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Victoria has reported 403 new coronavirus cases and five deaths, the state's highest number of pandemic fatalities in a 24 hour period.
There are 40 Victorians seriously sick in intensive care, with 201 in hospital, including four children.
The total of 403 new cases is the state's third-worst day of infections since the pandemic began, down from yesterday's record of 484.
A man aged in his 50s was among the dead, which now number 49 in Victoria.
Three new deaths were linked to aged care facilities, including a woman in her 70s, a man aged in his 80s and another man in his 90s.
The fifth death was a man aged in his 70s.
Globally, as of 6:18pm CEST, 22 July 2020, there have been 14,765,256 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 612,054 deaths, reported to WHO.
Now this is a brilliant idea!
Facemask vending machines have cropped up at travel hotspots across London as the capital emerges from the coronavirus lockdown.
Since the Government made it a legal requirement to wear a covering on public transport, eagle-eyed commuters have spotted Covid-19 mask dispensers near Tubes and shopping centres in London.
New company Maskey (owner in picture) - who began trading in April 2020 - first launched the device in Chigwell, Essex.
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An Italian researcher measured the spatial distribution of pedestrians on sidewalks to determine how mask wearing affects how well people socially distance themselves from others. Massimo Marchiori, a computer scientist from the University of Padua, developed a sensor-based “social distancing belt” that was worn by researchers in Venice, Italy over a period of two months over the Covid 19 pandemic.
The sensor belt measured the distance that other pedestrians passed by the observers in both masked and unmasked situations. The sensors were turned off when in the presence of couples, parents with children, and people with dogs in order to only collect spatial data on single person to single person distancing. Three widths of sidewalks (163cm, 175cm and 222cm) located in high pedestrian traffic areas such as food shop locations were chosen.
Sidewalks with a parallel green area or bike path were chosen to extend the allowable space a passerby could temporarily step out to. Five different types of masked/unmasked scenarios were measured: no masks, surgical masks, DIY masks (such as cloth masks), surgical masks with googles, and DIY masks with googles.
With over 12,000 encounters logged, Marchiori found that the use of masks was effective in increasing the amount of berth pedestrians gave the observers when passing by. Paradoxically, when no masks were worn, Marchiori found that pedestrians passed by with no extra space given. Despite warnings from the authorities about social distancing, the average social distance space provided to unmasked observers was only 29.4cm.
When observers donned a surgical mask, the average social distance spaced nearly doubled to 58.42cm. DIY mask wearing netted a 69.02cm average social distance, surgical mask plus googles an average of 79.79cm, and DIY mask plus googles an average social distance of 92.39cm.
People tend to give mask wearing pedestrians a wider berth on sidewalks than unmasked pedestrians in this study.
Source: Marchiori, 2020
THIS THREAD IS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF WEARING A
M A S K
STOP UNDERMINING HEALTH INFORMATION.
I simply have no more time or inclination to argue with a silly person.
What I have deduced a long tme ago is that you are a very SCARED woman. You are terrified you will catch the virus.You are so panic striken, you even deny the existence of the virus, but also ways to combat it.
My "obsession" as you call it with masks...will SAVE LIVES.
Your obsession with denial, will LOSE LIVES.
I have also come to the conclusion you are a troll...since your comments make no sense and are simply put there to offend and annoy.
Sad state of affairs for you...oh, and I forgot to add it's a female trait to always have the last word. Is that why you do it?
RnR
3 hrs ago
TO Incognito
WEAR A M A S K...Foxy and help protect your fellow Melburnians.
Ever heard of KARMA?
Do not tempt fate.
A 9-year-old girl from Putnam County is the youngest person to have died in Florida from coronavirus complications, according to the state department of health.
The 9-year-old's death is not a travel-related case and the child did not have close contact with anyone who recently tested positive for Covid-19, records show.
Putnam County Health Officer Mary Garcia confirmed the fatality to CNN on Wednesday and said she was unaware of any underlying medical conditions in the girl's case.
According to the latest health records, the 9-year-old is the fifth minor in Florida to die from Covid-19.
The others were an 11-year-old boy in Miami-Dade County, an 11-year-old girl in Broward County, a 16-year-old girl in Lee County and a 17-year-old boy in Pasco County.
As of Friday, 23,170 minors had tested positive for the virus across the state.
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Hey Sophie, the study you referred to above is so impressive, I am going to repeat the results down here. OK? Anyone interested can scroll upwards, thanks mate, good work.
Sophie7 hrs ago
In a nutshell then:
The results from Marchiori suggest that an added benefit of wearing masks when out walking in public is that it serves to promote better social distancing behaviour among pedestrians.
Marchiori, M. (2020). COVID-19 and the Social Distancing Paradox: dangers and solutions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.12446.
Environmental charity GreenPeace is urging people to opt for reusable masks and not throwaway items of PPE.
Thanks for an exceedingly informative thread Sophie. Except for the prime idiot and his/her inane comments, I have found it a pleasure to read. If I may add a bit of my own on the benefits of wearing a mask.
Droplets larger than aerosols, when exhaled (at velocity of <1m/s), evaporate or fall to the ground less than 1.5 m away. When expelled at high velocity through coughing or sneezing, especially larger droplets (> 0.1 mm), can be carried by the jet more than 2m or 6m, respectively, away.
Although, social distancing and hand washing are still very important. none of these things will protect you. However together with a mask, a person has a very good chance of avoiding the virus.
This diagram illustrates anatomy of airways and where droplets can end up, depending on their size and what droplets are blocked by what masks.
This diagram illustrates:
Filtering effect for small droplets (aerosols) by various masks; home-made of tea cloth, surgical mask (3M “Tie-on”) and a FFP2 (N95) respirator mask. The numbers are scaled to the reference of 100 (source of droplets) for illustrative purposes, calculated from the PF (protection factor) values in Table 2 of van der Sande et al, 2007.
Measurement was performed with a Portacount counter that registers particles in the air with sizes in the range between 0.02 and 1 micrometer at the end of a 3-hour wearing period with no physical activity. The number for the protection are medians of 7 (or 8) adult volunteers per group. Protection at the beginning of the test was similar for the Tea Cloth and Surgical mask, but for FFP2 the protection was double.
BANJO
Your contribution is invaluable...and.. as you say...only a fool will not wear a mask.
Wear a mask or this could be you, especially if you're a smoker
Lawful excuses or exceptions for not wearing a face covering FOR THOSE WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE OR CANNOT WEAR THEM:
A face covering is not required in the following circumstances:
Infants and children under the age of 12 years.
A person who is affected by a relevant medical condition - including problems with their breathing, a serious skin condition on the face, a disability or a mental health condition. This also includes persons who are communicating with a person who is hearing impaired, where the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication.
Persons for whom wearing a face covering would create a risk to that person’s health and safety related to their work, as determined through OH&S guidelines.
Persons whose professions require clear enunciation or visibility of their mouth. This includes teaching or live broadcasting.
Professional sportspeople when training or competing.When the individual is doing any exercise or physical activity where they are out of breath or puffing; examples include jogging or running but not walking. You must have a face covering on you and wear it when you finish exercising.When directed by police to remove the face covering to ascertain identity.The person is travelling in a vehicle by themselves or with other members of their household.When consuming food, drink, medication or when smoking/vaping.When asked to remove a face covering to ascertain identity, for example at a bank branch or bottle shop.When undergoing dental treatment or other medical care to the extent that the procedure requires that no face covering may be worn. During emergencies.
You must carry a face covering with you when leaving home for one of the four reasons, even if you don’t need to wear it while undertaking your current activity, for example you can take your face covering off to eat. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from wearing a face covering at all times you don’t need to carry it with you.
Do I have to wear a face covering if I have asthma?
People who have a medical condition, including problems with their breathing, do not have to wear face coverings.
Do people with a disability have to wear a face covering?
Yes, people with a disability must wear a face covering unless it is impractical or unsafe to do so for medical, communication or other individual risk factors.
MORE INFORMATION IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS:
https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/face-coverings-1159pm-wednesday-22-july?