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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTime To Ditch Your Cloth And Surgical Masks For Respirators
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/01/06/best-covid-masks/I've seen several HEPA filter inserts for these. Problem is the price. I have no idea how long the cartridges are good for. My brother is a retired asbestos removal contractor and said models made by a company called MSA are reliable and approved by OSHA.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)I wonder if they are still in stock on Amazon. I only wear N95s and I recycle them a lot. They're very tight, which is a good thing.
Celerity
(43,415 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)With both cloth and surgical when I go out which is infrequent.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)Have to go to the local hospital today for bloodwork and then to the local VA clinic this afternoon for my booster and I'll be wearing an N95 mask . A different respirator for each stop. Then I can hunker down at home for sometime.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)"First, the material. Cloth masks offer the least protection, and surgical masks are marginally better. Dr. Brosseau says both are good for errands that take a few minutes, and thats about it.
Put it on, go into a store and dont stay there very long, she said. Once you go into a store and you know youre gonna be there for more than a couple minutes, youve got to wear a respirator."
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/01/06/best-covid-masks/
Throck
(2,520 posts)For the life of me, some people do not comprehend how small a viral particle is.
MFM008
(19,816 posts)a bubble like the one Travolta lived in in the movie.
Not going to happen.
People are tuning out no matter what, I see less people masked in the grocery store than ever.
maybe that's the real reason its spreading...
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)Total isolation is the only 100% way.
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)True maybe, but irrelevant since most heterosexual people are not going to totally abstain.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)But they are still a very effective way to prevent death.
And Id course hanging a baby isnt the same as trying to avoid dying a miserable death, but the point is they are both very effective at preventing something you dont want to happen.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)Birth control reduces the chances of unwanted pregnancies. Seat belts reduce the chance of being killed in a car accident and wearing masks reduces the chances of contracting COVID.
"but the point is they are both very effective at preventing something you dont want to happen."
We basically agree but I argue that wearing a mask does not "prevent". It only reduces the chances.
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Celerity
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(3,762 posts)task.
Before buying I go to the NIOSH web site and verify approval of the N95's we buy.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1-a.html