Sorry......more mask talk

I have asthma and have tried several different types of mask. I’ve discovered I can tolerate the disposable ones for short periods so have bought a couple of packs. The problem with my mask is it seems to ride up my nose so I end up with the top edge across my eyes! Maybe my nose is at an odd angle .....

The French prime minister said all pedestrians would have to wear face masks in public areas in the capital

I think we get off lightly.

My nose starts to run when I have a mask on and I can’t wipe it. I always used to get a drippy nose when going into a warm building but at least I could use a hanky then.

JenniferEccles

I wonder if those who can’t get on with masks have tried a visor?

They feel much less claustrophobic and no problem at all with glasses misting up !

Unfortunately, visors do not give the same protection as masks as the air borne droplets escape under and around the sides of the visor.

jennifereccles Visors do not supply full protection as droplets will escape around the edge of the visor. Anyone wearing a visor should also wear a mask.

Visors might not supply full protection but they are surely better than nothing for people who cannot tolerate masks?

If masks are so great why have infections gone up since we've all started wearing them

I wear hearing aids and glasses so masks don't work for me as there isn't room behind my delicate lugs for elastic as well and the hearing aids kept pinging off. So I wear a tubular scarf. SeaSalt as a rule. Double or treble thickness they're very efficient and I can lift the bottom edge away from my chin to get my breath if I start to gasp.

A local cake shop ladies wear them all day and have sewn the layers together.

But Biscuit the problem is that they are not being worn by “everyone”

and also there are so many exemptions for so many people.

I am medically exempted from wearing a mask, but I do wear it in public places, in taxis and in the occasional restaurant when we have been out ( a total of twice, since February!).

I can’t wear it when I am walking outdoors and have had some hard stares!
It’s a struggle to wear it, when I do, but I persevere, for obvious reasons.

I suffer from ‘over breathing’ sometimes called hyperventilation and I hate wearing a mask as it makes me hyperventilate more as I panic a bit. However I do wear one every time I go out. I wouldn’t dream of not wearing one as I feel safer wearing one and would probably panic more not wearing one. As I suffer from anxieties I do not go out very often preferring to have shopping and veg boxes delivered and ordering many other things online.

I only discovered recently that the bog standard disposable masks we use have a metal strip insert on one side, which can be moulded to your nose. Hey presto, my glasses no longer steam up! Or hardly at all - nothing like they used to.

My niece has bad anxiety after being held by and ex boyfriend who covered her mouth with his hands a lot, so she is exempt on good grounds. She dost need oxygen but cannot wear a mask. This is hidden disability.

My daughter in law has Alzheimer's disease and keeps pulling her mask off. People are very quick to judge and dont realise about hidden disabilities. Some have been very unkind as she doesn't conform to their image of someone with Dementia or Alzheimer's.

I have both severe asthma and copd and wear a mask on the few occasions I have been out even though I don't have to.
My glasses do steam up a bit but I have done what previous posters have recommended and wash them in soapy water to help prevent it, also I make sure that the wire over my nose is snug.

I clean my glasses with a tiny blob of washing up liquid, neat, and then don't rinse them but rub hard with a dry cloth until they are clear. This stops them misting up - I was told this trick by an optician years ago. I have also bought (online) some soft silicone inserts (they look a bit like a mini dog muzzle) that you fit over your nose and mouth before putting on the mask. This keeps the centre part away from your mouth and nose whilst still allowing the mask to mould to your face round the edges.

JenniferEccles Visors are not an alternative to masks. Visors protect the wearer, not other people. That is why hairdressers are advised by their association.

Sorry! Chopped a bit off

Hairdressers are advised to wear bith

Actually I was looking (well being bombarded by adverts) for masks, and even those from reputable companies with disposable filters in them, all had disclaimers saying that they were not a protection against the virus. So begs the question of why we are having to use them, if they don't offer protection. If they don't protect the wearer, then they also don't protect those around them. I hasten to add I do wear a face covering, a neck tube well ruched up together into several layers, in shops but absolutely hate it. I find them so distracting that I even forgot to take my shopping with me yesterday, I was in such a rush to get out of the shop and get my face uncovered! And don't get me started about the added cost to the environment of all the disposable masks, especially those just discarded on the ground, trees, other people's gardens, wildlife getting caught up in them, etc. Rant over, sorry.

Hairdressers are advised to wear both
That why I haven't been - I heard tales, from someone who went to our hairdressers, of visors, no masks and tipping the visor up so as to be able to see properly.

I have a lung disease and always wear a mask when I leave the house, can't always wear my glasses as well but I get along. In Lidl the other day I was waiting at the checkout with a young woman in front of me, wearing a mask and two men in front not wearing a mask, they also kept leaving to pick up more shopping. I called across to the one of the men where is your mask his answer was he wasn't going to wear one. So the woman in front called for the manager and to cut a long story short both had to leave the shop without their shopping. They were also told to never come in again without a mask. To me it was a good result with a shop taking care of its customers.
I believe that we should all have to wear masks outside as well inside.

They reduce the viral load so if you do catch the virus you probably won’t get it as bad. The mask manufacturers have to put a disclaimer because if they didn’t people who caught the virus could sue them.

When we were required to wear masks I made cotton double thickness masks on my sewing machine. I have asthma, wear glasses and have no problem wearing masks. No more breathless than usual and no misting of specs.

My DIL has a severe lung problem and therefore has the right not to were a mask. She has a lanyard, but is so fed up with abuse for not wearing one that she wears a lightweight one anyway. If the breathing gets bad she just leaves the building.