French health service do not recommend fabric masks

Our local hospitals now have surgical masks at entrances for you to take and use, your own is not allowed.

And when you go shopping?

mokryna

And when you go shopping?

We are lucky if everybody wears any kind of face covering!
No I won’t be rethinking masks now that vaccinations in the UK are well underway, I’ll wear what I’ve already got. I read that half the French population are not keen on having the jab.

Jaxjacky

Our local hospitals now have surgical masks at entrances for you to take and use, your own is not allowed.

That has been the case for a while not just since the new variants arrived!

That is what is provided by my organisation as well, we arent allowed to wear the fabric ones.

Surely it depends on how the mask is made? I followed instructions from a US consultant, to use an inner layer of T shirt fabric, a middle layer of a non-woven fabric, and an outer layer of cotton. They feel considerably more substantial than the standard surgical masks that I use when they are in the wash.

Didn’t realise kittylester was in the local news yesterday.

BlueSky

mokryna

And when you go shopping?

We are lucky if everybody wears any kind of face covering!
No I won’t be rethinking masks now that vaccinations in the UK are well underway, I’ll wear what I’ve already got. I read that half the French population are not keen on having the jab.

From what I have heard there are some people who are balking at the idea but the main problem is the vaccine delivery delay.

I shall stick with my material masks ( three layers) and in any case I hardly go anywhere at all, no shopping done, it’s all delivered.

We have always known though, havn't we, that the masks are not 100% effective, and if wearing them does a little bit towards protecting others, I see no reson to re think .

I am sticking with my material mask, it fits better and is thicker, I used quite thick material for each layer. The interior is cottton curtain fabric.

I'll be sticking with my homemade masks too. They were made to fit us, they have three layers, and we can breath much more easily through them than the plastic, throwaway masks we used to wear.

How about fabric masks with a filter insert?
That's what I use.

I arrived for my hospital appointment already wearing a surgical mask. They still made me change it for one of theirs even though I told them I had only been wearing mine for 2 minutes.

I shall wear my 3 layer masks (as recommended by medical experts and the Welsh Government), one layer being a non-woven fabric.

Just because the health service of another country recommends doing or not doing something, doesn't mean they are right and we should follown them.

My daughter has told me this all along
I wear a surgical one under my pretty one

Its recommended by organisations in this country Monica. From the beginning I have followed the advice of other countries.

I think they are right though Monica why couldn’t another country have the right advice
you don’t see any Far Eastern countries wearing cloth masks and they seem to be conquering it better than we are

Surgical masks only on planes.

I'm struggling with wearing a mask as I have lung disease. I find the disposable ones easier to breath through than the fabric ones. Checked with the nurse and she said people with lung disease are having problems. I could go exempt but really don't want to do that as it's so unpopular atm. So just making short trips to shops and no browsing just in and out quickly

FarNorth

How about fabric masks with a filter insert?
That's what I use.

do you mean with a round valve, if so these are not recommended for general public use, because they concentrate the exhalations and can propel them farther.
so might be ok for wearer but more risky for others.

I wear my home made ones, too. Some protection is better than nothing and I wash them every time they have been worn. Besides, they are all different colours to match my clothes, got to have a bit of cheer in this life ! My husband wears them, too and he was not so impressed when he ran out of ‘boy’ colours one day and had to wear one of mine with little fairies all over it.

www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html

www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/guidance-on-masks-has-been-lacking