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I didn't stop wearing 3M FFP3 masks, which I buy from a UK online store. No covid, no flu, no RSV. Yes, I don't wear them like the dumbos who remove them at the
by nikolay 3y ago
I didn't stop wearing 3M FFP3 masks, which I buy from a UK online store. No covid, no flu, no RSV. Yes, I don't wear them like the dumbos who remove them at the airplane to eat or who believe covid somehow disappears outside even when you have somebody right in your face bombarding you with their spit and aerosols. Yes, tell me about it - it requires some solid discipline, but covid is no flu! We're just 3 years into it and he have piles of data or the accumulating damage for each incident - brain, endothelium, kidneys, myocardium - just for the quick to spot victims of covid so far! The mitochondrial damage could lead to tons more - it just takes time and lots of accumulation. Even being super strict, we still got it in our household when somebody broke the rules. Every time we wore masks like smart people, we were fine even though we were around sick people, in airplanes full of sick coughing and sneezing people. Masks do work. They require behavior modifications, but isn't health the most precious thing?
The worst thing is that we don't make a dent when everybody want to live their (shorter) lives without doing the necessary to prevent mutation. This is the most contagious virus known to science now and each new variant becomes better. Okay, it's mortality is less, but isn't it because we all got immune? Just pray this doesn't suddenly reinvent the mortality of SARS or MERS - they it will be the end of the human civilization as we proved we're stupid and self-entitled!
- nearting 3y agoHoly superiority complex batman. I suppose you're right - health is the most precious thing over all else, and people who value silly things like socializing indoors over a meal have no one but themselves to blame if humanity is wiped out by a suddenly deadly variant. I get it - many people have returned to pre-pandemic behavior (I'd hoped we'd at least keep masking when sick with anything) but this type of comment is certainly not going to win hearts and change opinions.
- nikolay 3y agoWell, I do see people, I do go places. In fact, I do it probably more willingly as I know I won't get covid, or flu, or anything that will ruin my time. Yes, I know, people love eating together - that's primitive like wolves or lions devouring an animal they've killed. People can socialize in so many ways and eating is probably the worst kind.
- Krssst 3y agoHow does protecting one's own health relate to having a superiority complex?
- egberts1 3y agoWhen the tiniest water droplet cannot be stopped by an N95 mask. After all, the entire length of a single COVID virus is only 70-90nm long. What was the manufacturer-rated N95 stopping power of particle size again? 95% at 300nm! And it quickly goes south after that. Also, because of ANY sufficiently virial load, the water droplets are even smaller. Don't try and pull that nonsense of a human breathing action having cause a Brownian Motion to being able to catch even smaller particles because all cited papers mention unnatural atmospheric pressure (1800 mbar) to achieve this kind of filtering. So, superiority complex, indeed. Might as well wear a simple cloth mask. :-/ - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579175/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579175/ - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436814/
- tiberious726 3y ago300nm is specifically the size the filters are worst at collecting. Below that, _eletrostatic_ forces kick in, and they're much better than 95%.
- egberts1 3y agoCitation, please, like I do.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agohttps://www.mpg.de/17916867/coronavirus-masks-risk-protection https://www.mpg.de/17916867/coronavirus-masks-risk-protectio... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8452097/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8452097/
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- Krssst 3y agoIs there a way to get FFP3 or equivalent masks in the US?
- hollerith 3y agoI bought a couple of 3M-brand N100s from a web site. They're OK, but don't fit my face as well as the 3M-brand N95s I usually buy (8511s).
- nikolay 3y ago3M Aura 9330+ is the most comfortable. The shipping from the Face Mask Store [0] is affordable and fast. They have many other FFP3 alternatives. With my last order, I got Dräger X-plore 1930 FFP3, which seems great, but I haven't tried it yet. FFP3 masks are not cheap, but high-end 3M disposable masks have a great fit, they are very comfortable, and you can wear them for days. [0]: https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/3m-aura-9330 https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/3m-aura-9330
- Krssst 3y agoThank you. I used the 3M FFP3 in Europe and they were quite comfortable but importing them is a bit expensive in addition to the mask itself (I don't reuse if I wear the mask for more than 6 hours). I keep a small stock for wave peaks but otherwise stay on 3M Aura N95.
- bheadmaster 3y agoIf the only way to survive is to isolate myself and wear a mask over my face at all times, the I'm better off dead.
- nikolay 3y agoWhen did I say that I was isolating myself? Assuming much?! Live your life the way you want, but do not judge me for having the same privilege!
- bheadmaster 3y agoYou're preaching that everyone should compromise their freedom in order to minimize mutation. What difference does it make whether you, in particular, isolate yourself or not? My point still stands. I'm not judging your "privileges", I'm not even judging your holier-than-thou attitude and covert authoritarianism - I'm just stating my stance on the issue.
- nikolay 3y agoAgain and again, when did I mention isolation?! Thew new age liberalism sooner or later imminently leads to an apocalypse - individualism is doomed. When everybody's self-centered, everybody does - that's without a doubt. This was an engineered virus and it's just the beginning. It's so easy to create a new virus and spread it and with people who don't care about anything else but dining out with friends will make it spread within days around the globe.
- bheadmaster 3y agoPlease read my previous comment again.
- nikolay 3y agoAnd you read about False Dilemma - a common fallacy among people.