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> by listening to Government advice I beg to differ. The CDC insisted masks don't work until April, the WHO until June.

by pps43 6y ago

Aengeuad 6y ago
The Twitter account for the British Prime Minister said that you can both exercise in parks and that visiting parks put lives in danger on the same day. Of course this should be expected from a populist government that needs to put forward multiple ideas to gauge public opinion before implementing policy but then any advice from the (English) government just comes across as contradictory and hypocritical especially when the politicians themselves don't follow the advice. We had the whole 'masks don't work' song and dance too and by all accounts England is one of the worst countries for mask adoption rates despite a decent majority of the country thinking that they work, adoption rates might change a little when masks become mandatory in shops in a little over a week but for most people it's after the strict lockdown has ended and well past the point of being necessary. So I'd agree with you here, it has been very hard to take the official advice seriously and it's a real shame that a government is muddying the waters for political reasons. https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1246779210410143746 https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/12467792104101437... https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1246807303975620609 https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/12468073039756206...
- wunderland 6y ago
  The UK is wearing masks at a higher rate than many EU countries https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114375/wearing-a-face-mask-outside-in-european-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114375/wearing-a-face-m...
  - Aengeuad 6y ago
    Sorry in advanced for a late reply to an already off-topic tangent. It has been reported on heavily that mask wearing rates in the UK are low compared to Europe [0] although I'll fully admit not doing my due diligence in examining whether the headlines match the claims, those stats don't even include countries like Iceland, or Belgium & Norway which would be interesting to see given the difference in lockdown strategies, but in my defence mask wearing rates in the UK are low compared to similarly sized countries like Italy, France, Spain, or Germany. The Scandinavian results are interesting but they do seem to be outliers, Sweden is definitely an outlier but maybe if you look at all the Nordic countries and include Iceland the results won't be too interesting. [0] https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1281638035462004739 https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1281638035462004739

> by listening to Government advice I beg to differ. The CDC insisted masks don't work until April, the WHO until June.

by pps43 6y ago

> by listening to Government advice I beg to differ. The CDC insisted masks don't work until April, the WHO until June.

The Twitter account for the British Prime Minister said that you can both exercise in parks and that visiting parks put lives in danger on the same day. Of course this should be expected from a populist government that needs to put forward multiple ideas to gauge public opinion before implementing policy but then any advice from the (English) government just comes across as contradictory and hypocritical especially when the politicians themselves don't follow the advice. We had the whole 'masks don't work' song and dance too and by all accounts England is one of the worst countries for mask adoption rates despite a decent majority of the country thinking that they work, adoption rates might change a little when masks become mandatory in shops in a little over a week but for most people it's after the strict lockdown has ended and well past the point of being necessary. So I'd agree with you here, it has been very hard to take the official advice seriously and it's a real shame that a government is muddying the waters for political reasons. https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1246779210410143746 https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/12467792104101437... https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1246807303975620609 https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/12468073039756206...

wunderland 6y ago
The UK is wearing masks at a higher rate than many EU countries https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114375/wearing-a-face-mask-outside-in-european-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114375/wearing-a-face-m...
- Aengeuad 6y ago
  Sorry in advanced for a late reply to an already off-topic tangent. It has been reported on heavily that mask wearing rates in the UK are low compared to Europe [0] although I'll fully admit not doing my due diligence in examining whether the headlines match the claims, those stats don't even include countries like Iceland, or Belgium & Norway which would be interesting to see given the difference in lockdown strategies, but in my defence mask wearing rates in the UK are low compared to similarly sized countries like Italy, France, Spain, or Germany. The Scandinavian results are interesting but they do seem to be outliers, Sweden is definitely an outlier but maybe if you look at all the Nordic countries and include Iceland the results won't be too interesting. [0] https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1281638035462004739 https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1281638035462004739