I knew it! See, I was in hospital for 8 weeks earlier this year, and we had an outbreak of ‘flu on the wards. After Infection Control cleared me to wander around, they did so only on the proviso that I gel my hands before leaving, and wore a mask. I hated the mask – it meant that I couldn’t breathe and I, even with my limited knowledge of physiology, knew that a lack of oxygen was deleterious to my immune system, and thus counter-productive. During the current health scare, outside of hospital I have never once donned a mask,… Read more »