why do nurses wear face masks if they don't protect you?

They are just waiting to secure an adequate supply line and then the 'science' will change and everyone will be advised to wear one in certain situations.

The only reason we were advised that the 'science' was unclear was because they weren't widely available at the time. Do you think they were advised not to wear them in Asia and they all went against that advice and wore them? Treating people like children with their intelligence insulting nonsense. Just cough and sneeze into your elbow instead and more important to wash your hands 12 times a day

If I understand correctly, assuming the advice from the health experts is kosher and correct, wearing a mask could reduce the spread of Covid-19 to others. However, it does not prevent the wearers from contracting Covid-19 from others.

Whether this advice is to ease the pressure on the procurement of PPE and enhance their availability to NHS staff and key workers your guess is as good as mine unless the health experts state definitively and categorically one way or another.

Nevertheless, the scenes from other countries speak volume.

same way as nhs workers gather in a room sitting on each others kness,holding hands to get on live tv,same as nhs workers do every thurs night outside hospital entrances,london bridge etc,etc, if you believe the science wear gloves ,wash hands and stand behind someone ,even if inftont of them for a while as long as they don't cough,sneeze directly into your face ,your ok, obviously that's if you believe the science,

We have to follow the science

Because they wear the best face masks and know how to safely use them.  Simple.

I think they are a waste of time myself for the public, unless nearly everyone uses them.  I'd liken them to someone on a zip wire holding onto the rope, as it makes them feel safer.  Get your hands off the rope and live a bit more.  Still, I bet if you took a 100 random people off the street and put them on a zip wire, and told them that it makes no difference, upwards of 75% of over 50s would still hold on to the rope.

order some from Amazon; only a 6 week wait, & that's if Hermes can find a delivery driver

no masks left for delivery drivers, make yer own

( mask not delivery driver)

Out of interest, if you buy some, do they come with instructions for safe use?

yes but there in Chinese; or is it Cantonese?

the government tracking app, and huawei systems have a useful chinese translator...

unless you order a cop suey by mistake

chop

shirley this is going to hit Chinese ressies - chippies hard in the future? I'm having second thoughts about ordering my usual inflatables from Alibaba

no
like mp,s its all talk ,just eat reported yesterday that Chinese takeaways are back to their no one offering, ,

when it comes to your pocket or your belly ,uk public have very short memories

No Chinese restaurants have reopened down my way. Even in Little China Bayswater they are all shut

our takeaway is still open

they also deliver

atye but you live in Gateshead

our is open too

Maryhill?

I live in Hertfordshire.

Watford?

durham

this is fun; let's all play "spot the accent"

i used to laugh at eastenders not having washing machines but feel half the houses in durham
lack a cooker,

not Watford

i made my first mushroom foo yung tother day; who needs the likkle feckers

strange world where people up in arms about the practices of Chinese people and food, but will gladly eat something they make out of sight behind closed doors,strange auld world

mushroom omlette ?

bat and pangolin mixed grill

feckin omelette! How very dare you

we turn our noses up at china but certain uk z list celeb chefs making tv shows eating puffins,polar bears,reindeer etc just to make a few quid

i'd just like to clarify; there are no puffins in my mushroom foo yung omelette

we did a china tour, they gave us big meals each night, but more or less all did same dishes.

sick of it after about 7 days, we started sneeking out to mcdonalds to get down with the kids in beijing

The first house I bought was a 2 bed flat in Harlesden NW London in the 90s.  There was a laudrette in the same street.  I recall modernising the kitchen and getting rid of the plumbing for a washing machine!  The kitchen was very small.  The great thing about laundrettes was the industrial strength driers which would dry your clothes in no time.  Thw wife insists on sticking them on the radiators unless it's hot outside these days.  Got to admit, I preferred the laundrette.  Way more convenient.

we always had washer drier at home as lived in a flat for early years when young and it moved all over with us.

when i went to uni i discovered the joy of washing machines and driers...

us Westerners have a lot to answer for

dad still has washer drier in his garage its a 1962 and still works, ... so he says ...

i the early VCR's they made could be thrown downstairs trampled on & attacked with a kango; but still work fine so i don't doubt him

These masks protect us from other peoples bodily fluids....when we cough etc, there can be spittle

this will spread the infection

They protect other people from the wearer's, but they make it more likely the wearer will catch it.