Unions call for two-hour mask breaks
mainWorkers unions in Austria, together with the social democrats, are calling for a statutory break on wearing masks every two hours. They are concerned especially for people working in the hospitality sector and are demanding that they be given a 15-minute mask break at a two-hour interval through the working day.
Sounds reasonable to me
But I thought face diapers were entirely safe and had no adverse health effects whatsoever from prolonged use? That’s what the Covid propagandists have been saying. Why would you need a break from something supposedly completely innocuous?
Safe doesn’t necessarily mean comfortable.
Science is not the same thing as propaganda.
For the same reason people need a break from you 😉
(Sorry, it was just sitting there. I had to.)
Seriously though, I work in a hospital and wear a mask at work for roughly 8 hours (8 1/2 hour shift: 1/2 hour for lunch, but you’re “encouraged” to put your mask back on when you’re done eating, not when your half hour is up). I have checked my oxygen levels with my oximeter in the morning: 97-98%. Then at the end of the day, when I’m huffing and puffing and feel like I’m suffocating, and my whole lower face feels like a soggy mess, I check again… 97-98%. My ears hurt from the straps and the top of the mask leaves a line across my face, but whatever. Breaks would not be necessary, but they would be nice.
What’s sad, is that many people in this country, including many commenters on this blog, will take your ironic comment at face (so to speak) value….
Look up the “Poe Effect.”
My mistake, usually, is to think someone is joking when they espouse a ridiculous position, only to find out they are not :-/
That’s why I’m careful to put an eyeroll emoji (or “/eyeroll/) at the end of posts now.
Clarification: my callout wasn’t aimed at you, but at those who would take Dennis’s comment seriously and believe that it’s correct.