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JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:26 pm

RNID

You have missed the point. At a mask wearing event the majority of players with normal hearing would not be using a clear face cover.

I am sure the interests and safety of deaf players has been considered by pro - mask people. It is difficult to communicate unless the deaf person can lipread.
The equalities act might be quite interested in this nuance.

Has there been any conclusive evidence or charges of murder from unmasked people killing masked victims of Covid. I am not a lawyer, but it clearly wouldn't be murder; you'd have to show that someone was deliberately infecting people to get that charge to stick. You might get a manslaughter charge ...

Cases caught whilst in hospital.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... s-covid-19

Has there been any conclusive evidence or charges of murder from unmasked people killing masked victims of Covid. I am not a lawyer, but it clearly wouldn't be murder; you'd have to show that someone was deliberately infecting people to get that charge to stick. You might get a manslaughter charge ...

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-what-does-the-science-actually-say-about-face-masks-12349337 Nobody is prevented from wearing a mask, many of us just doubt the efficacy. Nobody is saying they are perfectly effective, but there is LOTS of evidence that they are somewhat effective. The result of ...

Like vaccination, masks are not 100% effective. Hospital grade masks, worn properly and thrown away after a single use, are certainly effective - at least, I would hope so. As for those blue things everyone wears, scrunched up in a pocket or purse until taken out for their 55th use and applied with...

Nick Burrows wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:20 am

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-wha ... s-12349337

Nobody is prevented from wearing a mask, many of us just doubt the efficacy.

Don’t think quite understood what I was saying. What you have come up with are laws to stop unreasonable behaviour.

My comment was about you handing over responsibility for my safety to others, if you read my post again I am sure you will see the difference.

Again - for the third time now - I refer you to Trisha Greenhalgh's Twitter thread . Which boils down to "what the heck, why not, and in any case we're going to make you wear them for the rest of your miserable lives so get used to it. Also, I note that the Telegraph piece refers to the Danish stud...

Christina Pagel thinks it likely we haven't peaked . Ah, another academic who relies upon her funding from China. I realise that this will get me labelled here as some kind of a racist, but I am not convinced that the Chinese Communist Party has my best interests at heart. I am inclined to agree wi...

I'm not at all sure that such statements about expectations provide any meaningful reassurance in terms of risk. Chess is a discretionary activity run by volunteers on a not for profit basis. People should refrain from seeking reassurances from organisers and other players that they would not seek ...

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:02 am

As for masks, any sort of face covering helps protect you and other people. Some protect better than others.

Especially when worn when cycling or alone in a car

Nothing has changed with the Covid deniers. Their idiocy, egotism, dummy spitting, fake medicine, fake evidunce and anti-science diatribes continue in torrents of verbal diarrhoea beaten with as much statistical abuse as would make many blind. Bourbons. For your information this “Covid denier” has ...