Coronavirus: General discussion (see opening post for rules)

[caffrey]

So it's been deemed we have to wear masks in corridors and communal areas in the school now where as before it wasn't mandatory. It's a pain for me as I'm a glasses wearer and no matter what I've tried I just can't wear them with a mask

[elsiegee40]

So it's been deemed we have to wear masks in corridors and communal areas in the school now where as before it wasn't mandatory. It's a pain for me as I'm a glasses wearer and no matter what I've tried I just can't wear them with a mask

 

I had to wear masks at the wildlife rescue long before covid.

 

I find that wearing my glasses further down my nose than is normal mostly solves the problem. You need a bigger air gap between the lenses and your face. It’s not ideal as I wear varifocals and you need to look through the right bit of the lens, but it’s does work.

Edited October 20, 2020 by elsiegee40

[caffrey]

I usually just end up taking my glasses off and watching the world in low resolution

[bald_pig]

I had to wear masks at the wildlife rescue long before covid.

 

I find that wearing my glasses further down my nose than is normal mostly solves the problem. You need a bigger air gap between the lenses and your face. It’s not ideal as I wear varifocals and you need to look through the right bit of the lens, but it’s does work.

 

This.

 

Also, using some soap/washing up liquid/hand sanitiser to add an anti-fog layer works wonders. Clean glasses, add soap, and buff.

 

I use it to stop my glasses fogging inside my motorcycle helmet

[mikeprice]

So it's been deemed we have to wear masks in corridors and communal areas in the school now where as before it wasn't mandatory. It's a pain for me as I'm a glasses wearer and no matter what I've tried I just can't wear them with a mask

 

I got an advert yesterday from someone selling anti mist clothes - they are supposed to prevent glasses fogging when wearing a mask

silly prices so I have deleted it - but they have been selling them for cars for ages - might be worth looking at

 

also - I find the main problem is when the glasses are a different temperature to the atmosphere - so e.g. when coming in from outside - after that they get better - but having a mask with a little mould-able metal strip across the nose helps reduce the amount of air that goes upwards causing the fog

[caffrey]

I'm just electing to leave my glasses off for now

[elsiegee40]

I'm just electing to leave my glasses off for now

 

Not an option with my prescription [emoji1]

[LeMarchand]

Another class at the same school now not back until after 1/2 term. Oddly, one of the two p/t teachers is still here - as is the spouse of the other. Trying to work out how that's making sense.

[aicrd]

I'm just electing to leave my glasses off for now

 

Someone told me if you wash your glasses with washing up liquid in hot water they don't steam up when wearing a mask. Not tried it myself but could save a lot of grief though.

[superatticman]

One thing I've noticed, (maybe its just my circle of facebook buddies etc) those who were very eager to lock us down in March are now exactly the same individuals complaining about the longer effects of lockdown. Just proves damned if you do and damned if you don't!!!

[superatticman]

Someone told me if you wash your glasses with washing up liquid in hot water they don't steam up when wearing a mask. Not tried it myself but could save a lot of grief though.

 

Try SLR evening photography wearing a mask!!!!! The viewfinder becomes translucent for large parts of the evening.

[mikeprice]

Try SLR evening photography wearing a mask!!!!! The viewfinder becomes translucent for large parts of the evening.

 

 

That is why we have wide angle lenses and editing software with a crop function

[Norphy]

That is why we have wide angle lenses and editing software with a crop function

 

Surely a telephoto lens would be better? At least then you can stay > 2m away and take full advantage of the resolution of the sensor?

[Andrew_C]

Surely a telephoto lens would be better?

Nah, the problem is that us spekky gits can't see what we're pointing at. Use a wide angle, point in the right general direction, crop until it looks good.

[Norphy]

Doesn't your SLR have a diopter on it, so that you don't need to use glasses? Mine does and it's both old and not especially high end (Canon EOS 350D) Edited October 21, 2020 by Norphy

[witch]

[mikeprice]

Surely a telephoto lens would be better? At least then you can stay > 2m away and take full advantage of the resolution of the sensor?

 

What I was trying to say - badly on re-reading it - was that a wide angle lens allows you to point the camera in the general direction of where you think the subject might be

 

Then frame it better when you get home and can see properly

 

I do that when snorkelling with a cheap camera in a waterproof housing because the screen become invisible under water and in bright light

[elsiegee40]

@mikeprice!

[mikeprice]

Saw a headline saying there might be a shortage of Turkeys for Christmas due to the larger than normal number of people having Christmas at their own home rather than several related families going to a single house

 

I suppose this will also mean that smaller turkeys are in far more demand

 

$deity know what we are going to do - we have gone to wife's son's family the last 2 years - and they will have a new (very new - not born yet) baby this year

 

but at the moment we don't have a clue what the rules will be so we cannot make anything like a plan

[witch]

Son's 30th on Saturday. We had arranged to meet for present exchange and then out for brunch.

He messaged me to tell me that his climbing partner's flatmate has tested positive and so his friend has had a test.

So his birthday may not actually happen

 

This, along with a work colleague's school finding cases, is evidence for me that the numbers are rising here quite quickly. Up until now we hadn't heard of any cases really

[Norphy]

This will be the 13th Christmas that I've been with my partner and every year that we've been together, she's gone up to her parents in Scotland. Most years, I've gone up as well. She is really upset that it's looking likely that we probably won't be able to but because of all the mixed messages and lack of clarity, we have no idea and as Mike says, it's impossible to plan anything.

[superatticman]

Saw a headline saying there might be a shortage of Turkeys for Christmas due to the larger than normal number of people having Christmas at their own home rather than several related families going to a single house

 

I suppose this will also mean that smaller turkeys are in far more demand

 

$deity know what we are going to do - we have gone to wife's son's family the last 2 years - and they will have a new (very new - not born yet) baby this year

 

but at the moment we don't have a clue what the rules will be so we cannot make anything like a plan

 

For once.....I have total empathy with politicians. Yes they are starting to play politics with covid but never before have they been on the spot like this and effectively reliant on scientists who don't really know the answer. In fact they have been providing conflicting information from start to finish.

 

But yes the confusion is unsettling and the disruption to family life starting to take its toll on everyone's patience.

[mikeprice]

Quite a lot of anger round here as new help has been announced for places in Tier 2 - just as London goes into Tier 2

 

But no mention of this was made to the regionals Mayors etc over the last few days when they were begging for help

 

especially Manchester where they have hardy been out of some kind of lockdown

 

 

so it looks like help was not considered necessary because only northern area were in lockdown

but now London looks like it is going the same way so suddenly something must be done

 

 

I suspect events are moving too fast and things are too complex which is making it impossible to do things the way the papers want

 

Commenting on people's feelings round here - not the politics - no political answer is expected and should be avoided

[mavhc]

Turns out everything is politics, who knew.

 

https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ is the best podcast about viruses.

[6Foot2]

Link: Austria's postal service issues 'corona stamp' printed on toilet paper [The Guardian]

 

 

Austria’s postal service has united two aspects of the coronavirus pandemic in a stamp printed on toilet paper that people can also, at a push, use for social distancing.

 

The €2.75 (£2.50) “corona stamp” comes in sheets 10cm wide, or a tenth of the 1-metre distance that the government advises members of the public to keep apart from each other, symbolised in official campaigns by a baby elephant.

 

“If you put 10 stamp sheets end to end, you get a metre’s distance in total – or the length of a baby elephant. The famous baby animal is also printed on the stamp,” Österreichische Post said in a statement on Friday.

 

The novelty item is printed on three-ply toilet paper, in reference to the hoarding that occurred earlier this year, an urge that has recently started rearing its head again.

 

Österreichische Post has poked fun at current events before. In January it issued a Brexit stamp with the previously planned date of Britain’s departure from the European Union, 29 March 2019, crossed out and the new date of 31 January 2020 underneath – an apparent wink at the drawn-out negotiations.

 

The corona stamp will be sold at twice its face value, with the mark-up going to charity.