this person was he may have been associated with the medical profession. I have been taking it ever since with good results as NAC is also a precursor to glutathione one of the most potent anti-oxidants and beneficial for a host conditions. But my main question is will it also be beneficial against this new virus which is circulating? No doubt that there may be a knowledgeable Freeper with a medical background amongst the readers who may possible be able to shed some light on this question. As for myself I do believe that a healthy dose of NAC in combination with buffered ascorbic acid ( C ) certainly can not hurt
Masks alone (of any sort) don’t prevent contracting this virus. Eye protection is also needed. And some way to handle the contaminated mask and goggles (and the rest of your body, clothes, shoes and hair) once you arrive back home.
I agree that those masks are largely useless when it comes to preventing you from catching a virus.
But they DO help stop the spread of aerosols when you sneeze and they communicate “I care about you” which is very important in the Asian culture. It’s mostly the latter virtue signaling that drives their usage in Asia.
It's all about reducing risk.
It seems they may help but not prevent.
However, since they are mostly made in China, then sales due to its virus export may help their economy.