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originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
a reply to: FredT
Those people are doing exactly what they need to in order to help protect themselves and those around them.
Not their fault our medical supply chain was found to be as strong as a wet noodle.
Quit blaming the public for being proactive. It's not their fault.
originally posted by: FredT
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
a reply to: FredT
Those people are doing exactly what they need to in order to help protect themselves and those around them.
Not their fault our medical supply chain was found to be as strong as a wet noodle.
Quit blaming the public for being proactive. It's not their fault.
Hes not being proactive, he actually putting himself at greater risk because he is hopelessly inept at using it. And because he does not know what he is doing aside from hording N95's he is actually putting ME at risk because I can't get PPE.
Proper fit testing is essential.
originally posted by: Liquesence
a reply to: FredT
Looks like he's not wearing gloves?
Take mask off, touch face. DOH!
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
originally posted by: Liquesence
a reply to: FredT
Looks like he's not wearing gloves?
Take mask off, touch face. DOH!
99.8% of microbes get stuck on the mask, even after a direct sneeze... Doesn't matter if he bare-hands it as long as he doesn't touch his face...
originally posted by: Liquesence
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
originally posted by: Liquesence
a reply to: FredT
Looks like he's not wearing gloves?
Take mask off, touch face. DOH!
99.8% of microbes get stuck on the mask, even after a direct sneeze... Doesn't matter if he bare-hands it as long as he doesn't touch his face...
Point being, if he's not wearing gloves and touching everything he puts in his cart, including the cart itself, and whatever he touches at checkout, the mask isn't really going to help much.
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
originally posted by: Liquesence
a reply to: FredT
Looks like he's not wearing gloves?
Take mask off, touch face. DOH!
99.8% of microbes get stuck on the mask, even after a direct sneeze... Doesn't matter if he bare-hands it as long as he doesn't touch his face...
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
99.8% of microbes get stuck on the mask, even after a direct sneeze... Doesn't matter if he bare-hands it as long as he doesn't touch his face...
originally posted by: FredT
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
originally posted by: Liquesence
a reply to: FredT
Looks like he's not wearing gloves?
Take mask off, touch face. DOH!
99.8% of microbes get stuck on the mask, even after a direct sneeze... Doesn't matter if he bare-hands it as long as he doesn't touch his face...
You clearly did no tread the OP all the way through. He was annoyed at breathing through the mask which sitting in them for 4+ hours blows, and about every other inhale he would pull it down. So its basically a cosmetic prop if your going to do that. Also he had gaps around the side and nose clip hence more air leakage.
As noted no gloves and he touched his face repeatedly to move his mask
originally posted by: FredT
originally posted by: YouAreLiedTo
99.8% of microbes get stuck on the mask, even after a direct sneeze... Doesn't matter if he bare-hands it as long as he doesn't touch his face...
the 95 in N95 referees to the efficiency of the mask in this case 95% if he had a N100 or P100 then you could make a point but only if: 1) he has been properly fit tested and 2) he does not remove the mask to inhale which really defeats the whole point.
Again. I don't care if he's wearing it upside down. He's trying to help everyone around him.
He probably would have thought he met a capeless hero that day. Instead you're being a dick on the internet.
To your edit: N95 are rated from 0.1 to 0.3 micron (100nm).
Covid is 60-120nm.
Generic off the shelf N95 are rated to a size to block over half the virus particles (or more depending on dispersal of size).
In 1995 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health issued new regulations for nonpowered particulate respirators (42 CFR Part 84). A new filter certification system also was created. Among the new particulate respirators that have entered the market, the N95 respirator is the most commonly used in industrial and health care environments. The filtration efficiencies of unloaded N95 particulate respirators have been compared with those of dust/mist (DM) and dust/fume/mist (DFM) respirators certified under the former regulations (30 CFR Part 11). Through laboratory tests with NaCl certification aerosols and measurements with particle-size spectrometers, N95 respirators were found to have higher filtration efficiencies than DM and DFM respirators and noncertified surgical masks. N95 respirators made by different companies were found to have different filtration efficiencies for the most penetrating particle size (0.1 to 0.3 micron), but all were at least 95% efficient at that size for NaCl particles. Above the most penetrating particle size the filtration efficiency increases with size; it reaches approximately 99.5% or higher at about 0.75 micron. Tests with bacteria of size and shape similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis also showed filtration efficiencies of 99.5% or higher. Experimental data were used to calculate the aerosol mass concentrations inside the respirator when worn in representative work environments. The penetrated mass fractions, in the absence of face leakage, ranged from 0.02% for large particle distributions to 1.8% for submicrometer-size welding fumes. Thus, N95 respirators provide excellent protection against airborne particles when there is a good face seal. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
You just look like an asshole from down here
The virus doesn't absorb through your skin.
if it stopped you from touching your face, it's still doing its job.
By your logic we should stop wearing seatbelts because driving is dangerous (we should stop wearing a mask because shopping is dangerous).
Gloves get virus on them to. Touching is touching. The medium is irrelevant.