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No--emphatically no. N95 will protect you from aerosols which is why we desperately need like a billion of them, the key point being protect you. It doesn't mat

No--emphatically no. N95 will protect you from aerosols which is why we desperately need like a billion of them, the key point being protect you. It doesn't matter which side of a wall you are on, if it is concrete you won't be able to see the other side. It makes no difference which side of the N95 wall the virion particles are on--they won't get out or the won't get you. My take on this is that the the government knows everyone needs an N95, however there simply aren't near enough and so the obvious fact that this is a baseline requirement is being downplayed. I will say this clearly: everyone in America needs an N95 now and for the foreseeable future in public. That is the optimal way to proceed--because it is aerosolized, period end of story.

libertine 7y ago
The best outcome is to have some development regarding N95 production, because it's not going to happen in the current scenario. I'm not from America. I'm from Europe. So you're basically saying we need tens of billion of masks worldwide... that simply won't happen. I understand that would be the optimal solution in your opinion. But some countries are showing good results with a not so optimal solution, which is surgical masks and home made masks.
- codekilla 7y ago
  In the US we are using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators--this is good, but really we need the focus to be on N95 masks. With the current level of disinformation regarding droplet spread this isn't happening--this is the tragedy. We need the leaders of the world to realize that it really is N95 masks that are going to be the key. You can safely restart more portions of the economy with everyone wearing PPE that is of high quality and effective. The fact that this isn't priority one is mind boggling.
  - libertine 7y ago
    The problem of N95 is sourcing the plastic mesh with static charge - the major filtration portion. As odd as this my sound, but at the moment you might have a larger bottle neck in N95 production than you have on ventilators (taking into account the disposable nature of N95 masks and the sheer volume required for usage, I'm not trying to compare ventilators to N95 in terms of complexity or their production lines). Of all of this, I think an effective treatment seems to be the fastest solution (though there's none available yet), where you'd deploy treatment only to those in intensive care and ICU.
freepor 7y ago
N95 masks are just too damn uncomfortable when worn properly to become the default standard at all times. Surgical masks should be the all-the-time standard with N95 for the vulnerable or anxious. It would be great if being seen in public coughing without a surgical mask on (or even being without a mask on) becomes stigmatized.

libertine 7y ago

The best outcome is to have some development regarding N95 production, because it's not going to happen in the current scenario. I'm not from America. I'm from Europe. So you're basically saying we need tens of billion of masks worldwide... that simply won't happen. I understand that would be the optimal solution in your opinion. But some countries are showing good results with a not so optimal solution, which is surgical masks and home made masks.

codekilla 7y ago
In the US we are using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators--this is good, but really we need the focus to be on N95 masks. With the current level of disinformation regarding droplet spread this isn't happening--this is the tragedy. We need the leaders of the world to realize that it really is N95 masks that are going to be the key. You can safely restart more portions of the economy with everyone wearing PPE that is of high quality and effective. The fact that this isn't priority one is mind boggling.
- libertine 7y ago
  The problem of N95 is sourcing the plastic mesh with static charge - the major filtration portion. As odd as this my sound, but at the moment you might have a larger bottle neck in N95 production than you have on ventilators (taking into account the disposable nature of N95 masks and the sheer volume required for usage, I'm not trying to compare ventilators to N95 in terms of complexity or their production lines). Of all of this, I think an effective treatment seems to be the fastest solution (though there's none available yet), where you'd deploy treatment only to those in intensive care and ICU.

freepor 7y ago

N95 masks are just too damn uncomfortable when worn properly to become the default standard at all times. Surgical masks should be the all-the-time standard with N95 for the vulnerable or anxious. It would be great if being seen in public coughing without a surgical mask on (or even being without a mask on) becomes stigmatized.