Indeed. All of that. On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 1:29 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gill, > > > > Here is my take. If you check the DHS master list, you will find that the > state of play with respect to the transmission of the virus by teensy bits > of spit and by big globs. Masks do pretty well to keep big globs out of > your nose and mouth, but provide no protection for eyes. Indeed, if you > are still a person who absent-mindedly moves your hand from mask to eyes, > for some reason, they provide little protection at all – to you, although > they still are a powerfull public health device. Face shields not only > protect your eyes, they keep you hands away from your face, so protect you, > and direct your breath downward on to your self, and so protect others > against big globs. With teensy bits, all of this is less sure. But there > is a lot of doubt about how many teensy bits you need to get at once to > catch the disease, so anything that thins out the teensy bits is probably a > good thing. > > > > NIck > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Gillian Densmore > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2020 9:48 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Face shields?[sigh yes yet another covid topic > > > > Goooooooooooooooooood morning FRIAM! > > For long-term use. do we have any current best practices about face > Shields vs masks.? just about every place that's come up that's at least > somewhat reputable. doesn't seem to actually have long-term best practices > much less studies.Asking because I have noticed at some point after > wearing some cloth masks I had started getting weird breathing stuff and > I'm just kidding tickling in the back of my throat for example. and just > from personal experience just but any place that I've come across that > needs people to wear some form of long-term protection. Lake dental offices > or even though the Radiology lab that I was just at. the staff was using > face Shields over masks. so basically being curious I thought why not ask > if anyone knows what the long-term and actual safety difference is between > the two. > > > > My personal knee-jer reaction is that a official seems like it might > almost work as well. Simply because you physically cover more of your face. > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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