tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post2018263567370957941..comments2021-11-26T17:47:46.407-05:00Comments on Canadian Soapbox: Wearing a cloth mask? Don't be a Covidiot, do it right - Most do it wrongGordie Canukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-13630681825349007112020-07-06T05:40:34.068-04:002020-07-06T05:40:34.068-04:00Thanks for reading Lorne, I read your blog posting...Thanks for reading Lorne, I read your blog posting about heading into Toronto...like you I live well outside of the GTA, I'm 1.5 to 2 hours from the downtown (I'm east). <br /><br />My biggest concern with those wearing masks, especially for those who are either vulnerable or around others who are....is that complacency can set in. Masks are not a replacement for keeping distance and hand washing. Hand washing, from what I'm reading, is vital after removing the mask, and given that there isn't always a sink and soap handy outside of places like pharmacies and grocery stores, those wearing masks might do well to carry hand sanitizer with them. <br /><br />I was just in the grocery store on Sunday evening, I was waiting for a lady in the bread aisle who was wearing what looked like a medical mask, the kind with folded material. She was trying to read the expiry date but was having trouble (she wore glasses), so she pulled the mask down then examined the tag and then returned it to the shelf and picked up another, checked and put it in her cart....and then proceded shopping with the mask below her nose. I spoke with here casually and pleasantly but didn't say anything as I myself (like 90% of the patrons and all the staff) wasn't wearing a mask and it didn't seem appropriate to me to offer advice when I'm not wearing one myself.<br /><br />Later on my way into work I stopped at Tim Horton's. At the drive thru the young man handling my order and taking my payment was wearing a mask (his employer requires it) but it wasn't covering his nose, there were 2 other employees I could see, one wearing it properly the other with the nose also exposed. I remarked that he had my sympathy, having to wear the mask...he complained how hot and uncomfortable it is to wear all shift long. I remarked about it not covering his nose, adding "not that I care"....and that I wouldn't want to have to wear one for hours on end. I then told him to be careful when removing it, to do it by the loops and then to wash his hands immediately because that warm moist cloth could have goodness knows what on it besides just SARS-Cov-2....this world is full of pathogens....he thanked me warmly.....<br /><br />Anyway....I hope you and your wife are keeping safe. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-91655833968578076982020-07-05T09:19:05.543-04:002020-07-05T09:19:05.543-04:00Some very useful reminders here, Thanks. It amazes...Some very useful reminders here, Thanks. It amazes me when I see television coverage of events; so often people don't have their masks covering their nose, or they take off the mask to shout into the microphone or, as you mention, they constantly touch their face covering. <br /><br />I guess learning a new thing is hard for many people.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com