Universities need to have mask discussion, says UNSW deputy

Mask wearing to protect vulnerable, and not so vulnerable, staff is a good idea, students however will be doing what they do as usual, so masks won't do a lot for them per se. Though wearing a mask whilst out in local communities might just stop the Universities getting total blame for spreading it, town & gown relationships will be strained if not broken otherwise. The bigger problem is what sort of 'mask'? Some UK Universities are buying non-PPE 'face coverings', they are being sold as 'UK SAFE' to issue to students, 2 of them to be washed at 60°C and dried daily for reuse. Data from testing suggests these will sort of work, until saturated, when the mask will likely become, if the wearer in infected, a super emitter of finer infectious aerosol particles.