Posted on 10/07/2020 8:22:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
Me too :(
For 99.99 percent of mask wearers, this chart is completely, totally, entirely invalidated by this overly optimistic assumption.
Oh, and where's the column for "Efficiency at Filtering an Infinitessimally Small Virus"? This is critical to know because, after the "large droplets" and "aerosols" dry out on the surface of the mask, the damn thing, like any non-HEPA dry filter, unloads the residue (including the virus) either deep into the lungs of the mask-wearer during inhaling the next breath or dispersing throughout the local area during exhaling the next breath.
All of this assumes that a mask-wearing zealot leaves the mask in place during and after the goopy sneeze or the phlegm-filled cough, rather than lift it up to sneeze or cough as I've witnessed several times.
If your glasses fog up, your mask isn’t sealing.
I have a N95 mask. It has no vent. That is possibly a FDA logo................
It should be sealed around the nose and mouth, since any gaps, holes, or vents could allow droplets to leak out and potentially infect another person....
I understood the covid enters the body through eyes, nose and mouth.
as you exhale, the droplets are directed towards your glasses, fogging said glasses.
The covid then re-enters the body through your eyes!
Overall, not a good plan
Gee, on the back of my boxes of ear loop face masks I get at the store, it says not for use in healthcare settings.
I don’t see those masks on the chart....
I normally don’t wear them unless required.
I have two in my pocket, both with good messaging. One is Trump 2020. the other reads “Worn by force, not by fear.”
Dr. uses vape clouds to illustrate how masks do not work
Send "Orange Man Bad" federal and state government desperate Democrats home in November!
Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress and state government leaders that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping SARS-CoV-2 will effectively give fast-working Trump a "third term" in office imo.
I don’t see any problem with voting Republican ticket for 2020 elections.
Insights welcome.
Single-thickness cheesecloth for me, when I absolutely have to wear one.
And then there is this from Duke with different results: https://nypost.com/2020/08/11/duke-university-face-mask-researchers-share-more-on-study/
And the N-95 makes it impossible to breathe. I have a few, was grateful when air in our town was HAZARDOUS thanks to smoke from forest fires in CA and OR.
> So where does Alyssa Milano’s Crochet Mask fall on the chart? <
Masks come in many, many different colors. So I’m more concerned as to why Alyssa chose to wear a WHITE mask. I mean, how much more racist can you get?
Empirical evidence is hard to dispute.
If you can breathe through a mask, a virus can get in.
The only virus-safe mask is a self-contained breathing apparatus with its own air supply.
Everything else is just wishful thinking
A great benefit to wearing cheesecloth or medical gauze as a mask is that all the Covidians who see that mask intentionally will keep their distance. Good for them, good for us, so I call a Win.
Peach
An old sheet (high thread count) can be used to make DOZENS of masks, of the 2-layer cotton type.
I like how lightweight surgical masks are for summer. The white ones seem to be more aesthetically pleasing than the hospital blue shades.
And I don’t have a pretty mask like this one yet where I both trust its effectiveness and aesthetics:
The only good thing about the muzzle is that it makes frightened people “feel safe enough” to leave their house and help spread the Covid Cooties which allows the virus to run its course and for people to build natural immunity.
I understand the sentiment you expressed. OTOH, there is a person at my workplace who is constantly sneezing, coughing, snorting, clearing his throat, etc. Maybe it is just allergies, but I much prefer that he NOT be in my personal space at any time, and that he wear a mask when he is moving about in the office. I don’t want to catch something from him, whether covid-19, a cold, flu, or anything else.
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