Hindsight is a wonderful thing so let's avoid it. If everyone else is wearing face masks Brits will want them too. Therefore, let's make sure we're not at the back of the queue. The UK government needs to urgently:
a) review its advice on face masks because it will almost certainly (rightly or wrongly) be forced to change it - so why not get ahead of the game now?
b) provide advice on types of face mask
c) take measure to ensure people aren't ripped off when buying them
d) possibly use its buying power to purchase them in bulk for the UK population (I'm not talking FFP3 which is where the shortage is for medical staff)
Wearing face masks 'will become the norm'
Wearing facial protection will soon become normal, according to the World Health Organization's Covid-19 spokesman David Nabarro.
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, Nabarro said people had to come to terms with the new reality of living with the virus.
"This virus is not going to go away. We don't know whether people who have had the virus stay immune and we don't know when we will have a vaccine," he said.
"Some form of facial protection I am sure is going to become the norm, not least to give people reassurance. I think it will come because of what I am calling being Covid-19-ready."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52266235
Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze