3M V-flex 9105 #N95 masks 98% effective at stopping respiration of #covid aerosols into the surrounding air, this study finds.
This translates to: people sick with COVID wearing these masks means lower transmission.
They did not study the risk of transmission of the virus to a non-infected person wearing a mask in said airspace -- that is, if wearing one of these protects the wearer FROM the virus.
But still. Could be helpful in health and long term care. #MaskUp
New study: "First, there is strong and consistent evidence for airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and other respiratory pathogens. Second, #masks are, if correctly and consistently worn, effective in reducing transmission of respiratory diseases and show a dose-response effect. Third, #respirators are significantly more effective than medical or cloth masks." #CovidIsNotOver#WearAMask#N95
Dear old friend, trusted confidant, colleague (take your pick) of many years before this thing called #Covid came for almost everyone—
—almost everyone but me and my fellow rebellious information- and situation-privileged weirdos and outcasts who still wear an #N95 or at least #KN95 around anyone outside their household, that is, plus some tiny unstudied group of people who seem to have true sterilizing immunity—
I’m having a hard time lately with this damn #pandemic and you’ve always… 🧵
Yesterday I had not much to say. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have much to feel. And it all feels bad out there lately. (“Waves hand generally,” younger folks would say on Reddit.)
Today it has hit me in the stomach real hard that irreparable damage has been done to the lives of millions of people by this destructive and insidious virus that causes #Covid. And that’s not just from people with #LongCovid but also those of who still know #CovidIsNotOver and #CovidIsAirborne and all that shit.
2/ I am really, really tired of this. The masking, the avoiding everyone because of the masking, the being a weirdo and best forgotten because of the fucking masking. I haven’t breathed air around people outside my household without an #N95 for years. Years! It take a toll. And you know what’s worse?
All of you who gave up. Who gave in. Who knelt before the great god of Back to Normal even If It Most Definitely Isn’t.
It’s hard to come out and say this, but you’ve done real harm.
"I, for one, will be wearing an #N95 mask to #Drupalcon, and I encourage others to do the same, since the #covid pandemic is not actually over and many attendees will have medical issues that either make them extra susceptible to infection or make it potentially catastrophic if they do contract the virus."
This should've been mandatory if they really cared about inclusion. But, well.
I, for one, will be wearing an #N95 mask to #Drupalcon, and I encourage others to do the same, since the #covid pandemic is not actually over and many attendees will have medical issues that either make them extra susceptible to infection or make it potentially catastrophic if they do contract the virus.
Attention: #COVID cautious folks! I just got an email from US Mask, from whom I've been buying #N95 respirators for a couple years, saying they're ceasing production "due to market conditions." Does anyone have recommendations for an alternate source? I can probably get one last batch from them, but that's it.
#CovidConscious crowd: I’m sure I saw some discussion of techniques for stapling excess #respirator material together under chin to improve fit on small faces …
But I can’t find it now and I don’t want to just start stapling willy-nilly!
Vitacore's having a RIDICULOUS clearance sale on a few 3M respirators; in particular, a case of Aura 1870+ is as cheap as I've ever seen it (or any other Aura, for that matter) -- works out to $0.70/ea
#CDCsays AIDS is not even as bad as Herpes anymore, Herpes is more common even. So go ahead a have unprotected sex. Even if you have signs of an STD, if it's kinda improving and you don't have a fever, it's fine to spread it to others. Some people might want to use a condom (like those who know we've lost our goddamn mind!).
I just watched this @whn Safe Business Spotlight on a karate dojo and.. I knew it could be done! They have great mitigations AND it's caused an increase in business. This is the way! https://youtu.be/8FmPqEPa2QI?si=Fj3SXRPRlRcAuWRe
Tern: "You see, they've hamstrung themselves.
They've painted themselves into a corner.
If they acknowledge that Measles is airborne, they have to acknowledge that Covid is airborne.
If they acknowledge that respirators work for Measles, they have to acknowledge it for Covid.
If they acknowledge isolation works for Measles, they have to do it for Covid...
It's surprising, but fantastic, to see a mainstream media outlet in 2024 recommending wearing N95 masks, and guiding consumers on where to purchase them.
This is the kind of content we need to normalize the wearing of masks in the long-term!