#elastomeric — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #elastomeric, aggregated by home.social.
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@reinhilde @jon_giraffe I think anything that is reusable will have cleaning requirements.
That said… I went the #Elastomeric route because the idea of generating a mountain of plastic waste from single-use masks did not sit well with me.
As an asthmatic, I also found unvented masks really gave me breathing difficulties. A vented mask worked better, and while there are single-use #N95 masks with vents, typically the vent is unfiltered and can't be easily retrofitted with a filter.
I went a Honeywell/North RU6500M (#FullFaceElastomeric) at first because I saw one going cheap … and it's been good, but it is a bulky option, so managed to find a Honeywell 7700 (#HalfFaceElastomeric) which uses the same filters (I have both #N95 / #P2 and #N100 / #P3 filters) but is less vulnerable to scratches.
Both I was able to reversibly modify to add an exhaust filter: typically I use disinfectant wipes to wipe down the mask inside and out… and if I fold one of those wipes three times over and cut it to size… it makes a passable exhaust filter.
At the moment I'm mostly masking during the winter months when cases are at their worst and the inconvenience is at its lowest. (Yes, I know COVID-19 is not seasonal, however behaviour and the immune system load from seasonal infection in winter months, raises the risks at that time.)
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What #mask are you currently wearing? Anyone here that wears #ElastomericRespirators and #eyeprotection? #maskers #nasked #masks #maskup #masking #CovidIsNotEndemic #covidIsNotAFlu #CovidIsNotNormal #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsStillKilling #covidisntover #BringBackGoodMasks #bringbackmasks #elastomeric #p100 #can99 #n95 #3m #vitacore #wearTheRespirator #weargoggles #wearamaskoutside
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@rchusid Now we just need @WHO to mention #N95, #N99, #P100, #FFP2, #FFP3, #P3, #KF94, and/or #KN95 #elastomeric #respirators -- the ones which *work* -- rather than just vaguely saying "masks".
Cloth & surgical junk masks are 30% effective -- better than nothing.
#N95 and reusable #P100 #elastomeric #respirators are >95% effective -- MUCH better. And they're cheap enough.
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CW: COVID, again. How screwed am I?
@ZebraOnWheels There's a degree of separation in there with #COVID, so even without masks, there's no guarantee of "screwed". Masks lower the odds, though the degree depends on the type of #mask. If you're really worried, get yourself a #P100 #elastomeric mask, such as a #GVSElipse, and fit test it (you only need a portable #nebulizer and a bottle of #bitrex, or even #SweetAndLow)