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If the photo is accurate, I can't imagine anyone seriously using those masks ! If I got a box of masks that looked like it was previously worn by a chimney-swe
by traceroute66 6y ago
If the photo is accurate, I can't imagine anyone seriously using those masks !
If I got a box of masks that looked like it was previously worn by a chimney-sweep, I would either return them to the seller or dispose of them. They look filthy !
- mhb 6y agoNeither would I, but it seems like a thing for some masks to include charcoal so maybe people are thinking it's that and some just leaked out?
- leereeves 6y agoAlso, according to the article, "some daycare educators had been suspicious of these grey and blue masks for a while because they felt like they were swallowing cat hair while wearing them." People must have been ordered to wear them; who would wear these by choice?
- reedjosh 6y agoThis is why Governments shouldn't be allowed to force these sort of things. Governments can be and often are wrong. Also add to this potential influence by malicious actors.
- eplanit 6y agoAnd governments are also largely immune (pun intended) from prosecution once their error is revealed.
- pyinstallwoes 6y agoWho governs the government!? Surely a disarmed population.
- krapp 6y agoGive an example of an armed population which has effectively governed its government.
- reedjosh 6y agoWell, at the moment that hardly seems relevant since the arms governments worldwide have are SO radically powerful as to completely imbalance the relationship. Not merely physical are their weapons either.
- gagege 6y agoLet me just say, it's nice to see a sane comment every once in a while. The world seems to have gone completely off the deep end and is throwing itself at the mercy of petty authoritarian bureaucrats.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThe government didn't force anyone to use these masks in particular, they were just given for free. Hospitals sometimes forced you to use their own masks when entering the premise but even private hospitals did that on their own, but in daycares and schools these just happened to be free so people use them to save money.
- pyinstallwoes 6y agoWhat? That is a genuinely optimistic statement. The "forcing" way through brute shaming and various 'strict guidelines of social distancing' Much forcing all around...
- sudosysgen 6y agoI live in the province in question. The issue isn't wearing masks, it's specifically those masks, which around I think around 1% of the masks in circulation. All other masks are fine. By and large, the government itself doesn't force anyone to wear those masks instead of others.
- pyinstallwoes 6y agoThankfully I'm starting to read sane comments again. Yes.
- sudosysgen 6y agoNo, people weren't ordered to wear them. Daycare educators are largely independent of the government beyond inspections every few months and heavy subsidies. The masks were given for free, and there is a mask mandate. Daycares used free government provided masks instead of their own to save money.
- monkeybutton 6y agoWhen you enter a medical institution here, the security make you exchange your current mask for a new one they give you. If you refuse, they don't let you in and you miss your appointment so its not like you get a "choice" about taking them. Anyways that's my story of how I got exposed, hooray!
- RL_Quine 6y agoYeah, I was asked to remove my NOISH N95 and put on a surgical mask. How about no?
- ceejayoz 6y agoIf it really says NOISH, it's a counterfeit. Heh.
- tmerc 6y agoI have a 3M filter number 2091 with a fab date in 2017. It's clearly stamped with NIOSH. Got a source on your claim? Edit 2: I missed the joke :)
- SketchySeaBeast 6y agoI assume they are making a joke about how you initially wrote NOISH.
- ceejayoz 6y agoNOISH != NIOSH.
- toss1 6y agoMy medical facility let me put on the surgical mask over the N95 (the guy handing them out actually suggested it when I was obviously hesitant to exchange). It's at least worth a try next time - double masking, FTW?
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