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Prosper

(761 posts) Thu Jul 30, 2020, 08:00 PM Jul 2020

Only N-95 and more restrictive masks offer protection to wearer. [View all]

“Cloth masks “protect the environment from the wearer, whereas respirator N95 masks protect the wearer from the environment,” Dr. Natasha Fuksina, an internal medicine physician with Astra MD Health in Newark, New Jersey, explained to Healthline.“

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/face-masks-importance-battle-with-covid19#Cloth-face-masks-arent-respirators

Why didn’t the Wartime president Trump immediately commission emergency production of N-95 type masks. The fed was pumping hundreds of billions into the stock market to shore up the market so why couldn’t billions be pumped into immediately making every person in the USA the owner of many N-95 type masks.

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Only N-95 and more restrictive masks offer protection to wearer. [View all] Prosper Jul 2020 OP

Excellent question MacKasey Jul 2020 #1

Not the full story... Studies have shown even cloth masks provide some (albeit limited) protection hlthe2b Jul 2020 #2

If everyone wears a mask there's less virus being spread OhNo-Really Jul 2020 #7

That's not the point of my post. As a primary HCW, of course I only would wear N95 in health setting hlthe2b Jul 2020 #8

Only 100% masking offers significant protection Warpy Jul 2020 #9

That's not the point of my post. As a primary HCW, of course I only would wear N95 in health setting hlthe2b Jul 2020 #10

Here's another take: mzmolly Jul 2020 #3

Surgical masks do offer some protection to the wearer. Not nearly as much as N95... brush Jul 2020 #4

If somebody coughs, does a cloth mask give more protection than not wearing one? Of course. Doodley Jul 2020 #5

I used to wince when we were told to cough into our elbow. OhNo-Really Jul 2020 #14

I am not a doctor, but that is not accurate. While cloth masks are not as effective as an N-95 mask Atticus Jul 2020 #6

The fit of a mask to wearer's face is the most important consideration. Filtration Prosper Jul 2020 #11

Exactly. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #13

I added a "Queens Umbrella" to my Covid Ensemble OhNo-Really Jul 2020 #15

Cmpliance would be worse with N95 masks alfie Jul 2020 #12

Ultimate selfishness to not protect orhers OhNo-Really Jul 2020 #16

That is right wing rule book. Prosper Aug 2020 #17

Experience with N-95 clarkd101 Aug 2020 #18