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Thank you! I had missed this news, so a link to a support article with no explanation was a little mystifying.
I expected this to be for apple factory workers, surprised to see its being sold to other companies.
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Thank you! I had missed this news, so a link to a support article with no explanation was a little mystifying.
I expected this to be for apple factory workers, surprised to see its being sold to other companies.
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Thank you! I had missed this news, so a link to a support article with no explanation was a little mystifying.
I expected this to be for apple factory workers, surprised to see its being sold to other companies.
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If someone is facing me and a stream of airborne particles hits a plastic shield instead of streaming out to me, it seems pretty likely that I will be protected. I'm certainly open to the idea that fluid mechanics are complicated and somehow air currents are going to do unhelpful things, but until I find someone with a paper on the topic I'd much rather be talking to someone wearing a face shield than not. Plus obvio…
Go light a cigarette or incense and and see if a face shield prevents you from inhaling any smoke.
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For what, though? And I'm 100% being honest here, what is the specific situation you are envisioning that requires a face shield in your home? In a medical setting, shields are typically used in conjunction with eye goggles and respirators when performing procedures that have a tendency to cause or be around splashing body fluids. Outside of someone sneezing or spitting on you directly, I can't think of an analogous…
It's the same mentality as people buying guns. What situation that could conceivably arise from a pandemic requires an automatic rifle? It's a generalised sense of "bad things are happening, I need to be prepared for bad things to happen to me".
Rioting, looting, people breaking into your home, police “sick outs.”
See what happens if the electricity goes out or all stores are forced to close.
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It is a bit sad that so many people miss or forget these important lessons in HS chemistry :P
Wasn't even told that about those things in HS chemistry in my time in my country, not sure why - considered too dangerous knowledge by educators? Only found out about it on 4chan and gasped on how easily we could have accidentally injured ourselves while cleaning our dorm bathroom.
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Face shields are to protect against body fluid splatter during invasive bodily procedures and while closely treating patients with explosive coughing fits. Even doctors in hospitals treating Covid-19 patients don't wear them outside those types of circumstances. There is no need for the general public to wear them. It's not like fitting your car with a seat belt, it's like fitting it with an ejector seat.
So your argument is that the risk to the average American is low from COVID? Why do we have 300,000 cases then? Why are 1000 people dying a day? That's already 0.1% of the population, and most of them in the past week!
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If someone is facing me and a stream of airborne particles hits a plastic shield instead of streaming out to me, it seems pretty likely that I will be protected. I'm certainly open to the idea that fluid mechanics are complicated and somehow air currents are going to do unhelpful things, but until I find someone with a paper on the topic I'd much rather be talking to someone wearing a face shield than not. Plus obvio…
Go light a cigarette or incense and and see if a face shield prevents you from inhaling any smoke.
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> There is currently a global pandemic afoot that is spread by droplets expelled from people's mouth and nose. Do you have any source on how face shields are an effective tool against atomized covid19 viruses? The general guidance is that facial masks are effective at barring infected people from emitting contaminated particles, but not good at stopping healthy people from having contact with the virus. Therefore why…
I hear mask promoters say the “it’s to protect others from you” line, only to turn around and say “masks are obviously useful, that’s why doctors wear them.” The truth is, mask use is built on incredibly shaky evidence, so it’s no surprise that now face shields will become part of the hype. Both may indeed be useful, but without a clear model of effectiveness, it’s hard to make good assessments.
It turns out that "feeling safe" isn't the same thing as being safe, and feelings of safety will not actually effect infection rates, but Americans can't quite grasp that. And, hey, feelings of safety are about all we've got now, so.