Alarms on overcrowded beaches on the weekend: masks must be mandatory

The position of the vacationers varies

Radio news listener Tom from Sweden said maybe it’s best not to wear masks if people don’t know how.

“In Sweden, wearing masks is not officially recommended, as 90 percent use them incorrectly. Maybe you need to ban the wearing of masks? Everyone removes their nose, wears masks incorrectly. When you don’t wear a mask, you keep your distance, you don’t feel so safe, “he explained.

Another listener said that they also see no problem wearing protective masks on the beaches.

“It just came to our knowledge then. There is a high density of people there, it is a great tool here, and if the face does not burn, it is possible to find a more secluded place,” said the listener of the radio news program “Question of the day “.

“I do not understand the desire to be by the sea, to be there in that goulash”, the listener Egidijus assessed the situation by the sea.

“Much nastier coronavirus”

Valdas Pečeliūnas, president of the doctors union at the Santara clinics, said that those who are angry that the situation with the virus outbreaks has not been resolved, but are already trying to propose new restrictions, should think about the probability.

“All issues need to be addressed, fires need to be addressed. But these places cannot be ignored. There is no 100 percent option here, there is a possibility that if we reduce them, it is okay, if not, it is a possibility that increases. We have to do everything, then the result will be good, “he said.

According to V. Pečeliūnas, masks should be worn on beaches.

“The fact is that in cases where it is not possible to maintain the distance and the contact is not of short duration, 2 meters and 10-15 minutes, then the mask should be applied. The beach, where people lie together for a long time time, it is definitely such a place. (…) If you don’t go somewhere to maintain the correct distance and duration of contact, then you need to have a mask in that place, be it an event, a beach, you should look at those things wisely ”Said V. Pečeliūnas on the show.

The president of the Santara Clinics Union of Physicians recalled that the virus can also be transmitted outdoors.

“There are definitely confirmed cases, many of them; when people are infected in open events, it is no secret here. (…) Without a doubt, there is a duration, an unexploited distance, it is definitely possible to become infected,” he said.

“In the heat, the tolerance of the masks is lower, subjective and unpleasant to these sensations. But the coronavirus is much more unpleasant, “said V. Pečeliūnas, the interlocutor, on the news radio.

There are some dangerous weekends left

Dainius Martuzevičius, a professor at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), reiterated that the masks are effective.

“Accepted, science has shown that this strategy is one of the most effective. Each country decides how it wants to fight the virus, in this place we have to trust the professionals. It is effective because the masks stop the spread of particles into the environment”, explained the interlocutor.

“If you wear a mask for a week, it no longer serves as a means of protecting us. But it is still a good tool for trapping our own exhaled particles, ”he said.

The professor said that he was humanly misunderstood and that he wanted to be on a crowded beach.

“There may be some good weekends here, when the situation happens again. But if we go in, or who will control. It seems to me that you have to dare to keep your distance to the maximum, I don’t know what pleasure it is to rub your back, then maybe then don’t go to that sea or try to find a more remote place ”, said the interlocutor.

“I don’t think the tool is useless,” said the professor, who offered to wear masks on the beaches.

He said the wind in the sea stopped the spread of the virus a bit, but that was not enough if the distance was not enough.

“It just came to our attention then. And the distance, the same 2 meters, is not such a stupid distance. But if someone close to you sighs and can hurt you, they are already too close,” said D. Martuzevičius.