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It is for the local eco system on the beach.

Does Trump have anything to do with Cadiz? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52471208

Great post, agree with all of it except the highlighted bit. There is very little benefit of wearing a mask against 'self' infection - for the general public - if it is not done in conjunction with eye protection and rigorous anti viral hygiene, as the virus will still have a way to infect through eyes, touching etc. Masks for the general public should only be for stopping them infecting others, but again, that depends on the mask material and fit. Badly fitting and the virus will escape around the edges, porous material - like wrapping a woolen scarf around the face - and the virus will get through with a cough or sneeze!

Not sure there's any better quality journalism out there than this! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-52464885 So not 'sacked' at all, merely moved to 'another department'!

Clearly we're a nation of fat, lazy ****ers susceptible to lung infections.

Virus trumps Germans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52282844

What are they infecting the patients with - if they have symptoms, they isolate and don't come into contact with patients! You'd better have a word with Intisar Chowdhury as he seems pretty convinced it's the other way round.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52453520

Greta hasn't been plastered all over the news.

Gotta love those Germans, always ahead of the game.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52439926 Face masks on sale in the market in where everyone can touch them, cough on them and make sure they get thoroughly infected! Slightly safer locked up in a vending machine away from those pesky germs, but hold on, the only way to get at them is to press the buttons - doubtful there's much in the way of hand wasing facilities in the U-Bahn.

Yes, but you asked why it was essential that the NHS wear masks, then answer is simply that they need to be protected (because of the work they do), more than Dave who works in the chippy....

They must've done it on a Sunday when he was putting his feet up

In hospital, the likelihood of someone having the virus is very high. The NHS wear masks (and other PPE) to protect themselves from infection - yes they will also wear masks during surgery etc to protect patients from germs / viruses they may shed, but on the 'frontline' the PPE is to protect them predominantly. That is different to Dave getting on the bus wearing a mask to protect other people from his potential virus, that he may or may not have....

The consesus of opinion seems to be that face masks should be worn to protect others. Given that those with symptoms should be isolating anyway, it would seem a no-brainer that no masks are needed.... However.... As has been stated, it is possible for the virus to be transmitted 2 to 3 days before symptoms appear and that people with no symptoms can transmit the virus. Therefore, the ONLY advice has to be that EVERYONE should wear a mask when they are not at home, if mask wearing becomes demanded. Given that will probably affect 50m people in the UK (not considering the rest of the world), and that masks should be changed when they become 'wet' - apparently this is approximately 60 minutes - then even by conservative estimations, you would be looking at 5 masks per person, per day. If only half the population were out - at school, uni, work etc - then that would be 125 million masks per day. That's just in the UK. A quick look at Amazon suggests that masks - even the basic ones - are retailing at about £1 each, which would cost about £25 per week, per person (assuming two days completely isolated in the house!). Does the UK have the capacity to produce 125 million masks per day - pretty sure we won't be getting too many from the manufacturing giants in China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka etc, not if the entire world is wanting them at the same time. Who is going to pay for them - if the Government does that would cost around £625 million per week! If it is down to the individual, how many would prefer to spend the £25 per week on fags and booze rather than masks?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-51928077 Was it God that answered the prayer or science? If it was God, why did he/she take so long?

Looks like they've got a PPE shortage as well.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52414155 Perhaps he missed this.....

Isn't that what he was talking about when he was talking about the beams of light, amazing, strong, the strongest beams of light, being beamed into people's bodies, by actual medical scientists?

To be fair mate, you quoted him saying 'he didn't know' when you berated him for not saying 'he didn't know' - it was only 2 lines that you quoted! Not sure how the details could have got lost

But isn't your 'agnostic' option the same as the superposition in Shrodinger's cat - i.e. whether or not you have a goldfish is a superposition until it interacts with or is observed by the external world (open your door, go in your house and see whether you have a goldfish or not). Therefore, more information is needed in order to confirm one way or the other?

Don't UFOlogoists 'believe' in aliens as a result of evidence - perceived or real - that they have been exposed to, thus determining their knowledge of aliens?

Again, to be fair to MLG, his answer to that question is also consistent to the answer he has given about religion througout this thread, i.e. on that sentence alone, he doesn't have enough information / knowledge to formulate his belief. Can you truly answer this question : Do you believe my sister has won £88m on the lottery?

To be fair to MLG, he did say the 'he does not know that he has one'....

I believe that you have one. I just don't know whether it is dead or alive

So was May but she didn't come out of it particularly well!

No-one knows what you mean guv, it's the same club it's always been innit.