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Here in the UK I only wear a mask in shops, never in the street. And these days I use a 'snood' - just pull it up when necessary.

dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:17 am Here in the UK I only wear a mask in shops, never in the street. And these days I use a 'snood' - just pull it up when necessary.

Used my trusty snood for most of the pandemic. Like you say, was easy... just pull up when entering a mask zone. Been far too hot in the UK for a snood round the neck recently, though.

If one day, the "authorities" think that wearing socks with sandals or not eating chapatis will protect someone from the virus, that will become the order of the day.

Thais are victims of their "educational system" that doesn't teach how to think but teaches what to think.

handdrummer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:39 am
Thais are victims of their "educational system" that doesn't teach how to think but teaches what to think.

Guessing you haven't witnessed the western education system for a while? Same same but different.

Lost wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:27 am

handdrummer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:39 am
Thais are victims of their "educational system" that doesn't teach how to think but teaches what to think.

Guessing you haven't witnessed the western education system for a while? Same same but different.

A long while but I know, in the US, that it's the same. The world is becoming one big China.

And now ------------------------back on subject before the thought police come after us.

A question to the forum (I've had this debate with cousins in the UK earlier today). You're in town shopping (wearing your mask, of course), and you need to sneeze. Do you remove your mask before sneezing, or do you sneeze into your mask and live with the slime until you get home?

This has happened to me several times in reality, and I've always removed my mask and sneezed into my handkerchief. My cousins said most definitely sneeze into their mask.

Big Boy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:17 pm A question to the forum (I've had this debate with cousins in the UK earlier today). You're in town shopping (wearing your mask, of course), and you need to sneeze. Do you remove your mask before sneezing, or do you sneeze into your mask and live with the slime until you get home?

This has happened to me several times in reality, and I've always removed my mask and sneezed into my handkerchief. My cousins said most definitely sneeze into their mask.

Do like me and stifle sneezes. Though it often feels like your eyeballs may explode, and there's research it can cause ear damage, a brain aneurysm and ultimately 'death by sneezing', it eradicates the expulsion of nasal mucus fluid.

I'd be tempted to walk over to the first unmasked shopper i saw and give him Gale Force 10 right in their face.

electricwarrior wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:42 pm I'd be tempted to walk over to the first unmasked shopper i saw and give him Gale Force 10 right in their face.

Would be a right party pooper if victim of said gale force sneeze then explained they were exempt from mask wearing due to a serious health condition.

Whoops.

On a serious note to your post though BB, the internet is generally inconclusive on the matter. Some say sneeze into the mask, others say take the mask off and sneeze into a tissue (or handkerchief in your case). But mostly all say, if you do sneeze into the mask, it needs replacing straight after - not worn about with nasal gunk in it for the rest of the day. (Edit: Ugh, I mean why would you anyway).

So unless you have replacement mask on you, I'd say sneezing into a tissue/hanky is better.

My sneezes usually come as I'm walking around the lake at Khao Tao, so a sneeze (or several) could leave a messy mask for 30 to 45 minutes. Until my cousins mentioned it, I had never even considered the prospect of messing my mask.

This policy by Air Asia, which has been made in accordance with WHO recommendations has come as a bit of a shock to me. This is exactly the kind of mask I've been wearing for the last 18 months. However, the directive does make sense when I think about it. The idea of wearing the mask is to protect others because you can't exhale properly. My kind of mask doesn't inhibit breathing at all. I though I was doing well with my expensive masks, but I've been putting the rest of the human race at risk

I guess I'm going to be ahead of the game post Covid whenever the air quality worsens, because I've got quite a stock of masks

This is useful info. I never realised before that there were two different kinds of N95 masks - now I do. I found the info below, on the LA Times website.

We had to wear the medical version of those N95 masks at work for about 6 months and they do get uncomfortable to wear for long periods due to the slight restriction to breathing.
The ones with an outlet valve are what are used in industry to protect against harmful dust particles, they're for people working in paint shops and that kind of thing.

Wow!!! I've deliberately avoided the ones with the valve hidden. Thank you.