Let's talk about whether masks and face coverings are the way to control Covid 19?
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English - April 03, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBMedicine Health & Fitness News innovation designthinking humancentereddesign design covid19 coronavirus health wellbeing science medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Matt brings together a team from advertising, legal, media, marketing, design and science to debate whether the UK should adopt #masks4all.
In this episode Matt Turrell, Martin Sadofski, Samantha Oakley Patrick Olszowski, Susie Quddus talk about the full picture of considering #masks4all from a cultural, human, social and scientific view point. Within the context of the political, the legal, the anthropological everyday.
According to the Masks4All website, "#Masks4All is a grassroots movement to get people to follow the overwhelming scientific evidence that shows we need to wear homemade masks in public to slow COVID-19.
#Masks4All was originally started in the Czech Republic by Petr Ludwig with a group of researchers and entrepreneurs. The movement was so effective that now close to 100% of the country wears masks and the growth of COVID-19 has slowed significantly."
As we speak, news channels have announced that the US is considering cloth face masks for public and this question is to be assessed by a panel of advisers to the World Health Organization (WHO).
What are your thoughts on #masks4uk? Should the UK public wear face masks in addtion to washing hands and social distancing?
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