Letters: Why Scotland should follow England's lead and ease up on mask wearing
I FULLY support the Prime Minister's decision to make mask wearing voluntary in England ("Warning crisis is ‘very far from over’ as Johnson pledges easing of restrictions", The Herald, July 7) and hope that the Scottish Government follows it. While FP3 disposable masks are effective against coronavirus transmission for a short time, few people use them. Mask wearers may fall into the trap of thinking that their ineffective masks offer them protection against Covid-19 rather than spacial distancing, ventilation or hand washing, which really do work. A study has shown that people touch ...
Source: heraldscotland.com