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perhaps an unmask would be helpful: https://www.getunmask.com/ https://www.getunmask.com/
by sul_tasto 5y ago
perhaps an unmask would be helpful: https://www.getunmask.com/ https://www.getunmask.com/
- occamrazor 5y agoOn their website I couldn’t find any statement about their effectiveness, nor any certification.
- tenuousemphasis 5y agoYou're being sarcastic, right? If not, that's the entire point. These are designed to fail any tests but cursory visual inspection.
- occamrazor 5y agoAt first I thought that the website was sarcastic. But they are unironically selling those “unmasks” without making it clear that they are as useful as a fishnet mask.
- speeder 5y agoI went to check the site after your comment, and found this, and the letters weren't even small: Disclaimer The Unmask is not designed or intended to prevent, mitigate, treat, diagnose or cure any disease or health condition, including COVID-19/Coronavirus. Unmasks are intended for general public use only. They are non-sterile and are not intended for use in any clinical or surgical setting or where exposure to bodily or hazardous fluids may be expected, where the risk of exposure through inhalation is high, or near intense heat or flammable gas. Unmasks are not surgical masks, personal protective equipment, or filtering respirators (such as N95 masks).
- talideon 5y agoIn other words, they exist to put others at potential risk.
- draw_down 5y ago
- hydrok9 5y agoFor people like me, it's either this option or an exemption. No longer will I put other people's health above my own. Triple vaxxed and willing to get as many as I need. But feeling like I'm suffocating is no longer an option. If you don't have breathing/anxiety issues (or both), you don't know what it's like and I;d encourage you to avoid the snideness.
- talideon 5y agoI have chronic lung issues. It's not snideness. People who use fake masks put my life at risk. I've literally spent the past two years being terrified. So yes, I do have breathing and anxiety issues, but my breathing issues are because I've crappy lungs, and I'd prefer to _not_ be around those who consider my life less worthy than their own.
- hydrok9 5y agoSorry. I just feel like I've reached a breaking point myself. Honestly, the only reason i don't have an exemption now is because I didn't want to freak other people out, or feel selfish because I don't have a life-threatening condition. I think people like me just can't imagine living this way much longer, my quality of life has truly sucked this year, in particular. But it's not the same as what you have to deal with, genuinely fearing for your life.
- spookthesunset 5y agoYou are vaccinated and boosted. That is what protects you. Not somebody else wearing a mask. It isn’t societies job to cater to fully vaccinated individuals who remain terrified of Covid. Such an expectation is what is truly selfish.
- xdennis 5y agoI am genuinely sorry about your condition, but I can't live my life based on the limitations of others forever.
- jonpurdy 5y agoBonus points for ingenuity, I guess? /s As a non-American considering going through the Green Card process and with an American-born daughter, stuff like this dampens my enthusiasm for living here long term. I guess the USA is just a place with an enormous spectrum of opinions...
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- xdennis 5y agoYou're kinda like the guy who complains that Australian covid protesters are outside without QR codes that prove they're allowed to protest. I.e. that's the point.
- cloutchaser 5y agoWow. The market really does solve for every possible niche.
- Minor49er 5y agoTheir mention of air travel also makes me think of how the government brought in TSA checkpoints, but a company called Clear allows people to mostly bypass it for a fee. It would be nice if we didn't have these restrictions plus people finding ways to profit off of getting around them. Just get rid of both.
- ceejayoz 5y agoClear doesn't get you past the checkpoints, it just gets you to the front of the line. Gross on a "class warfare" level, but you go through the same security everyone else does. Now, TSA PreCheck allows you to bypass some of the stuff, like shoe removal and taking laptops out of your bag, but it's coupled with a background check.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> the government brought in TSA checkpoints, The government brought in the TSA to take over checkpoints and relieve the air transport industry for liability for failures of and abuses at the checkpoints as part of the post-9/11 air transport industry bailout; the checkpoints had existed for a long time.
- xenonite 5y agoIronically, they offer four different sizes, while I yet haven't found FFP2 masks in more than in one size.
- YXNjaGVyZWdlbgo 5y agoBuy good ones like the 3M Aurora and you get at least 3 size options...
- Tagbert 5y agoSo these are made for one priority: “ Each UnMask is made of two layers of premium ultralight material that are chosen for their incredible breathability and comfort. ”
- aerovistae 5y agoJust bought one. Hoping it lives up to its marketing and I can enjoy a flight on an airplane without discomfort. I'm triple-vaccinated and absolutely sick of wearing a mask. I agreed with it for the first 18+ months of this but by now I'm just no longer in favor. I no longer believe covid will eventually "go away" and am certainly not in favor of wearing masks for years to come in the hopes that it does. Those that remain unvaccinated by choice I don't care about. Those who have vulnerable immune systems I have sympathy for but ultimately I don't feel all of society can wear masks forever on basis of their existence. Especially now that it's such a widespread virus that it's basically unavoidable without being a hermit.
- edgyquant 5y agoThis is how I feel as well, and it seems to be a growing sentiment among liberals who supported the masks and lockdowns for the first year or so.
- TameAntelope 5y agoThe amount of time you spent trying to keep others safe is washed down the drain when you give up for no reason other than you’re tired.
- sfotm 5y agoThis isn't really true, regardless of whether you like masks or not. There have been one or two level changes with respect to how much risk you're introducing to those around you as well as the personal accountability of those you'd affect. It's not surprising that different people have different tolerances for these risks. Even without the above factored in, this is sort of like saying that not using your turn signals in traffic on the 100th turn nullifies their utility for the previous 99 (not a perfect analogy).
- TameAntelope 5y agoIt's not about individual risk, it's about collective risk, and honestly it's quite selfish to consider the COVID risks only with regard to yourself. And Omicron has made it so the risk profile is effectively the same as when this pandemic started; you will get it, you will be contagious for a time, and you will infect others. By looking at that risk and accepting it, you're throwing away the work you've previously put in to avoid being a bad person.
- tsycho 5y agoFrom their website (About/Disclaimer): _The Unmask is not designed or intended to prevent, mitigate, treat, diagnose or cure any disease or health condition, including COVID-19/Coronavirus. Unmasks are intended for general public use only. They are non-sterile and are not intended for use in any clinical or surgical setting or where exposure to bodily or hazardous fluids may be expected, where the risk of exposure through inhalation is high, or near intense heat or flammable gas. Unmasks are not surgical masks, personal protective equipment, or filtering respirators (such as N95 masks)._ Basically, it seems like a soft, breathable mask.....but they make no claims that they will significantly reduce your chances of catching Covid from someone nearby. That said, if the only goal is to meet masking requirements in public places, then it "works".
- jdminhbg 5y agoAll of this, down to the disclaimer, also applies to the ubiquitous normal cloth masks, so it's hardly a strike against them.
- TameAntelope 5y agoIt’s absolutely a strike against them, considering all of that does not apply to normal cloth masks intentionally. The makers of this mask deliberately choose to make a product that does not improve collective safety, and that malicious attitude deserves to be jailed, not rewarded.
- jdminhbg 5y agoNo, it absolutely applies to normal cloth masks. In fact, as far as I can tell, that disclaimer is simply copied and pasted from other sites selling cloth masks, for example: https://teepublic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047284753-Masks-Legal-Disclaimer-for-Customers https://teepublic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047284753...
- TameAntelope 5y agoIt does not apply to "normal" cloth masks, and it's deliberately misleading to say otherwise, because if it were true about "normal" cloth masks, then these masks would not be more breathable.
- hydrok9 5y agojust bought one too! thank you