#MasksSaveLives What is your condominium's policy regarding elevators and common areas?

[Wuvu2]

The world scientific and health care community have been clear that mask wearing helps save lives and slow the spread of Covid.

 

In response to a lot of concern and tension in our building our condo managers put up a simple sign that said "Please be a good neighbor and wear a mask in common areas".  The condo's JPM ordered the signs removed. (Yes of course he's one of those "nobody can force me to wear a mask" guys that refused to wear a mask in the elevator even during the scariest time of provincial lockdowns). 

 

How does your condominium suggest, request, or encourage residents to mask up in the elevators and common areas to protect each other?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by Wuvu2

[scubascuba3]

In mine it's a pragmatic approach, those who want to wear one do, others don't, zero covid here, don't lose sight of that. If that changes then everyone wear a mask again

[onthedarkside]

A post with mask information contrary to that issued by the major world public health organizations (WHO, CDC and locally Thai MoPH) has been removed.

 

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
 

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If COVID-19 is spreading in your community, stay safe by taking some simple precautions, such as physical distancing, wearing a mask, keeping rooms well ventilated, avoiding crowds, cleaning your hands, and coughing into a bent elbow or tissue. Check local advice where you live and work. Do it all!

 

Make wearing a mask a normal part of being around other people.

Masks should be used as part of a comprehensive strategy of measures to suppress transmission and save lives; the use of a mask alone is not sufficient to provide an adequate level of protection against COVID-19

 

 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/masking-science-sars-cov2.html

 

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SARS-CoV-2 infection is transmitted predominately by respiratory droplets generated when people cough, sneeze, sing, talk, or breathe. CDC recommends community use of masks, specifically non-valved multi-layer cloth masks, to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Masks are primarily intended to reduce the emission of virus-laden droplets (“source control”), which is especially relevant for asymptomatic or presymptomatic infected wearers who feel well and may be unaware of their infectiousness to others, and who are estimated to account for more than 50% of transmissions.^1,2  Masks also help reduce inhalation of these droplets by the wearer (“filtration for personal protection”). The community benefit of masking for SARS-CoV-2 control is due to the combination of these effects; individual prevention benefit increases with increasing numbers of people using masks consistently and correctly.