Mask Testing

[togor]

https://scitechdaily.com/scientific-...cuum-bags-n95/

Apparently those home made masks, especially the ones with multiple layers, offer protection that goes both ways.

[Roadkingtrax]

Wearing a mask is beneficial. There is no dispute on those facts.

[S.A. Boggs]

Interesting study and I garnered some information unknown to self. Thanks to Jon, early in this "mess", I had our daughter purchase N100 respirators for us. I leave mine in my truck so as not to forget it, my wife and daughter do not as both of them find them cumbersome and uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time. Communication is also greatly thwarted I have found. As a cancer survivor I try and take as many precautions as possible. Many times I have had people ask me where I got my respirator and I reply that one has to be placed on a waiting list to purchase them as the respirators are in great demand.
Sam

[Major Tom]

My wife and I have had many recent visits to our hospital because of injuries and wellness factors. Most of the nurses and a few doctors have said that masks are usually useless in protecting anyone from covid=19 that they only wear them because of hospital requierment. Shopping around town we see many people incorrectly wearing masks, ie: covering only their mouth and leaving nose out or wearing them with only their chin covered.

[Gun Smoke]

It's funny watching news reporters on TV "reporting" the news wearing a GAG.

Meanwhile many restaurants are opening but requiring face mask. How do people eat?

Respirators work great. The one I have has screw on canister filters that block dust, chemical fumes or both if you stack them. Plus, you can actually breath though it w/o restrictions.

I wear a mask only because it is a state mandate. Many places of businesses do NOT wear them. If they don't then mine comes off so I can communicate with them. If things continue some people may elect to get a tatoo of a mask. It would be as useful.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...ways-or-often/

[lyman]

lady at the last couple of gunshows I attended was selling mask,
they basically were made of fishnet, in bright colors,

[Sunray]

"...those home made masks..." Depends on the "expert". Up here, they're saying home made cloth masks (a la western movie stage coach/train/bank robbers) do nothing at all. All the plastic face shields don't block anything but your sneezes and coughs.
No mask will do anything if you're bearded. They don't 'seal' on your face without a beard anyway. That means no protection of any kind from anything. And most of the cheap blue masks are made in China and nearly everything made in China has something wrong with it.
Most respirators are particulate blockers. A virus isn't a particulate critter.
"...uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time...." That's exactly what the assorted medicals are saying. There have been photographs of medicals with lines on their faces from masks.

[Major Tom]

Not to worry gentlemen. Biden,only if elected, has the covid-19 virus problem solved.

[togor]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ticles-ul.html

Hopefully not behind paywall, explanation of how masks work against spreading Covid. People in hospitals having opinions about the efficacy of homemade masks (of which there is an extremely wide range) is a bit snobbish.

[clintonhater]

It's funny watching news reporters on TV "reporting" the news wearing a GAG.

What's not funny is that it's a deliberate political statement by committed left-wingers in most cases, because the camera can easily be used from 6 to 10 ft away, & the mike is on a long pole. But what the reporter is saying isn't the REAL message, the real message is "keep the hysteria boiling," to hurt Trump.

[clintonhater]

lady at the last couple of gunshows I attended was selling mask,
they basically were made of fishnet, in bright colors,

Cheesecloth is also excellent!

[togor]

Take a room, fill it with some assortment of people who have already had it, have not yet had it, and possibly have it right now and can spread it. Now put masks on everyone of them. The science says that good multi-ply cotton masks make a difference. N95s (without the breathing port) are even better. Each layer of masking knocks some of the virus down, making it harder for one person to get a heavy dose from others. Simply put, it's friction on virus transmission. Anyone ever drive down a long steep mountain jeep trail? With hairpins? When on the verge of losing it, friction can be a real friend, in whatever form available. So brakes, transfer case, watch the speed. Covid is like that mountain road. Wear the damn mask indoors, watch distance and duration. This thing would burn itself out in 3 weeks if only people could wrap their heads around that fact.

[clintonhater]

This thing would burn itself out in 3 weeks if only people could wrap their heads around that fact.

Oh, yeah? In many of the places it's spread like wildfire, everyone DID wear masks--new clean ones of approved design.

[lyman]

Take a room, fill it with some assortment of people who have already had it, have not yet had it, and possibly have it right now and can spread it. Now put masks on everyone of them. The science says that good multi-ply cotton masks make a difference. N95s (without the breathing port) are even better. Each layer of masking knocks some of the virus down, making it harder for one person to get a heavy dose from others. Simply put, it's friction on virus transmission. Anyone ever drive down a long steep mountain jeep trail? With hairpins? When on the verge of losing it, friction can be a real friend, in whatever form available. So brakes, transfer case, watch the speed. Covid is like that mountain road. Wear the damn mask indoors, watch distance and duration. This thing would burn itself out in 3 weeks if only people could wrap their heads around that fact.

you mean like Coumo did with the nursing homes in NY?

[m1ashooter]

I applaud the article but it appears from my personal experience that no matter how much good information there is about the effectiveness of wearing masks it is an uphill and constant battle to get people to wear them and wear them correctly. I'm a retail manager for a large company. The Governor of Texas mandated the wearing of masks and placed the responsibility of enforcement on the business community. We have signs saying masks must be worn to shop on every door. We have standards in place that requires every employee to wear a mask when in the building, yet every day I have have to tell my some of my people to pull their mask up and ask customer to put one on. Most of the customers that I ask give me excuses and crap and the employees comply and then later on I'm telling them again. There is a leadership problem in my building so thats on us, but even in my own home the wearing of masks is a battle that I've decided I can't win. My wife works for two Doctors who firmly believe that masks don't work, refuse to wear them and don't require their patients to wear one either.