To wear a visor on public transport?

[IamEarthymama]

Let me begin by saying that I don't plan to ask for exemption from wearing a mask though I do have asthma that has been exacerbated by having CV earlier in the year ( scan has revealed damage to lungs and bowels, which is nice)

I use public transport to get to work and to go shopping. I also sometimes get a taxi.

I am in my 60s, wear glasses and hearing aids (NHS) and cannot find a way of dealing with the mask, the glasses and the heating aids.
My glasses steam up, especially in this cold weather, so I struggle to present my travel card or talk to the driver. I realise that I lip read a lot more than I thought.
I have dropped my hearing aids before now whilst dealing with a mask and as they cost £65 each to replace I get really anxious.
I have taken to not wearing my aids until I get to work so that's one less thing to deal with.
Oh I forgot to mention that I seem to have NO cartilage in my ears, the elastic on the masks make them bend forward so I have to keep adjusting the damn mask.
I have tried disposable masks, bought every style of washable mask and yet I still dread getting on the bus.
I have suffered from anxiety in the past and I can feel it beginning again. I was tending towards not going out and have worked hard to overcome that. ( I have a friend who is acrophobic and I would like to avoid that.)

Does any one have any ideas for non-steamed up glasses and a mask that suits those of us with floppy ears?

At work I have a visor on clear spectacles which I wear over my glasses.
Would that, with a bandana over my mouth work? I really don't want to spread any germs or viruses.

I am aware that I sound a real peach, and am glad I have been with my wife for 22 years as I don't think I would be much of a catch on OLD!! 😉👀👓🦻🏻🌫🤦🏼‍♀️😷

Just use a mask that ties behind your head or a mask aadaptor so its not on your ears?

You need a mask that moulds to your nose and the place the glasses slightly on top of the mask. If you need to you can put a bit of micropore tape or a plster over the nose to stop it steaming your glasses

@ODFOx

Not helping for your specific question OP but are you washing your masks with the general wash and using fabric conditioner? I made this mistake and it became much harder to use them: my asthmatic dd suddenly started to struggle and I found that more was escaping round the mask so my glasses steamed up more. Could that be a factor? Wash them without conditioner.

Or try airing them outside - mine make me sneeze if they are freshly washed but not if they have been left to air for a few days.

People will tell you you are U because visors are not as good, but they are better than not wearing anything at all. That said if a bandana/snood works for you, they are reasonably effective - I wore them for months before it became a legal requirement and masks became more widely available. You wouldn't need the visor as well.

As for washing, nobody should use fabric conditioner, it has so many chemicals in it - evil poisonous stuff. I handwash our masks in washing up liquid or normal liquid hand soap and drip dry. You definitely don't need to do anything special with them.

A visor is a face covering? Although have just come across this on googling, which surprised me (from the BHF website).
TBH, given the numbers of people I see without masks, or with them hanging decorously from their ears / carefully positioned under the nose, I can't imagine that anyone is going to challenge you if you're wearing a visor.

I've got one of these which fasten behind your head. I've got glasses and a couple of cartilage ear piercings which are not fully healed and find this doesn't touch my ears

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Have you tried ear savers as then the elastic doesn’t go behind your ear. A little bit of micropore tape across the top of the mask is meant to stop fogging. Sorry to hear covid has damaged your lungs and bowel

No idea what these clear visors without a mask are meant to a achieve.

In medical settings doctors and nurses wear clear visors in addition to masks in case they get sprayed with droplets while caring for patients who are coughing etc. But a clear visor doesn't stop you inhaling stuff that's circulating in the air - nor does it filter what you breath out. It just stops it going straight ahead - comes out the sides instead.

I would much rather be sat on a bus next to someone wearing a bandana and nothing else - rather than just a clear visor.

@ODFOx if your daughter is asthmatic, fabric conditioner impact may be seen more directly from the masks, because they cover the nose and face, but have you considered that having it all over clothes, bedding, etc could well be exacerbating her condition anyway.
As PP has said, it's stuffed full of chemicals; I haven't used it in decades (and use way less washing powder than suggested on the box) and my washing is always clean, fresh, soft, non-smelly...

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these masks are brilliant - adjustable and incredibly well made.
I was going to make my own, and got as far as buying elastic, but for £3.50 & the time it would take, no contest!

Just a bandana is fine. I fold mine so I've got two layers of fabric over my mouth

A bandana is fine you are asked to wear a face covering rather than a "mask", visors don't really do anything as you would tend to cough under them iyswim but I suppose better than nothing for those that can't wear a mask, if only psychologically for other people!