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Coronavirus masks

pete6032

pete6032

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Looks like the federal government is close to issuing guidelines suggesting that citizens wear home made masks. We bought some materials to make masks today. Anyone else going to wear a mask if the CDC/Feds recommend it?
 
I already wear 3M N95 mask when I grocery shop. That's the only time I'm around people other than my family. Today I gave four 3M N95 masks to my sister so she can protect her family and kids. I bought 2 contractor boxes along with couple 2 packs of 3M N95 masks back in January as cheap insurance in case this turned out to be something serious. My sister thought I was crazy for buying it then. Today she told me she's glad she has crazy brother. 🙂
 
I wear a 3m p100 respirator everywhere. I have 4 of them and my wife refuses to wear it because she says they look too weird.

I dont get women 🙄
 
brainhulk said:
I wear a 3m p100 respirator everywhere. I have 4 of them and my wife refuses to wear it because she says they look too weird.

I dont get women 🙄
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I have some N99s and when I did my food shopping yesterday I wore one. Most people wore some kind of mask which at least reduces aerosols. Making a mask properly could help from infecting others but as take out is how a lot of people "cook" I have to wonder. Basic skills used for millenia have been on the decline since the 1950's. Might not be bad to at least get the basics down.
 
I might start wearing masks when I go grocery shopping. I have some N95s that I'll donate to the local hospital, so I may just wear my snowboarding masks.

Is any (thick) fabric acceptable? I understand the mask should be washed in-between uses.
 
I've been wearing a sewn mask for the last two weeks already.

We learned a lot from SARS in 2003 that for some reason* our government and the health organizations are content not to share until it's too late to be as impactful as it could have been.
 
I had about 15 N95s left in a box that i bought years ago for work. I kept 2 & gave the rest to my doctor. I'll have to look, i might have one in my box at work too.
Population density is low here so i'll see how things go. Haven't been wearing a mask yet.
 
Gee, that's nice. First the government chastises people for wearing masks because it "causes a panic", then tries us to convince us they don't even work for COVID-19, then asks us to donate any masks that we might have in storage to medical personnel, and THEN does a complete 180 and tells us that we should be wearing homemade masks as well long after any actually effective masks have sold out??

I think that I want to take one of those masks and shove it up CDC's ass right about now. You know, just to let them know how much I appreciate their propaganda... err... advice.
 
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks.
 
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