Link: Texas governor mandates masks in public...

[TIDE-HSV]

We have the N95s and they can be sterilized by heating to 160F for 30 minutes, so we rotate them. Each one is sterilized after each use out shopping, etc. I have two little brown paper bags, one marked "dirty." After use the mask goes in there to bring into the house and heat. I may switch to steam instead. The CDC still takes a noncommittal position on sterilization. Instead, they suggest five for every healthcare worker, rotating them, under the presumption that the virus can only last 72 hours on a mask...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Here's an interesting article on masks...

FiveThirtyEight

 

[UAH]

Wednesday UPS delivered a package. I unlocked the door to let him into the office.

Me: Where's your mask?

UPS: I don't wear one.

Me: In this office you are required to wear a mask.

UPS: It's hot in that truck. I'm not wearing a mask.

Me: You will wear a mask in this office. What you do in the truck is your business.

UPS: I don't have to wear a mask.

Me: You will have a mask on before you come into my office again.

I've been wearing a mask for almost 30 years. I may never get another on time delivery from UPS.

Our country is laden with morons.

Have you considered taking the issue up with UPS Customer Relations or manager of your local depot? They may actually have a different view of their driver entering a medical facility without observing common safety rules.

 

[Go Bama]

Have you considered taking the issue up with UPS Customer Relations or manager of your local depot? They may actually have a different view of their driver entering a medical facility without observing common safety rules.

It is unusual for me to receive packages. I have asked my receptionist to take a picture of the delivery man if he tries to come in without a mask.

I will try to find a solution that does not cost the man his job. Most people are short tempered these days. That certainly includes me. If I had been less forceful, the guy may have responded better.

 

[Crimson1967]

 

[TexasBama]

I haven't seen any non-masked people except those out walking. But it was that way before the mandate in my area. I've got to go out in the rurals tomorrow so it will be interesting.

 

[TexasBama]

So I was out today through a couple of small towns north of Houston. Maybe 70 percent wearing masks in public ie like in gas stations and the one grocery I saw

 

[Crimson1967]

I was at a Waffle House this morning in Jefferson County with my wife and her mother. My server had her mask over her chin. Then a bread vendor came in with no mask and they let him walk behind the counter.

 

[B1GTide]

I was at a Waffle House this morning in Jefferson County with my wife and her mother. My server had her mask over her chin. Then a bread vendor came in with no mask and they let him walk behind the counter.

I would have left when the server showed up, but honestly I would not have gone to begin with, so

 

[Im_on_dsp]

I was at a Waffle House this morning in Jefferson County with my wife and her mother. My server had her mask over her chin. Then a bread vendor came in with no mask and they let him walk behind the counter.

I guess scattered, smothered and covered no longer refers to hash browns.

 

[BamaFlum]

I would say 90-95% coverage in our grocery stores in SA (H-E-B). A few knuckleheads not wearing one. Very few outside when we walk in our neighborhood or in the park but I still think it is extremely rare to contract the virus outside as long as you are 6’ apart and just pass people.

 

[92tide]

the city of east point approved a mask ordinance at their council meeting last night. it takes effect tomorrow at midnight.