[FRIAM] Face shields?[sigh yes yet another covid topic

[Gillian Densmore]

Indeed. All of that.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 1:29 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gill,
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> Here is my take.  If you check the DHS master list, you will find that the
> state of play with respect to the transmission of the virus by teensy bits
> of spit and by big globs.  Masks do pretty well to keep big globs out of
> your nose and mouth, but provide no protection for eyes.  Indeed, if you
> are still a person who absent-mindedly moves your hand from mask to eyes,
> for some reason, they provide little protection at all – to you, although
> they still are a powerfull public health device.  Face shields not only
> protect your eyes, they keep you hands away from your face, so protect you,
> and direct your breath downward on to your self, and so protect others
> against big globs.  With teensy bits, all of this is less sure.  But there
> is a lot of doubt about how many teensy bits you need to get at once to
> catch the disease, so anything that thins out the teensy bits is probably a
> good thing.
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> NIck
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Gillian Densmore
> *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2020 9:48 AM
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> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Face shields?[sigh yes yet another covid topic
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> Goooooooooooooooooood morning FRIAM!
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> For long-term use. do we have any current best practices about face
> Shields vs masks.? just about every place that's come up that's at least
> somewhat reputable. doesn't seem to actually have long-term best practices
> much less studies.Asking because I have noticed  at some point after
> wearing some cloth masks I had started getting weird breathing stuff and
> I'm just kidding tickling in the back of my throat for example. and just
> from personal experience just but any place that I've come across that
> needs people to wear some form of long-term protection. Lake dental offices
> or even though the Radiology lab that I was just at. the staff was using
> face Shields over masks. so basically being curious I thought why not ask
> if anyone knows what the long-term and actual safety difference is between
> the two.
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> My personal knee-jer reaction is that a official seems like it might
> almost work as well. Simply because you physically cover more of your face.
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