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Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do
Try to understand the simple design dynamic of a N95 mask or even what it was created for. An infected person wearing one does, and I emphasize, NOT A DAMNED THING to prevent spreading any disease. Period(.) It don't stop jack-shit outbound. It has a bypass port(s) for exhale, i.e. not filtered. BTW: what ever it does happen to stop from exiting, due to port size restriction area - stays on your face and gets rebreathed continuously.
Disposable masks, like in hospitals, are designed for use in a sterile environment and are meant to be changed out frequently. Like every 20-60 minutes. They are not meant for long term use and definitely not meant for reuse or continued use. They are designed to stop unexpected 'big spray' emissions - from either direction and fit poorly on your face, i.e. tons of bypass areas, aka gaps.
Cloth masks are in essence, the worst of the worst of the worst - with honors. They retain moisture, prevent carbon dioxide from exiting, collect and hold contaminates and causes one to rebreath their own breath/germs/emissions as well as those from the other side of the mask. Mold is highly likely to develop within them as well.
The shortcomings in all three are accentuated with continuing "fiddling around" with the fit of the thing and disturbing the built up pestilence, not to mention continued removing/replacing of the same mask, while it is resting over the very places that are inlet portals for the disease.
Wear 'em if you want to. Just try to fathom what their design criteria was versus how you "feel" it achieves your objectives.
Two last math thoughts for you to ponder:
- How many 3-micron sized Corona Virus germs cause COVID?
- Does your mask stop less than that number?
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Hmmm, I don't think you were here when Little Monster and IB Hankering copied and pasted something like 800 posts from about 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM one morning. But we could do the same thing in multiple threads and become eccie legends ourselves. I'll kick it off.
Interesting, you're changing your story from they won't help prevent you from getting the disease to they won't help prevent other people from getting the disease from you. Yes indeed, an industrial N95 mask with an exhale valve obviously won't do as good a job of protecting others from Covid-19. Maybe it doesn't do anything for other people, hell if I know. I've seen these on a few people on television and a couple in the supermarket. The N95 masks I've got, which I bought years ago and mostly gave away, do not have valves and were made for medical use. As you say they're uncomfortable and hard to breath through. Instead I'm mostly using KN95 masks that are made out of a more fabric-like material and much easier to breath through, although not a lot of air passes around the edges. They must be more effective than cloth masks.
Is there anything wrong with using an industrial N95 mask with a valve? The politically correct among us would say yes, although I don't think so. It will protect the wearer to some extent. It's not going to increase the chance you'll transmit the disease to others, and might help.
Your other excuses for not wearing masks when appropriate are lame. Hospitals were reusing N95 masks when there was a shortage. You can wash cloth masks. If you use common sense and good hygiene you avoid a lot of the problems you bring up. Yeah the virus can pass through the pores of the mask, but droplets are less likely to be a problem. If you believe that you're likely to get the disease a single 3-micron virus you're probably wrong, but I don't know anything about that.
I don't see the point of arguing about this anymore. It's a moot point where I live anyways. People aren't going to wear masks or social distance or otherwise do jack shit to prevent the spread of this. It's making your and Oeb's prophecies about contact tracing come true. We're about to the point where there are so many cases you can't do that anymore. You won. The Texas economy and the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions lose.
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