Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 04-Sep-2023 20:14:06 JST goatsarah

   You can tell your covid requirements are pseudoscience tickybox woo when they emphasise “hand gel”, which is completely fucking useless against covid, over “face masks”, which are not.

   And also when your activity is outdoors in the countryside.

   • Embed this notice
     Miguel Arroz (arroz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Sep-2023 21:05:30 JST Miguel Arroz

     in reply to

     @goatsarah I still see lots of those posters around here… indoor places packed with unmasked people, but make sure you wash your hands!

     goatsarah likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Adam (pseudomonas@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Sep-2023 21:49:39 JST Adam

     in reply to

     @goatsarah I fully agree re covid but I do like hand gel provision for protection against _other_ varieties of crud which are spread on surfaces - colds, flu, norovirus, and so on.

   • Embed this notice
     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 04-Sep-2023 21:49:39 JST goatsarah

     in reply to

     • Adam

     @pseudomonas With the caveat that a lot of the orthodoxy around those viruses also originates from the same utterly wrong assumptions that made the WHO state that covid couldn’t possibly be airborne until they evidence that it was became overwhelming.

     I’m not saying personal hygiene with regard to hand cleanliness isn’t important: it is. It’s much more an issue for gastrointestinal stuff though, and is unhelpful to focus on with diseases (including the ones you mention), that the vast majority of people catch through inhalation.