“When the hospitals get into trouble, we need to act in some way.'
“These peaks of the virus are going to continue for a while,” she said.“We can’t be expecting politicians to be doing things. There’s a kind of personal responsibility as well.Another listener, Gale, said it should be considered a matter of common courtesy to those around you.“There are people coughing and sneezing all over the place and most of them are so ill mannered, they’re not covering their nose or their mouth and they wonder why the infections are up and everything else.
Scientists are clear that wearing a mask in an enclosed space does reduce the transmission of a respiratory disease. “The reality is that masks don’t work 100%,” UCD Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease Dr Jack Lambert said. “But they prevent the spread of respiratory viruses and there’s lots of respiratory viruses that have increased in the recent past from flu, RSV and more importantly COVID-19,” he said.Main image: Passengers wearing face masks are pictured on the Luas in Dublin in September 2020. Picture by: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie
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