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Just to be clear, they are talking about surgical-type masks, similar to the cloth masks people are making. They are NOT talking about N95 "masks". There is co
by chkaloon 7y ago
Just to be clear, they are talking about surgical-type masks, similar to the cloth masks people are making.
They are NOT talking about N95 "masks". There is constant confusion in the press and elsewhere between these two.
One protects others (surgical mask), and one protects others AND the wearer (N95).
Vox proposed that we call N95s by their technical term, "respirators", and other masks "masks", but then I suppose people will start confusing "respirators" and "ventilators"
- 0xffff2 7y agoI don't know that I entirely buy this. Okay, the masked I sewed myself out of an old shirt and some coffee filters isn't nearly as effective as an N95 mask, but is it really 0% effective? Surely it's better than nothing?
- chkaloon 7y agoBoy you're quite the contrarian. Congratulations. Did I say 0% effective? Talking about primary use here. You're right, though, that cloth or coffee filter is better than nothing.