Can I Burn My Face Masks Next Thursday?

[New Judge]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60047438

Since face masks have been shown to be largely useless in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant (and probably scarcely any better with the earlier variants) can we be sure this ridiculous measure will not be considered again in the event of another flare-up?

[anneasquith]

I hope someone tells Boris. ( he forgets things )

[Arksided]

Your's are scary Mamya, no rest for the wicked type stuff ;-)

[Mamyalynne]

SAS Hammies

[tiggerblue10]

Well you'd be halfway there with lemmings.

[Mamyalynne]

Nah, they're more free fall.

[Arksided]

I much prefer the idea of a hamster nodding off in a Hammock, at least you'd know they were safe.

lazy git ;-)

[tiggerblue10]

I think we also need to help the lemmings with their free fall by attaching unused masks and giving them a cord to pull.

[Musictv2019]

I will still continue to wear face masks

[New Judge]

//My masks don’t get damp. Am I breathing wrongly?//

If they are not getting damp they are probably not doing much to prevent the virus escaping from your airways. It's said that the virus travels in respiratory droplets which are exhaled and these are made up predominantly of water. If your mask isn't damp after a while it is a mystery where all this water has gone. Damp masks are less effective than dry ones and they also present an increased danger to the wearer. That's why part of the discipline instilled in medical professionals who need to wear them involves changing them frequently. Virtually nobody I know or who I have observed does that.

//...but that comment doesn't convey the necessary disdain some want to put forward.//

The term "damp rag" is not to bestow any distain. It's simply a description a what the vast majority of face coverings are.