“I wouldn’t call wearing a mask as an alternative, I’d call it a really important additional measure,” Prof Sutton said on Sunday.
“If you are out of your home for one of the four permitted reasons, then you need to be wearing a mask and I stress – or a face covering,” Mr Andrews said on Sunday. The announcement prompted a mad scramble for masks at stores across Melbourne Sunday afternoon, including craft stores, where shoppers bought supplies to make their own.Masks could stop Victoria from entering stage 4 restrictions, the state’s chief health officer said. Picture: Paul Jeffers/The AustralianProf Sutton said masks were recommended for all people over the age of 12.“Below the age of 12, it’s a consideration. We say not for toddlers. So not two years and below.
“But it does make a difference. And having universal mask wearing is the key here, because not only are you, if you’re potentially infected, shedding less virus into the atmosphere, but the person around you, if they’re 1.5 metre away or closer, or further away, will be less exposed.
“We know from the Wuhan experience, though bigger than Melbourne, it took about four weeks for the outbreak to come under control using lockdown measures,” he said. “If we’re seeing a focus in a particular setting, in a particular cohort of people, related to particular activities, that would be the focus of stage four restrictions,” he said.
If it makes the authorities feel better and quit their bed wetting reactions sure I’ll wear one. But masks are the health equivalent of virtue signalling- they make people feel good but don’t actually achieve anything.
Or is it Dans way of hiding is face in shame from all his government stuff ups