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> A properly fitted mask This is exactly why masking isn't as effective as it should be _in aggregate_. N95s aren't foolproof to use even for people who are tr
by jkubicek 3y ago
> A properly fitted mask
This is exactly why masking isn't as effective as it should be _in aggregate_. N95s aren't foolproof to use even for people who are trying to use them properly, then you have to add in the folks who pull their mask down to cough or to talk.
- cogman10 3y agoMy favorite was the chin diaper. Particularly because the state I live in (idaho) never really had strict masking requirements so it really never made any sense.
- kelnos 3y agoI still occasionally see adults out in public wearing the chin diaper, or with the mask partially or mostly covering the mouth but not the nose at all. I just don't get it. Why bother? Public outdoor masking rates even here (San Francisco) are anecdotally well under 10%. Why waste the time and effort (and in some places, social consequences) to do something like that completely ineffectively, when nearly no one else is bothering at all?
- cesarb 3y ago> I just don't get it. Why bother? The "mask on the chin" allows one to quickly pull up the mask to cover the face, at the cost of potentially contaminating the inside of the mask (which then touches the face). The "mask not covering the nose" might be a badly fitted mask slipping down, or it might be the same case as the "mask on the chin" (allowing one to quickly pull up the mask to also cover the nose).