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Possibly a concern that fans will gather outside?

You’ll never make a politician.

Just give them an honorary title, a cup made out of tinfoil and cardboard medals.

I saw and article somewhere (BBC website?) saying that the Chinese government’s drive to increase chicken production had driven poorer former chicken farmers out to the fringes of the forests and that they had turned to more exotic species.

If Carlsberg did ironies...

I’ve always thought that bleach breaks down very quickly when outside and exposed. You’d probably end up with a load of white sand, or at least blonde sand with darker streaks.

In many cases the virus was introduced into the homes by patients discharged from hospitals.

Thanks for the clarification. My last point was just that masks come in different forms. The basic ones that a dentist would wear to protect the patient are not as effective as those used for self-protection.

And refused to take his bonus for doing so.

A fair point. It was a bit like that just before the lockdown started where some businesses could not invoke their business interruption insurance until it was a government decision that closed them. Personally I think this last season is null and void. Anything that was concocted would not be football as we know it.

No, you still don’t understand. You are only considering the transmission of Covid-19. Medical staff wear masks to help prevent passing an infection of any sort to patients. They have been wearing them for decades, long before this new virus appeared. So let’s at least understand that wearing a mask helps to prevent transmission to a patient. Now let’s come to the present epidemic. If wearing a mask reduces the chances of the wearer passing on an infection then in a pandemic where large numbers of the public are likely to be infectious the universal wearing of masks in public will reduce the transmission of the virus. This is why many countries are seeking to make the wearing of masks compulsory when relaxing lockdown. In Mr. Chowdhury’s case I think you are confusing PPE with surgical masks.

It would mean that Ralph could have no contact with the team during those two weeks. This would delay the restart of matches.

If the government introduce their suggested 14-day quarantine for new arrivals then several Premier League managers and player would be affected. Ralph is in Germany at the moment. "Norwich City manager Daniel Farke is in Germany along with at least two members of the playing squad, as is Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl. One Southampton player is out of the country, while a handful of Brighton and Hove Albion players are also in their hometowns abroad. Some clubs have been cautious about revealing the identity of these players for security reasons, but their absence is likely to raise issues for ‘Project Restart’, the Premier League’s plan to resume the season behind closed doors." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/four-top-flight-managers-and-a-dozen-player-abroad-could-face-14-day-quarantine-7crv9xgdj (paywall)

It’s the other way round. The NHS wear masks to help prevent them infecting the patients, the same way that dentists wear masks.

The principle is the same.

But there remains my other point. If masks are so essential for the NHS then why aren't they also essential for the public at large? Wearing masks iis common practice in East Asia. The world is coming round to the realisation that this virus can spread through airborne droplets. If everybody wears a mask then these are significantly reduced.

There's a study about masks and their effectiveness here: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202004.0203/v1 Download the pdf and have a good read.

It’s something to do with the size of any droplets that get past the mask. It will stop spit and drivel being projected. Just think about it for a minute - why do the NHS need masks yet the rest of us don’t?

It cannot be repeated too often. Masks are not to protect the wearer but to protect those around the wearer.

Very true. Wearing a mask is seen as common courtesy in many East Asian countries.

She’s a bit young for me I’m nearly ten years older.

Only if you’re a necrophiliac.

Why don’t they just have a telephone vote?

Alternatively we could just wait for some nasty global virus to come along.