Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia

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Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta variant

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/n95-mask-delta-variant-kn95/2021/07/23/ee849e6c-eafe-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html

The debate over masks is heating up again, with increasing calls for all Americans, regardless of coronavirus vaccination status, to return to wearing face coverings in indoor public places to help thwart the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. But some experts say the recommendations should specify the kind of masks people should be using.

“Delta is so contagious that when we talk about masks, I don’t think we should just talk about masks,” Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said during a recent appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I think we should be talking about high-quality masks,” such as N95 respirators.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine and an infectious-disease expert at the University of California at San Francisco, expressed a similar sentiment: “We can’t say we’re going back to masks without discussing type of mask.”
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Not all masks are created equal
The efficacy of a mask is based on its material and fit. Medical-grade respirators, such as N95 masks, can provide greater protection from infectious coronavirus particles than surgical masks or cloth masks, said Linsey Marr, an aerosol expert at Virginia Tech who studies airborne virus transmission. And because the delta variant is much more easily transmissible than previously circulating strains of the coronavirus, “we really need highly protective masks along with everything else,” Marr said. “Where a simple cloth mask was helpful before, it’s not helpful enough now,” particularly for people who remain unvaccinated.

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I’ve been saying this since this dumb stuff started. IF you’re going to wear a mask it has to be the correct mask AND you have to be FIT tested for the mask. If these two things don’t happen then the mask is nothing more than theater!

KC

[DLR Pyro]

Go ahead and wear whatever type of mask you want to DUmmy.  I no care. 

Just don't force others to wear one if they chose not to. 

[Mr Mannn]

The masters require another show of loyalty from us slaves.

[USA4ME]

LetMyPeopleVote

14. I used a N95 mask and it triggered a COPD attack

I was in the airport back in May and that mask was too tight and aggravated my COPD

Oh look, 400 lb Kyle has COPD. What a shame.

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I’ve been saying this since this dumb stuff started. IF you’re going to wear a mask it has to be the correct mask AND you have to be FIT tested for the mask. If these two things don’t happen then the mask is nothing more than theater!

KC

And you have to know how to use it properly.

[DLR Pyro]

The masters require another show of loyalty from us slaves.

RESIST!

That's still popular, isn't it?

[SVPete]

I tried an N95 mask over a year ago for half a minute. I thought I was being suffocated.

[Drafe Hoblin]

I'll be doing any fighting that needs to be done.

[thundley4]

How soon before there is a shortage of those masks and people are forced to stay home again?

[zeitgeist]

A. Beard or excess facial hair makes all but an air fed hood virtually useless as well. Might as well be wearing cheese cloth.

[landofconfusion80]

Heck of a good company fighting the good fight
https://fakemaskusa.com/

[freedumb2003b]

Star Member LetMyPeopleVote (97,748 posts)

14. I used a N95 mask and it triggered a COPD attack

I was in the airport back in May and that mask was too tight and aggravated my COPD

THERE ya go!  When bowing to fascism no excuses DUmmy!  Live with it!

[Ralph Wiggum]

The only masks I had on hand at the beginning of the Wuhan were a couple of N95's.  Didn't wear one until I finally got a haircut in June.  Wore an N95 and developed a terrible rash around my mouth.  Coincidentally had a 6 month doctors appointment the following week and the doc noticed the rash and said that it is a quite common allergy.

So, I ain't wearing one of those damn things again.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

What the DUmmies need to do is make sure any cells of the virus that manage to pass through their masks are incapacitated.

I recommend the DUmmies saturate the fabric of their masks with chloroform before donning them.

[67 Rover]

What the DUmmies need to do is make sure any cells of the virus that manage to pass through their masks are incapacitated.

I recommend the DUmmies saturate the fabric of their masks with chloroform before donning them.

Come on man don't give the DUmmies bad info when it comes to medical advice. 

Chloroform does not kill the Wuhan virus but a combination of Ammonia and Bleach certainly will. 

[thundley4]

I used a totally ineffective face covering the entire time they were required. Just a plain bandanna held in place with elastic in the back to make it more comfortable.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Come on man don't give the DUmmies bad info when it comes to medical advice. 

Chloroform does not kill the Wuhan virus but a combination of Ammonia and Bleach certainly will. 

The only medical advice DUmmies are qualified to give is how to beat a drug test.

[DUmpsterDiver]

The DC Compost and "experts" on the same page negate any understood written language.  Just trust Pelosi, Schumer and the Biden puppet masters and Vas Das blinkn' lights.