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Just watching people in the store and you can tell they think they’re protected but the masks are definitely not helping. Especially when they take them off inc

Just watching people in the store and you can tell they think they’re protected but the masks are definitely not helping. Especially when they take them off incorrectly. A full face covering might help people with touching their face but too many people think it will filter out particles.

droithomme 7y ago
It will filter out particles. Just not as many as a high end mask like an N95. But better than nothing. Studies prove this. The masks-don't-work people are causing extreme harm and killing people.
hanniabu 7y ago
What's the correct and incorrect way to take the masks off?
- stubish 7y ago
  There are pages of results on Youtube, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluIkTbTBIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluIkTbTBIw for a respirator type mask. I would also recommend if you are following the procedure with a reused mask to immediately wash your hands afterwards since you will be touching a contaminated surface. Guides assume you are using a fresh mask, per health worker procedures.
- jimmyswimmy 7y ago
  CDC provides guidelines for donning/doffing N95 masks here: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/ppe-training/n95respirator_coveralls/doffing_16.html https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/ppe-training/n95respirator... The process is straightforward. I was shown a different technique than they provided, and am not a fan of having dirty gloves on or around my head and face as they show there. I have been trained to usa a gloved hand and place it over the center of the mask, use your other hand to lift the straps over your head, and then pull away and discard the mask and gloves. The key is to prevent any contact between the exterior of the mask and your face, and certainly not to touch your face with the gloves. Removing the mask incorrectly risks exposure to whatever was outside the mask in the first place. For the kind of exposure nonmedical personnel ought to experience, and for extended wear periods, I would think the mask would act to integrate whatever you've been surrounded by. In other words, you've collected 8 hours of crap on the front of it, so you'd want to be extra careful with the dirty part.
  - yencabulator 7y ago
    > not a fan of having dirty gloves on or around my head For what it's worth, the earlier steps include removing outer gloves, and disinfecting the inner gloves.
milemi 7y ago
I think the idea is more to stop you from unwittingly infecting someone by shooting droplets while you speak or cough or clear your throat, than to filter out the air you breathe. So it's not your mask that protects you, it's all the other people's masks.

droithomme 7y ago

It will filter out particles. Just not as many as a high end mask like an N95. But better than nothing. Studies prove this. The masks-don't-work people are causing extreme harm and killing people.

hanniabu 7y ago

What's the correct and incorrect way to take the masks off?

stubish 7y ago
There are pages of results on Youtube, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluIkTbTBIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluIkTbTBIw for a respirator type mask. I would also recommend if you are following the procedure with a reused mask to immediately wash your hands afterwards since you will be touching a contaminated surface. Guides assume you are using a fresh mask, per health worker procedures.
jimmyswimmy 7y ago
CDC provides guidelines for donning/doffing N95 masks here: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/ppe-training/n95respirator_coveralls/doffing_16.html https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/ppe-training/n95respirator... The process is straightforward. I was shown a different technique than they provided, and am not a fan of having dirty gloves on or around my head and face as they show there. I have been trained to usa a gloved hand and place it over the center of the mask, use your other hand to lift the straps over your head, and then pull away and discard the mask and gloves. The key is to prevent any contact between the exterior of the mask and your face, and certainly not to touch your face with the gloves. Removing the mask incorrectly risks exposure to whatever was outside the mask in the first place. For the kind of exposure nonmedical personnel ought to experience, and for extended wear periods, I would think the mask would act to integrate whatever you've been surrounded by. In other words, you've collected 8 hours of crap on the front of it, so you'd want to be extra careful with the dirty part.
- yencabulator 7y ago
  > not a fan of having dirty gloves on or around my head For what it's worth, the earlier steps include removing outer gloves, and disinfecting the inner gloves.

milemi 7y ago

I think the idea is more to stop you from unwittingly infecting someone by shooting droplets while you speak or cough or clear your throat, than to filter out the air you breathe. So it's not your mask that protects you, it's all the other people's masks.