But I’m a brainwashed lemming and muh fact checker says... Your own “fact checker” states the label is legitimate and then claims it’s not true? Nice work.
“I am OSHA 10&30 certified. I don't really know WHY OSHA hasn't come forward and stopped the nonsense BUT I want to cover 3 things:”
1. N95 masks and masks with exhale ports
2. surgical masks
3. filter or cloth masks
SO, upon further inspection, OSHA says some masks are okay in one situation and not okay in certain other situations.
If you're working with fumes and aerosol chemicals and you give your employees the wrong masks and they get sick, you can be sued.
- N95 masks: are designed for CONTAMINATED environments. That means when you exhale through N95 the design is that you are exhaling into contamination. The exhale from N95 masks are vented to breath straight out without filtration. They don't filter the air on the way out. They don't need to.
Conclusion: if you're in a store and the guy with Covid has a N95 mask, his covid breath is unfiltered and being exhaled into the store. (because it was designed for already contaminated environments)
- Surgical Mask: these masks were designed and approved for STERILE environments. The amount of particles and contaminants in the outside and indoor environments where people are CLOGGING these masks very, VERY quickly. The moisture from your breath combined with the clogged mask will render it "useless" IF you come in contact with Covid and your mask traps it, YOU become a walking virus dispenser. Everytime you put your mask on you are breathing the germs from EVERYWHERE you went. They should be changed or thrown out every "20-30 minutes in a non sterile environment."
- Cloth masks: I can't even believe I'm having to explain this, but here it goes. Today, three people pointed to their masks as they walked by me entering Lowe's. They said "ya gotta wear your mask BRO" I said very clearly "those masks don't work bro, in fact they MAKE you sicker" they "pshh'd" me. By now hopefully you all know CLOTH masks do not filter anything. You mean the American flag one my aunt made? Yes. The one with sunflowers that looks so cute? Yes. The bandanna, the cut up t-shirt, the scarf ALL of them offer NO FILTERING whatsoever.
As you exhale, you are ridding your lungs of contaminants and carbon dioxide.
Cloth masks trap this carbon dioxide the best.
It actually RISKS your health, rather than protect it. The moisture caught in these masks can become mildew ridden over night.
Dry coughing, enhanced allergies, sore throat are all symptoms of a micro-mold in your mask.
-Ultimate Answer:
*N95 blows the virus into the air from a contaminated person.
*The surgical mask is not designed for the outside world and will not filter the virus upon inhaling through it.
INSTEAD, It's filtration works on the exhale, (Like a vacuum bag, it only works ONE way) but likely stops after 20 minutes, rendering it useless outside of a
STERILE ENVIRONMENT (They DO NOT work in public.....not even a little bit).
*Cloth masks are WORSE than wearing NO mask!!!!!
It's equivalent to using a chain link fence to stop mosquitos.
The CDC wants us to keep wearing masks. The masks don't work.
They're being used to provide false comfort and push forward a specific agenda.
For the love of God, research each mask's designed use and purpose, I bet you will find NONE are used in the way of "viral defense."
Just like EVERY Flu season:
Wash your hands.
Sanitize your hands.
Don't touch stuff.
Sanitize your phone.
Don't touch people.
And keep your distance.
Why? Because masks do not work against ANY viruses.
Da Kine 17,is being ignorantly reckless, and dangerous stupid in still arguing against the value of wearing masks. Any kind of mask.
One small point i think your article gets wrong is this:
"A cloth face covering is not intended to protect the wearer, but it may prevent the spread of virus from the wearer to others. This would be especially important if someone is infected but does not have symptoms.""
Whereas the cloth mask actually protects both the user and the wearer. From MAYO
Cloth masks
A cloth mask is intended to trap respiratory droplets that are released when the wearer talks, coughs or sneezes. It also acts as a barrier to protect the wearer from inhaling droplets released by others.
The most effective cloths masks are made of multiple layers of tightly woven fabric like cotton. A mask with layers will stop more droplets from getting through your mask or escaping from it.
The science supports that face coverings are saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic, and yet the debate trundles on. How much evidence is enough?
Lynne Peeples 06 October 2020
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Back to ballistics
The masks debate is closely linked to another divisive question: how does the virus travel through the air and spread infection?
The moment a person breathes or talks, sneezes or coughs, a fine spray of liquid particles takes flight. Some are large — visible, even — and referred to as droplets; others are microscopic, and categorized as aerosols. Viruses including SARS-CoV-2 hitch rides on these particles; their size dictates their behaviour.
Droplets can shoot through the air and land on a nearby person’s eyes, nose or mouth to cause infection. But gravity quickly pulls them down. Aerosols, by contrast, can float in the air for minutes to hours, spreading through an unventilated room like cigarette smoke.
Time-lapse images show how cough droplets spread from a person wearing an N95 mask that has a valve to expel exhaled air. S. Verma et al./Phys. Fluids
What does this imply for the ability of masks to impede COVID-19 transmission? The virus itself is only about 0.1?µm in diameter. But because viruses don’t leave the body on their own, a mask doesn’t need to block particles that small to be effective. More relevant are the pathogen-transporting droplets and aerosols, which range from about 0.2?µm to hundreds of micrometres across. (An average human hair has a diameter of about 80?µm.) The majority are 1–10?µm in diameter and can linger in the air a long time, says Jose-Luis Jimenez, an environmental chemist at the University of Colorado Boulder. “That is where the action is.”
Scientists are still unsure which size of particle is most important in COVID-19 transmission. Some can’t even agree on the cut-off that should define aerosols. For the same reasons, scientists still don’t know the major form of transmission for influenza, which has been studied for much longer.
Many believe that asymptomatic transmission is driving much of the COVID-19 pandemic, which would suggest that viruses aren’t typically riding out on coughs or sneezes. By this reasoning, aerosols could prove to be the most important transmission vehicle. So, it is worth looking at which masks can stop aerosols.
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