Archive for January 12, 2021

No Wonder Masks Don’t Work Well!

Many people on social media are posting rants against wearing masks because they don’t work. Of course, that ignores the fact that they work best when everyone wears them AND follows the other actions that are supposed to go along with it–hand-washing, distancing, avoiding groups. It also doesn’t consider HOW people HANDLE masks and mask-wearing.

If you didn’t see it, the Huffington Post had an article that addresses this. After observing a whole bunch of mask-wearing people, the author listed eight things people do without thinking that minimize, if not negate, the benefits of wearing a mask. The article is The Face Mask Mistakes People Make Without Realizing It. You can read details there, but here are those mistakes:

  1. You aren’t washing your hands before and after you take off your mask.

2. You aren’t cleaning your face after wearing a mask.

3. You’re sharing a mask with others.

4. You’re reusing disposable masks.

5. You’re washing your disposable mask.

6. You aren’t washing your reusable mask for days or even weeks.

7. You aren’t covering your nose and mouth with your mask.

8. You aren’t storing your mask correctly.

The Warmth of a Fire

There’s something comforting about a fire in our fireplace, giving us warmth in degrees and closeness to family. If you light one up, use an Enviro-Log, made of recycled waxed cardboard produce crates.  It emits two hours of warmth but 80% less carbon dioxide than wood.

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Lesson from Sunflowers

I’ve always enjoyed watching sunflowers at different times of the day. It’s interesting how they move, toward the sun when it’s bright and inward when it’s not. Until reading this Thursday Thought quote, though, I didn’t understand that they were teaching us something.

How to Avoid the Virus (Mask or Maskless)

Experts in following people infected by Covid 19 through contact tracing have determined which places we’re most likely to catch the virus. If you want to be cautious, avoid the seven places listed below. For an explanation of each and why they’re so bad about spreading the virus, read the HuffPost article The 7 Most Common Places COVID-19 Is Spreading Right Now.

Here are those places: Your house, social gatherings, restaurants and bars, gyms and fitness studios, religious services, certain workplaces, and stores and shops.

Please be careful out there.