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> I would make, buy a box of face masks and some hand sanitiser I've been looking for these this past week in Arizona, but the shelves have been empty. I start
by clumsysmurf 7y ago
> I would make, buy a box of face masks and some hand sanitiser
I've been looking for these this past week in Arizona, but the shelves have been empty. I started going to all the stores I usually shop at multiple times per day to find something; its a drain on my time and probably increases my risk of getting stuff just by being outside.
- woutr_be 7y agoI imagine they'll be hard to come by these days, personally I doubt wearing a face mask will make a real difference. From what I've seen here, most of the cases are from people who had close contact with someone who was already infected, be it over dinner, or from family members. Maybe I'm wrong, but I haven't seen any cases from people getting randomly infected on the streets. At least here in HK I understand, people often come in close contact with strangers, be it on the bus or MTR, of just walking on the streets. But I imagine that in most other countries there's less population density, so it's easier to keep your distance.
- tonyztan 7y ago"Professional and Home-Made Face Masks Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Infections among the General Population" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/
- trimbo 7y agoN=28... in a lab-setting. They even say it themselves: "Furthermore, we should bear in mind that this is an experimental study, with relatively small numbers of volunteers, which limits the generalisability of some of our findings."
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoYou don't need hand sanitizer; just wash your hands regularly with soap and water, and prefer using disposable paper towels over air blowers (they will aerosolize(?) any water with the virus / bacteria around). This should be a thing anyway.