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My apathy wore out once N95 masks became cheap and available - Costco will ship them to your door for $2.70 each. I wear N95 all the time in public, and if you

My apathy wore out once N95 masks became cheap and available - Costco will ship them to your door for $2.70 each. I wear N95 all the time in public, and if you don’t want to get this or spread it, it’s basically entirely in your power. The only excuse is that someone is mentally deficient or almost unable to draw breath.

moate 6y ago
1- Your first sentence implies you stopped being apathetic, which seems to run contrary to your implied point. 2- "if you don't want to get this or spread it..." that's fine, except untrue. If joe super-spreader is running around super-spreading, he's going to get kids. If you think kids suddenly stopped being high-spreading vectors, I don't think you understand children. People are stuck making tough choices (especially in the US) because they have little financial support in order to make spread-minimizing decisions. Blaming anyone who gets sick on stupidity isn't fair. A lot of people are being forced to make choices between going to a job that encourages spreading behavior or going into financial ruin. That said, a vast majority of spread is due to very stupid (or just plain reckless) people making decisions for their community.
- benjohnson 6y ago
  Your correct - I should care more about people that need to put food on the table. However they too can wear an N95 resperator for less than $3. A supply of ten lasts about two months of rotated use. A good use of our tax dollars would be to supply them public with them.
loblollyboy 6y ago
I have a super snotty nose and live in a cold place so I don’t wear it outside. I walk away or cover mouth when someone gets close. But I’ve read articles that give numbers ie. x% chance of getting it if you are within y feet for z minutes in an enclosed room, so I think me walking outside without a mask is not an issue, despite the dirty looks from lots of people.
- benjohnson 6y ago
  My opinion - you should consider wearing a light weight cloth mask outside to keep your plume of potentially infectious air closer to you. Strong breath during exercise can travel quite a distance.
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JZL003 6y ago
I honestly don't see that on any reputable retailer I could find
- benjohnson 6y ago
  Costco is good about vetting their suppliers - and I've followed the paper trail to the FDA registration. Sadly, they're made in China but I can vouch for their quality - passed our bitter-smoke fit test. https://www.costco.com/niosh-n95-round-respirator%2C-100-masks.product.100707773.html https://www.costco.com/niosh-n95-round-respirator%2C-100-mas...
Mediterraneo10 6y ago
I live in a country with a mask obligation, but I have now joined so many of my fellow citizens in wearing my mask badly or often taking it off when I can get away with it in public. Why is this? It is because we cannot ignore the rules completely (that might attract fines), but mass lax observance of the rules might communicate to elected officials and potential candidates for office that people are getting tired of lockdowns and restrictions after nearly a year and we want some other approach. (For example, as someone already advanced in years, I personally feel that the rights of people now in their teens and early twenties to enjoy normal coming of age things like big group events and the usual courtship rituals takes higher priority than the most vulnerable COVID demographic – half of our deaths have been in care homes.) A candidate who looks at how willing the public is to accept the restrictions imposed on them, and who offers to change the state of affairs, might get my and others’ vote. Now that we know so much about the virus, there is a large subjective element to whether an approach to the epidemic is “right” or “wrong”, and an electorate has the right to push its elected officials towards the course of action which they feel is preferable.

moate 6y ago

1- Your first sentence implies you stopped being apathetic, which seems to run contrary to your implied point. 2- "if you don't want to get this or spread it..." that's fine, except untrue. If joe super-spreader is running around super-spreading, he's going to get kids. If you think kids suddenly stopped being high-spreading vectors, I don't think you understand children. People are stuck making tough choices (especially in the US) because they have little financial support in order to make spread-minimizing decisions. Blaming anyone who gets sick on stupidity isn't fair. A lot of people are being forced to make choices between going to a job that encourages spreading behavior or going into financial ruin. That said, a vast majority of spread is due to very stupid (or just plain reckless) people making decisions for their community.

benjohnson 6y ago
Your correct - I should care more about people that need to put food on the table. However they too can wear an N95 resperator for less than $3. A supply of ten lasts about two months of rotated use. A good use of our tax dollars would be to supply them public with them.

loblollyboy 6y ago

I have a super snotty nose and live in a cold place so I don’t wear it outside. I walk away or cover mouth when someone gets close. But I’ve read articles that give numbers ie. x% chance of getting it if you are within y feet for z minutes in an enclosed room, so I think me walking outside without a mask is not an issue, despite the dirty looks from lots of people.

benjohnson 6y ago
My opinion - you should consider wearing a light weight cloth mask outside to keep your plume of potentially infectious air closer to you. Strong breath during exercise can travel quite a distance.
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JZL003 6y ago

I honestly don't see that on any reputable retailer I could find

benjohnson 6y ago
Costco is good about vetting their suppliers - and I've followed the paper trail to the FDA registration. Sadly, they're made in China but I can vouch for their quality - passed our bitter-smoke fit test. https://www.costco.com/niosh-n95-round-respirator%2C-100-masks.product.100707773.html https://www.costco.com/niosh-n95-round-respirator%2C-100-mas...

Mediterraneo10 6y ago

I live in a country with a mask obligation, but I have now joined so many of my fellow citizens in wearing my mask badly or often taking it off when I can get away with it in public. Why is this? It is because we cannot ignore the rules completely (that might attract fines), but mass lax observance of the rules might communicate to elected officials and potential candidates for office that people are getting tired of lockdowns and restrictions after nearly a year and we want some other approach. (For example, as someone already advanced in years, I personally feel that the rights of people now in their teens and early twenties to enjoy normal coming of age things like big group events and the usual courtship rituals takes higher priority than the most vulnerable COVID demographic – half of our deaths have been in care homes.) A candidate who looks at how willing the public is to accept the restrictions imposed on them, and who offers to change the state of affairs, might get my and others’ vote. Now that we know so much about the virus, there is a large subjective element to whether an approach to the epidemic is “right” or “wrong”, and an electorate has the right to push its elected officials towards the course of action which they feel is preferable.