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More people died in the US during the past half-hour from COVID-19 than died in the Nashville shooting.
Please wear your respirator when you are in a public place or anywhere where others are breathing in the same space.
(image: Martin Von Creytz, creative commons, modified, CC-BY-SA-2.0)
@/meowski.fluf.club
>"please stfu, these type of masks are ineffective at preventing the spread of viruses, even n95+ worn properly only offer marginal protection- and in most cases increase respiratory infections
"pointless virtue signal. good try though"
A properly worn N95 is greater than 95% efficient at filtering virus particles. The most effective respirator at a reasonable price is an elastomeric N100 / P100, which filters 99.97% of virus particles.
@Pat Yeah I think there isn't much doubt about that; you wear it right you're hugely protected. (Haven't healthcare workers been using these for years when doing flu swabs so when they get sneezed on by sick people they don't get sick?)
My question about your photo is, do you really need masks outside? I hear you can't really catch covid outdoors in normal situations.
I could see putting one on before I go inside a public space. But, for me, I feel like the risk is down to "background levels", time to move on. I'm not going to wear a mask for the rest of my life.
@Pat the 24 ft guy – but how do we know he didn't get it from someone else, say, in the bathroom? Was it one of those silly pseudo "outdoor" tent things restaurants had, as if it was sheetrock that caused covid?
Anyway: sure, it's possible, I'm sure like a couple people got sick that way.
@ech
Early in the pandemic there was a case of someone who became infected at an outdoor cafe who was sitting 24 ft. from the guy who infected them.
There are a lot of variables outdoors -- notably air currents and UV. At night when the air is still the virus will survive outdoors.
My rule of thumb is that if anyone around you was smoking would you be able to smell the smoke? If yes then wear the respirator. Chem odors from smoke will transmit more readily than the virus, so this should provide a margin of safety.
>"I'm not going to wear a mask for the rest of my life."
Depends on how long you live.