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My local scientists said masks did nothing (then licked their lips to turn a page). I kept on wearing my N95 mask. Then I was told that the vent made the N95 i

My local scientists said masks did nothing (then licked their lips to turn a page). I kept on wearing my N95 mask. Then I was told that the vent made the N95 ineffective. Obviously wrong, I was certainly protected, and as a source control compared to folks wearing thin mesh or surgical masks (usually with nose out) no doubt far more reliable. Scientists wrong again. Then I was told we couldn't go to to three mile beach with my children (deserted at 9AM when we went even during non-covid times). This had an ocean breeze onshore, huge quantities of fresh air (and sun). Supposedly it was safer to crowd into a grocery store with others. Count me skeptical again. Then we are told that only the CDC can test for COVID. Count me skeptical. Then we are told that antibody tests need to have full computer connected to an iphone and pay for a medical consult to use at home. Seriously? This great threat, and you can't do a test like a pregnancy strip at home? Thankfully they are backing off this now - scientists wrong again. We are told that inflation is transitory, it's just misinformation that it might stick around a bit. After the administration goes out of its way to block fossil fuel production in the US, they announce an investigation of oil companies for failing to keep prices low. Again, these are the "experts" in markets at the FTC. If these scientists demanding vaccine passports spent even a FRACTION of the trillions put into this COVID (now Omicron) stuff between lockdowns and interventions into something as simple as healthy diet, exercise and socialization - what would be the outcomes? I'm vaxed and boosted, but the blind obedience to these "scientists" and "experts" is totally ridiculous, especially the non-hard science epidemiologists - is absolutely silly. I would not count this as their shining moment. Half the time the politicians ordering us off the beaches are squeezed in rooms with their staff and lobbyists hatching another political effort of one sort or another. The words "misinformation" have become a near joke.

Stratoscope 5y ago
> I was told that the vent made the N95 ineffective. Obviously wrong, I was certainly protected... You were protected, but the people around you weren't. The vent is a one-way valve. It blocks air from coming in, so it has to filter through the mask material. It allows air to go out freely with no filtering. So a vented N95 mask protects the wearer from external particles, but it does not protect others from particles exhaled by the wearer. Vented N95 masks are meant for places like construction sites that may have dust and toxic particles in the air. They protect you when you breathe in, but let you breathe out freely. They are not suited for preventing the spread of disease.

Stratoscope 5y ago

> I was told that the vent made the N95 ineffective. Obviously wrong, I was certainly protected... You were protected, but the people around you weren't. The vent is a one-way valve. It blocks air from coming in, so it has to filter through the mask material. It allows air to go out freely with no filtering. So a vented N95 mask protects the wearer from external particles, but it does not protect others from particles exhaled by the wearer. Vented N95 masks are meant for places like construction sites that may have dust and toxic particles in the air. They protect you when you breathe in, but let you breathe out freely. They are not suited for preventing the spread of disease.