Wtf Victoria, wear a fucking mask. Walked 5ks in nth suburbs, ppl wearing a mask: zero. Cafes: full. Someone just walked past me: “gday”. I said, “gday please wear your mask”. Meanwhile... not-wealthy ppl in the towers are surrounded by cops. We’re not all in this together 👍

Wearing of masks were not advocated in Australia for most of this unless you were vulnerable. Has that now changed in Melbourne?

Masks help prevent community transmission - this is the first considerable community outbreak we have encountered in this country.

Are any masks ok or are some better than others? I'm in Qld and we have little community transmission right now but that could change.

I’m not an expert but am a uni trained ex nurse. Most commonly available masks protect -other- people from the wearer’s discharge. They can give a false sense of security. Your own skin barrier is better against incoming droplets but you can buy specialist masks for that.

I’m happy to go with epidemiologist @MarylouiseMcla1 & her reasons for supporting mask wearing.