Are Any Folks Wearing Face Masks in Vegas Casinos

[Midwest Player]

I wonder if you approach a blackjack table with a face mask on, if everyone else might get up and leave. Maybe a good way to get heads up play. On second thought, maybe they will kick you out immediately.

[Norm]

Face masks save lives. They keep you from smoking.

[ShipTheCookies]

Face masks save lives. They keep you from smoking.

Maybe help us nonsmokers, but they don't stop actual smokers. Seen them cut small holes in the mask to fit the cigs.

[RustyNail]

Masks also prevent a person from touching their own nose or mouth, which is how people catch the virus if they touched something contaminated, such as a chip, a card, or a drink handled by the cocktail waitress.

[Norm]

Yep. Nose, mouth, eyes, skin. They say humans touch their faces as many as 100 times an hour; and disease is spread by liquids. Asians live in close quarters and are used to this. Visiting Asian cities decades ago, masks were not uncommon.

[21forme]

Maybe help us nonsmokers, but they don't stop actual smokers. Seen them cut small holes in the mask to fit the cigs.

I've seen people who had a tracheostomy, presumably from throat cancer, smoking through the hole in their throat...

[Counting_Is_Fun]

Masks also prevent a person from touching their own nose or mouth, which is how people catch the virus if they touched something contaminated, such as a chip, a card, or a drink handled by the cocktail waitress.

Exactly. And it is common sense that masks also slow the spread from the infected person. Masks keep them from spraying all their liquid virus every time they cough or sneeze etc. Masks do help the transmission in both directions...I'm not sure why the news keeps saying otherwise. Asians are smart...eventhough all these viruses start in Asia.

[Wave]

Lot of misconceptions/misinformation floating around...I recommend reading this article.

From the article:

The Best Steps for Prevention

While masks are only considered appropriate for a small percentage of people, everyone should take the following steps to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and other infections.

“Impeccable hand hygiene is key,” says Isaac Bogoch, M.D., an epidemiologist and associate professor of infectious disease in the department of medicine at the University of Toronto. That’s to protect you from exposure to droplets of fluid from coughs or sneezes that contain the virus.

Wash hands frequently, hands, scrubbing thoroughly for the recommended 20 seconds.

Use hand sanitizer when you can’t get to a sink—after touching a handrail or door handle, on public transit, or using a shared keyboard at the library, for example.

Abstaining from touching your face is also important, because that’s how germs get transferred from your hands to your mouth or nose, and enter your body. “It’s easy to say but hard to do,” Bogoch admits, but now is the time to make this a habit.

And of course, cover any coughs or sneezes with a tissue, and if you can’t, sneeze or cough into the crook of your elbow. “Really, the main way to protect yourself from this virus is just practicing the same type of hygienic practices that you do during flu season,” notes Amesh Adalja, M.D., an infectious disease physician and senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security.

https://www.consumerreports.org/coro...t-coronavirus/