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I think what Wolf is referring to, and he didn't make it clear, was that if people would wear masks and if they had the virus, even asymtomatically and undetected, they would not spread it to anyone else by coughing, sneezing or even speaking. I don't know. I do know that when I get back to flying in my job, which I suppose will be in May sometime, I'm wearing a mask and carrying a bunch of sanitary wipes with me for the plane. I'll be wiping down the armrests, tray table, seats, anything I can touch, and washing my hands every chance I get. This isn't going away any time soon.
 
I think what Wolf is referring to, and he didn't make it clear, was that if people would wear masks and if they had the virus, even asymtomatically and undetected, they would not spread it to anyone else by coughing, sneezing or even speaking. I don't know. I do know that when I get back to flying in my job, which I suppose will be in May sometime, I'm wearing a mask and carrying a bunch of sanitary wipes with me for the plane. I'll be wiping down the armrests, tray table, seats, anything I can touch, and washing my hands every chance I get. This isn't going away any time soon.
My daughter flew from Charlotte to Orlando two weeks ago, right when all this stuff was picking up. She’s staying with my parents in Florida so I don’t want her infecting them. We told her to take wipes and sanitizer and Lysol and clean her seating area before she sat down. She took pictures of her seat when she boarded and it was disgusting. Needless to say, the airline didn’t clean shit.
 
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She took pictures of her seat when she boarded and it was disgusting. Needless to say, the airline didn’t clean shit.
I flew regularly for about 16 years . Most of those planes were like flying in a port-a-jon . I don't think it was as much as people were pigs , most people are usually cleaned up/dressed well for a flight . It's just they have no employees that board in between flights to clean the damn things . Ever .
 
By all means, wear the N95. However, a cloth mask will do a great job at catching spit from talking or coughing. Evidence shows masks help.

Noone is going to require everyone wear a mask for the flu with will go away soon and soon after that a vaccine will be available.
If they did most wont wear a mask. I see maybe three of four masks a day where we live when we go out to the food store or other places.
Masks for all for a flu that doesn't and won't even kill the number of people daily that heart disease 1,800, the reg flu 500, lung cancer 450, or breast cancer 200.

Your acquaintances spit on you when talking?LOL!

You people are a freaking a riot. Its funny how scared this Pee Wee is and some of you others.

What the heck are you afraid of. Pee Wee.

Masks are of minimal value. Especially if you wear one mask all day or multiple days it actually begins to be a risk!
 
I flew regularly for about 16 years . Most of those planes were like flying in a port-a-jon . I don't think it was as much as people were pigs , most people are usually cleaned up/dressed well for a flight . It's just they have no employees that board in between flights to clean the damn things . Ever .
Since I don't fly as much, I haven't gotten as many respiratory illnesses, which were never limited to just winter, but even spring and summer. So again, not missing it.
 
Wear prey-tell does one acquire these masks?
Your wife or girl will be pissed .
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Noone is going to require everyone wear a mask for the flu with will go away soon and soon after that a vaccine will be available.
If they did most wont wear a mask. I see maybe three of four masks a day where we live when we go out to the food store or other places.
Masks for all for a flu that doesn't and won't even kill the number of people daily that heart disease 1,800, the reg flu 500, lung cancer 450, or breast cancer 200.

Your acquaintances spit on you when talking?LOL!

You people are a freaking a riot. Its funny how scared this Pee Wee is and some of you others.

What the heck are you afraid of. Pee Wee.

Masks are of minimal value. Especially if you wear one mask all day or multiple days it actually begins to be a risk!
Your statistics are meaningless. Those other deaths are not comparable. They are not transmittable.

Keep up the delusions. Its what your best at.
 
Wear prey-tell does one acquire these masks?
They are sold out. Good luck finding one. Maybe on black market.

I have some because we were buying them to renovate a house that created a lot of dust. We have a couple left. We got them at Home Depot.
 
Noone is going to require everyone wear a mask for the flu with will go away soon and soon after that a vaccine will be available.
If they did most wont wear a mask. I see maybe three of four masks a day where we live when we go out to the food store or other places.
Masks for all for a flu that doesn't and won't even kill the number of people daily that heart disease 1,800, the reg flu 500, lung cancer 450, or breast cancer 200.

Your acquaintances spit on you when talking?LOL!

You people are a freaking a riot. Its funny how scared this Pee Wee is and some of you others.

What the heck are you afraid of. Pee Wee.

Masks are of minimal value. Especially if you wear one mask all day or multiple days it actually begins to be a risk!
I am not afraid. I go to work each day. My wife is considering going to NYC to help treat patients. It is also my job to keep a company open for as long as possible with as many workers as possible.

I also don’t want to overrun our health system. We have done so in New York. Same thing happened in parts of Italy. I am not sure why you can’t grasp this real possibility.

Owt: we make our own.

PeetWeet
 
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They are sold out. Good luck finding one. Maybe on black market.

I have some because we were buying them to renovate a house that created a lot of dust. We have a couple left. We got them at Home Depot.
Yep I was supposed to refinish my stairwell banisters. Bought some from Home Depot this past fall
 
First off . Let's clear the air (so to speak) regarding "respirators" .
THIS is a respirator .
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The paper masks that the president , the cdc , or the so called professionals that are calling these respirators are either idiots or totally misinformed . The paper masks they refer to are nothing more than a dust mask . They capture larger particulates . And really don't do that very effectively.
Not something as microscopic as an airborne virus like corona .
Trust me . Early in my career I used a respirator often to combat asbestos containing materials . We were taught that paper masks are basically useless for smaller particulates .
Simply . These masks will probably help no one . Coming in touch or preventing the spread .
There probably more effective for wiping your arse when you run out of t.p.
 
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I will be eagerly waiting for the free mask handouts along with my Narcan. Maybe Fetterman can waste my tax dollars traveling around the state doing town halls to ask whether or not we want to legalize masks while we’re at it.
 
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My daughter flew from Charlotte to Orlando two weeks ago, right when all this stuff was picking up. She’s staying with my parents in Florida so I don’t want her infecting them. We told her to take wipes and sanitizer and Lysol and clean her seating area before she sat down. She took pictures of her seat when she boarded and it was disgusting. Needless to say, the airline didn’t clean shit.

You can get that stuff past TSA?
 
First off . Let's clear the air (so to speak) regarding "respirators" .
THIS is a respirator .
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The paper masks that the president , the cdc , or the so called professionals that are calling these respirators are either idiots or totally misinformed . The paper masks they refer to are nothing more than a dust mask . They capture larger particulates . And really don't do that very effectively.
Not something as microscopic as an airborne virus like corona .
Trust me . Early in my career I used a respirator often to combat asbestos containing materials . We were taught that paper masks are basically useless for smaller particulates .
Simply . These masks will probably help no one . Coming in touch or preventing the spread .
There probably more effective for wiping your arse when you run out of t.p.
You are wrong. If these types of masks did nothing, why do medical professionals wear them? And no, it won’t stop an airborne virus, but cotton masks will absolutely stop droplets.
 
You are wrong. If these types of masks did nothing, why do medical professionals wear them? And no, it won’t stop an airborne virus, but cotton masks will absolutely stop droplets.
I believe the N95 'paper' masks stop the virus sized particles. Of course they are not paper but a specific manufactured material.
You do have to have them fitted properly of course. When I stilled worked in the steel mill, they used a sweet smelling mist to test fit. If you could smell or taste (?) the spray, you did not have the mask fitted properly.
I think the cloth mask (as you noted) you make yourself are to reduce the amount of 'spray' you produce while talking??
 
This situation is a tough one. Until an executive order stops 3 M from operating as an independent company, I see Mike Roman doing what is best for his stockholders and customers, whether here or abroad.
This is why we need to have more manufacturing here at home. However, in a crisis of this magnitude, I feel shortfalls in PPE were/are inevitable.

I believe the N95 'paper' masks stop the virus sized particles. Of course they are not paper but a specific manufactured material.
You do have to have them fitted properly of course. When I stilled worked in the steel mill, they used a sweet smelling mist to test fit. If you could smell or taste (?) the spray, you did not have the mask fitted properly.
I think the cloth mask (as you noted) you make yourself are to reduce the amount of 'spray' you produce while talking??
 
I believe the N95 'paper' masks stop the virus sized particles. Of course they are not paper but a specific manufactured material.
You do have to have them fitted properly of course. When I stilled worked in the steel mill, they used a sweet smelling mist to test fit. If you could smell or taste (?) the spray, you did not have the mask fitted properly.
I think the cloth mask (as you noted) you make yourself are to reduce the amount of 'spray' you produce while talking??

This is correct. The masks they're asking us to now use are intended to just stop whatever droplets the wearer produces while coughing, sneezing or talking from getting out. They can't stop you from getting the virus from someone else. Only an N95 mask can do that. Of course, wearing a fabric mask and not wearing it properly defeats the purpose. People need to know the do's and don't's of wearing masks.
 
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They are sold out. Good luck finding one. Maybe on black market.

I have some because we were buying them to renovate a house that created a lot of dust. We have a couple left. We got them at Home Depot.
That's what I mean. They "recommend" but they aren't available.
 
This is correct. The masks they're asking us to now use are intended to just stop whatever droplets the wearer produces while coughing, sneezing or talking from getting out. They can't stop you from getting the virus from someone else. Only an N95 mask can do that. Of course, wearing a fabric mask and not wearing it properly defeats the purpose. People need to know the do's and don't's of wearing masks.
Even the N95 mask isn't failsafe. The virus can still enter through other exposed areas like the eyes.
 
N95 masks - are usually made of 3 layers all of which are melt blown polymer(polypropylene).
They are not made from cellulose (wood). Cellulose absorbs water so the mask would become heavy as it absorbed your breath over minutes/hours.
These masks won't stop an individual airborne virus with a size of ~120nm. They will stop the droplets of water/mucus/phelm/virus/other crap you cough or expel out.

Wearing a home made mask will help catch the crap you expel. It is not ideal, but this is about coping right now
 
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I believe the N95 'paper' masks stop the virus sized particles. Of course they are not paper but a specific manufactured material.
You do have to have them fitted properly of course. When I stilled worked in the steel mill, they used a sweet smelling mist to test fit. If you could smell or taste (?) the spray, you did not have the mask fitted properly.
I think the cloth mask (as you noted) you make yourself are to reduce the amount of 'spray' you produce while talking??
It actually doesn’t -
But drastically reduces the chances .
N95 have a 5 micron hole - if I recall correctly
the virus is. 3 microns
 
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You are wrong. If these types of masks did nothing, why do medical professionals wear them? And no, it won’t stop an airborne virus, but cotton masks will absolutely stop droplets.
The "paper" dust masks they are referring to are not respirators .
 
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