Coronavirus, face coverings and culture

Face covering

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53316491

Late April

UK, 25%

Italy, 83.4%

United States, 65.8%

Spain, 63.8%

Royal Society, Prof Ramakrishnan

https://royalsociety.org/news/2020/07/president-of-the-royal-society-urges-everyone-to-wear-a-face-covering/

Public remained sceptical about their benefits

The message has not been clear enough

Guidelines have been inconsistent.

‘What we would like for the government is to be a bit stronger and clearer about the messaging and require it whenever you are in crowded public spaces where you cannot get more than two metres away from the next person’

‘anti-social’

Public transport and hospitals

Scotland, mandatory on public transport, shops from 10 July

World Health Organization, advised since June

Prof Paul Edelstein, University of Pennsylvania

https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p16652

Evidence that they protected other people was ‘clearer all the time’
‘Some evidence’ they protected the wearer

‘There are people without symptoms going about their daily business who are unknowingly breathing out droplets that are carrying the virus’

‘If they had their faces covered the majority of those droplets would be caught before they can infect other people

Wearing face coverings can help save lives and prevent disabling illnesses’

1) IgM ( iMmediate action)

2) IgG (the aGglutinating antibody)

3) IgA (from sAliva, sweAt and teArs)

(IgE in typE 1 hypErsEnsitivity) Kathleen

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