Can everyone please stop wearing these masks (of any color)? Administrators are trying to level the playing field for everyone as they do with school uniforms. Gold standard is still to wear a mask. Asians who don’t normally wear masks are using them now to avoid being seen as dangers to the crowds. Heaven forbid you have to look someone in the eye...Wearing one of these masks helped murderer Tatsyuya Ichihashi elude the police for quite some time. To work with TB isolation or other types of patients, you MUST have a form fitted mask. The surgical masks that doctors and nurses typically wear are designed for one-time use, while cloth masks used by the general public would likely be washed, which raises another concern. Lots of things in life are collective efforts that require leadership. Hospitals and some schools in Taiwan require that anyone who enters wear a mask. For instance, wearing a mask can provide a false sense of security, Key to remember, say WHO officials, is that coronavirus is spread by The global shortage of personal protection equipment underscored the need to carefully deploy masks where they would do the most good, said Ryan. Still, months after the pandemic began to spread, many people still remain unsure about whether a mask is essential to keep them safe. Saw lots of masks in the airport.I wear a mask when I'm coughing and sneezing so my germs aren't spreading all around the train or over my colleagues at work. Within the authoritarian structure you then need to allow and encourage creativity and critical thinking.Are people really that lacking in compassion to worry about aesthetics over health benefits regardless of whether or not the benefits are actually realized?Yes. Sadly, I was exposed before this "mask fitting" occurred. They should not be worn except by surgeons or if you have uncontrollable coughing and are either on the way to or on the way back from the hospital or clinic.My point is that while masks can help with pollen, pet hairs, dust and dander, they will not stop viruses, which are the common cause of many illnesses, such as the flu and colds. And then maybe the psychological/sociological reasons why so many Japanese use them.Meanwhile those educating the nation’s youth will waste a combined dozens of hours discussing why the masks must be white.But, can you imagine actually bring in that’s teacher’s meeting and trying not to laugh, scream or bang your head against the table?I’m actually surprised they came to a decision in 30 mins. It doesn't matter if the rule is nonsense. Our card can be used for online shopping as well.They should ban all masks. That’s the color most prevalently stocked in stores and worn on the street, and there are indeed some people who choose other colors for aesthetic reasons (which may be why plain white masks were considered the least “attractive” in one survey). And, no, just because they don't wear the masks everywhere doesn't prove “You hear these government studies that say how busy teachers are…so why are they wasting energy checking and enforcing pointless things like this? By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our updated To wear or not to wear? Why, they used towels, handkerchiefs, and wore mufflers. 'Compliance' is the operative word in an obsessively authoritarian society. 泥棒見たい。Personally, I don’t care what color mask the students wear, and I wish we’d stop wasting entire half-hours on stupid topics like this.”No surprise that any hints of individuality are stamped on, mind.Ban the masks all together from school and help prevent the kids from developing the slight mental issue I reckon this country has with them.Citizen 137,724,456 you must go to reprogramming you are showing individuality, which is totally unacceptable behavior in school. A quick history of why Asians wear surgical masks in public. During surgery, they can protect the wearer from blood splashes, and they can protect others from oral bodily fluids emitted by the wearer.The annoying one is when you take your kid to the doctors and the receptionist or nurse tells you off for not wearing one.Wearing them is largely symbolic. It does not rest in being talented, wise, and experienced, things that enable actual leadership.
From that perspective, maybe it’s not so surprising that the school came to the conclusion “white mask=health equipment, colored mask=fashion accessory,” and since Japanese middle school students aren’t allowed to wear necklaces or earrings, the school wouldn’t want them to wear discretionary fashionable masks either.Of course, it’s also worth considering that because students are all facing the same way when seated for class, all they see if the back of their classmates’ heads, which should really limit how much of a distraction a non-white mask could potentially be, since the offending color would be almost entirely invisible during the teacher’s lecture. (OSHA) Molds were taken of my face to ensure fit. NO turning your head because it will come out the sides towards the patient. Ideas. The primary reasons people in Japan wear masks are to avoid pollen during the country’s severe hay fever season in spring and to prevent catching colds from coworkers or classmates when spending extended periods inside enclosed spaces in the winter.In a country where workers and students alike are constantly busy, no one wants to have to take a sick day, and so wearing a mask isn’t seen as a sign of hypochondria, but one of admirable dedication to your work or studies.
Part function, part fashion. Hiding your face in public is however anti-social.https://www.osha.gov/Publications/respirators-vs-surgicalmasks-factsheet.html"Surgical masks are not designed or certified to prevent the inhalation of small airborne contaminants.
I'm now overseas, and when a group of Japanese appear, all in surgical masks, from grandma to the children, they look like another species of human.Among my teaching gigs in Japan Inc. was about 10 years as biology lab co-ordinator / instructor at Temple University Japan ... and one of the labs, covered single-celled organisms, viruses, and why correlations are more salient than cause-effect relationships in The wearing of face masks in Japan was part of that 10 year recurring lab discussion.