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J Kb did a nice post explaining the follies of believing ourselves safe from any danger by the use of the N95 masks and also the regular surgery masks. And this new fashion of fabric masks does not help much either.
But a knitted mask?
What does she think she is doing? Did she knitted the mask herself and now is showing off how prepper is she?
Bless he little heart
Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.
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Went out for fast food last night. Every employee there except one had their masks under their chins.
It’s a cargo cult version of a n95 mask.
Did you really expect better from her?
Went to my pharmacy the other day. Freaking PHARMACIST wearing his mask beneath his nose.
Kinda makes TSA ( “Thousands Standing Around”) look like 007, with regard to Security Theater/Potemkin Security.
Perhaps the pharmacist realizes this is all security theater and the mask does next to nothing anyway? I see lots of people with masks below their noses as well. Some look like idiots who don’t understand how masks are ostensibly supposed to work, others seem a bit more cynical and are going through the motions and wearing a mask just to avoid the hassle. Personally I think of all the reprehensible things the government has done regarding Corona, the sudden about-face and insistence that wearing a mask is some type of panacea that will keep us all safe was one of the worst. Maybe a properly fitted and sealed N95 will reduce your chances of catching the Rona, but surgical masks or a dirty piece of cloth do literally nothing. And I’ve heard the claims about how it keeps large particles in if you sneeze, but so does sneezing into your elbow.
I see people every day wear their masks around their mouth only.
Well… maybe that’s the only place they breathe?
Dead J: Hadn’t considered that, but I like it for it’s plausibility.
Around here you see three versions of mask wearing.
1) Properly done with maybe the elastics around the ears wrong
2) I’m wearing this because I have to wear a mask
3) F’ Youse, I don’t need no stinkin’ mask
We fall into category zero and 1. My lady when she goes out uses a respirator style P100. She’s a bit paranoid.
Different masks accomplish different things.
Some masks are designed to keep bad things out. Some masks are designed to keep bad things out and bad things from getting out. And some are just for show.
A P100 style mask is good at keeping bad things out. It is about the same as a N95 mask but a bit more comfortable to wear and use. It does NOT keep bad things in. There is no filtering on outbound air.
An N95 style mask does both, keep the bad out and to keep bad in.
Then we have the cloth masks. It turns out that a cloth mask made from flannel with an extra layer of blue shop paper rag does a fair job of keeping bad stuff out and a good job of keeping bad stuff in.
What that mask does is it means that when a person coughs or sneezes, it doesn’t fly everywhere. And a simple clothe mask can accomplish that.
We can quote you all sorts of things about particle sizes, amount of filtering that happens and a huge number of other things. What those home made masks do accomplish is that they keep the person wearing it from spraying others.
It is all a trade off. Make your own choices. I certainly don’t want a Karen yelling and screaming at you because you are not wearing a mask. On the other hand, if you are not wearing a mask, I might ask you to stay a respectful 8+ ft away from me.
“An N95 style mask does both, keep the bad out and to keep bad in.”
Depends on which model; the ones I’ve seen have the little exhaust valve, so exhalation doesn’t get filtered significantly. The one in the photo doesn’t have the valve, so it’s proper both ways.
My going-out facewear (mainly to keep the missus happy) is a compact P100 respirator, meant to be worn under a welding helmet (branded Miller, which isn’t the right beer-virus, but whatever). Seals to my face right proper, and doesn’t get tangled up with my glasses, but, as you note, it doesn’t keep bad stuff in. I’m pondering making a jolly-red-nose exhaust filter for it.