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Masks on Trains - AF (4th Dec 2021 - 19:39:59) If I am on a train and am the only person in the carriage do I need to wear a face mask, I mean I can hardly pass the virus on as there nobody to pass it on to. Also what about if there's only 2 people on the carriage at either end, the virus in the very unlikely event either of the two people had it, is going to get from one end of the carriage to the other. A hysterical were all going to DIE reply from Paul is not needed.

Re: Masks on Trains - Pete (4th Dec 2021 - 21:43:04) More Trolling AF? is life as lonely as the train was ?

Re: Masks on Trains - Joe (4th Dec 2021 - 21:55:02) I believe you can get fined for not wearing a mask on public transport, regardless of your thoughts on how far away other people are. It is not down to individual choice whether to or not.

Re: Masks on Trains - MikeT (4th Dec 2021 - 22:08:32) This is a really tricky, life threatening issue. So, I've imagined you as the only passenger in the carriage, and I can only conclude that you're going nowhere of interest, on a train that isn't on the timetable at a time no-one else wanted to go anyway, in which case I wouldn't worry about a mask. Then.............. in the event someone else, like-minded, were to join the train, they might relish your company and seek conversation. You wouldn't have the right to banish them to the other end of the carriage, so I'd suggest you leave the train.................... or you could, of course just wear a mask like the rest of us do!!

Re: Masks on Trains - Don Battyman (4th Dec 2021 - 22:49:33) If you don’t wear an effective mask and you are infectious then you will potentially breath out more virus particles into the air than if you wore an effective mask. Train stops at station and door opens and new passengers enter. They will potentially breath in your virus particles through their basic fabric masks. These masks are not fully effective barriers to viruses in a confined space like a train carriage. You likely won’t totally stop spreading virus by wearing a basic fabric mask but you may reduce the amount of virus particles you breath out into the air for others to breath in. So you will help better protect others by wearing a mask in confined spaces like trains. Any medical experts on here like to comment?

Re: Masks on Trains - Ian (5th Dec 2021 - 00:05:50) Ok AF, how about “ just ignore AF and his banal infantile Covid posts!

Re: Masks on Trains - er (5th Dec 2021 - 12:44:44) AF, if there is no one else in the carriage to see you, are you really there? For if there is no you, or us, is there even a train, or does the train still run, but empty? For if the train is empty, noone needs to wear a mask, for there is no Covid. I hope this helps

Re: Masks on Trains - lac (8th Dec 2021 - 09:35:56) Until quite recently research on mask wearing effectiveness was sparse and I was a sceptic on the value of wearing them. I also dislike wearing them intensely. Recent credible publications of research on Covid infections (not simulations or studies of droplets being exhaled) show unequivocally that masks reduce infections, both to the wearer and to others. The FFP2/N95 standard masks reduce infections massively. Surgical masks less so, but still a big gain. In public spaces (and private ones) mask wearing will reduce the chance of infection to a large degree. As for wearing them in an empty carriage, I would advise they should be worn. The air conditioning systems on trains will carry the virus and passengers will arrive/depart all the time. The less circulating virus, the lower the chance of infection. As a triple vaccinated person I would still wear a mask when in close contact with large numbers of others. After all, its a small price to pay to avoid a potentially unpleasant infection or pass it on to a vulnerable person, who may have a lot more to lose than a few days of unpleasant symptoms.

Re: Masks on Trains - Lyndon (8th Dec 2021 - 10:39:17) The problem lac is that people like AF do not care about others, he clearly looks at things exclusively from his own narrow self interested perspective

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