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Title: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: Texacon on July 25, 2021, 02:01:53 PM
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215658347


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


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
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: DLR Pyro on July 25, 2021, 02:30:47 PM
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. 
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: Mr Mannn on July 25, 2021, 02:47:20 PM
The masters require another show of loyalty from us slaves.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: USA4ME on July 25, 2021, 03:32:36 PM
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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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Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: ADsOutburst on July 25, 2021, 03:46:09 PM
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215658347



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.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: DLR Pyro on July 25, 2021, 04:49:31 PM
The masters require another show of loyalty from us slaves.
RESIST!

That's still popular, isn't it?
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: SVPete on July 25, 2021, 04:59:04 PM
I tried an N95 mask over a year ago for half a minute. I thought I was being suffocated.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: Drafe Hoblin on July 25, 2021, 06:30:32 PM
I'll be doing any fighting that needs to be done.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: thundley4 on July 26, 2021, 05:53:26 AM
How soon before there is a shortage of those masks and people are forced to stay home again?
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: zeitgeist on August 02, 2021, 05:10:11 AM
A. Beard or excess facial hair makes all but an air fed hood virtually useless as well. Might as well be wearing cheese cloth.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: landofconfusion80 on August 02, 2021, 07:13:44 AM
Heck of a good company fighting the good fight
https://fakemaskusa.com/ (https://fakemaskusa.com/)
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: freedumb2003b on August 02, 2021, 08:04:24 AM
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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!
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on August 02, 2021, 08:05:31 AM
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.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on August 02, 2021, 08:18:24 AM
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.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: 67 Rover on August 02, 2021, 10:53:28 AM
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.  :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: thundley4 on August 02, 2021, 04:49:03 PM
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.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on August 02, 2021, 05:59:05 PM
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.  :cheersmate:

The only medical advice DUmmies are qualified to give is how to beat a drug test.
Title: Re: Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta varia
Post by: DUmpsterDiver on August 02, 2021, 09:28:19 PM
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.