Sure, but the vast majority of users think they're getting protection against infection by wearing them, which is quite dangerous, especially if it means they fail to take other more effective precautions, like frequent and thorough washing of hands, which will block what is quite likely the most common route of infection.

https://www.nau.ch/news/schweiz/coro...erten-65668273

It was only a matter of time ...

some of us are, for sure

I read somewhere that they are quite useful, remind people to not touch their face, eyes, ears, nose..

One should probably disinfect cell, pc keybord and earphones, too,

China is a very big country ...

Dunno about you, but no-one touches my phone, earphones or computer except me.

Yes, I suppose they can help avoid contaminated hands coming into contact with points of entry into the body, but do the wearers realise this and make sure they wash their hands when they get home before removing the masks?

But they only work for an hour or, at best, two.

The virus doesn’t remain in the air, it collects on surfaces. Wash your hands, wash your hands and try (very hard) not to touch your eyes, nose and mouth with your hands.

Licking surfaces is also not recommended.

They've been testing for some time already, and the first couple of hundreds of results all have been negative.

Some good news as well:

The Coronavirus Is Helping to Contain the Spread of K-Pop Band BTS

And if you have to visit a public WC dont use those that you have to open a door to get out. The door hadles are full of all sorts of things

I would wash them after as well.

Even if nobody touches your cell, headphones, any keyboards...your hands will do. I don't think we wash them fast enough for this, tbh. The many times I pushed elevator buttons today, communal coffee machine, train door buttons, credit card docks, you name it.

Plus I read that the virus is present in human excrements and it is traceable in canalisation and vapors it creates.

Have you only just found this out? Most of us have known this for years, nay decades.

Well done to St2Leman: Ticino gets the first case of Corona Virus in Switzerland when normally, when something goes shitty, we get the trophy in Geneva! Happy to leave you this one!

Do I care?

Tom

Don’t you always have to open the loo door to get out?
It is very easy to get out without touching the door handle, I’ve been doing it for years.

Only if you start sneezing!

We've already been sneezing in ticino for about a month, as it is already spring. nay... summer, and it hasn't rained since last year.

Tom (ish)

It sort of did today!

Tom

Yep, was gonna say the same thing (not the bit about the rain though ). Been sneezing for months now - am I lucky my neighbours haven't had me conducted under escort yet?

McTavge, you are encouraging anti-foreignism! Tom will simply claim, it was brought by a frontalieri. Shame on you both.

The question is. Who is it? Is it you?

What about sniffing powders of surfaces?