COVID-19 updates comments and concerns

[griffin]

On tonight's episode of The Last Leg, they showed a clip of a lady in America in a convenience store, wearing a mask with a hole cut in the front... telling the person recording her that she cut the hole to help her breath easier.
Can people really be that stupid?
The mask is there to prevent or limit breathing in (virus/dust/etc) particles, so cutting a hole in the front where the mouth is, makes it completely pointless wearing it.

These are the sort of people that Darwin Awards are made for.

[DaptoDog]

On tonight's episode of The Last Leg, they showed a clip of a lady in America in a convenience store, wearing a mask with a hole cut in the front... telling the person recording her that she cut the hole to help her breath easier.
Can people really be that stupid?
The mask is there to prevent or limit breathing in (virus/dust/etc) particles, so cutting a hole in the front where the mouth is, makes it completely pointless wearing it.

These are the sort of people that Darwin Awards are made for.

Yeh I saw that too. Yes Americans can be that stupid.

[shockNwave]

On tonight's episode of The Last Leg, they showed a clip of a lady in America in a convenience store, wearing a mask with a hole cut in the front... telling the person recording her that she cut the hole to help her breath easier.
Can people really be that stupid?
The mask is there to prevent or limit breathing in (virus/dust/etc) particles, so cutting a hole in the front where the mouth is, makes it completely pointless wearing it.

These are the sort of people that Darwin Awards are made for.

I wonder if there are Americans going around saying, " I carry a firearm to protect myself from the corona virus."

[DaptoDog]

No that's not the case, at least not NSW and I'm pretty sure for other states. It surprised me when my wife was tested. I don't have the time to find it right now but the health authorities websites tell you to still isolate. The nurse also told my wife to isolate for 14 days when she administered the test.

Sorry I take this back. The rules must have recently changed for NSW.

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infect...suspected.aspx

They now say you don't need to self isolate after a negative test unless you were a close contact of a confirmed case or recently travelled overseas. This was not the case when my wife was tested in April.

Although at another link it says you should also stay home while you still have respiratory symptoms. Doesn't necessarily need to be for 14 days though.

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infect...isolation.aspx