More generally there are a lot of articles based on a a poor grasp of the stats of C19 at the moment.
I'm inclined to agree on the mask wearing thing - certainly in the UK, absent any specific mask quality requirement, we cannot really say it does much, and in terms of behaviour it may make things worse, as now it is 1metre plus or 2 metres without, so people feel more (unwisely) confident to come closer together generally.
At my place of work we are supposed to wear a mask moving around the place, but do not need to wear it while working at a location once we have got there.
I suspect the saving grace for us is actually not that at all, but the fact the folk do not come in if they are feeling unwell, and given only a few hundred are on site rattling about in a building designed for rather more means that both the chance of anyone in the building having it is low, and the chances of them passing it on are also low.
For folk working with lots of sources or lots of possible victims, for example in schools or old folks homes I suggest the risk of becoming a carrier, if not a victim, is less negligible, and worth trying to reduce where practical.
More generally there are a lot of articles based on a a poor grasp of the stats of C19 at the moment.
I'm inclined to agree on the mask wearing thing - certainly in the UK, absent any specific mask quality requirement, we cannot really say it does much, and in terms of behaviour it may make things worse, as now it is 1metre plus or 2 metres without, so people feel more (unwisely) confident to come closer together generally.
At my place of work we are supposed to wear a mask moving around the place, but do not need to wear it while working at a location once we have got there.
I suspect the saving grace for us is actually not that at all, but the fact the folk do not come in if they are feeling unwell, and given only a few hundred are on site rattling about in a building designed for rather more means that both the chance of anyone in the building having it is low, and the chances of them passing it on are also low.
For folk working with lots of sources or lots of possible victims, for example in schools or old folks homes I suggest the risk of becoming a carrier, if not a victim, is less negligible, and worth trying to reduce where practical.
