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In reply to the discussion: New study on Covid: Surfaces vs Airborne [View all]Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)Even saw a dude getting a curbside haircut the other day. I'm just worried about what happens when traffic picks up.
I stopped using hand sanitizer when I started getting wart-like blisters and just upped my handwashing game while avoiding touching stuff as much as possible (elbows and house keys for buttons and handles, you know the drill). I have no idea what actually goes into the hand-san provided at the airport where I work, and it turns out some of the stuff I've bought at Walgreens or Safeway is naff garbage subjected to recall.
As for masks, I continue to double up: beneath a standard trifold mask I initially smooshed my nose under a face-and-neck gaiter made from the sleeve of an old black T-shirt that was headed for the rag-bag anyway. Now I have four colorfast commercial gaiters with ear-loops that are much more comfortable. They might not suffice on their own, but with a standard mask on top they're comfortable and pretty much bulletproof; the top mask--secured by one of those plastic connectors to keep the irritating loops off my ears--presses the gaiter in place and the gaiter covers any gaps. (Also, I can take the top mask down for my daily workplace temperature check and still have some coverage; on a hot day I can soak the gaiter and slap it on wet to keep me alive at work.) I don't think I'll need to go THIS far though:
Link to tweet
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/09/18/these-next-level-face-masks-had-the-entire-internet-shaking-head/