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The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good -ESPECIALLY with Masks
by
drybones
Community
(This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)
Saturday, Apr. 04, 2020
Saturday, Apr. 04, 2020
at
10:46:21pm PDT
This is an image of the most DEADLY virus known to mankind.
I must start out by IMMEDIATELY saying that I am NOT a doctor, so please take what I am about to say with a LARGE grain of salt, and if any medical professionals want to correct me, feel free.
There is an internet meme floating around that shows how to take an ordinary bandana, fold it lengthwise from full-size down to about 2 inches wide, put a pair of pony-tail-retainer elastics near each end of the folded bandana (to fit over your ears), tuck the ends of the bandana into each other, and
voilà
!
you have a no-sewing-required pleated mask. My take on that idea: Fold a COFFEE FILTER into that design, make sure it fits snugly, and you might be talking some serious protection - both for YOU and for the OTHER people in case you are infected and don't know it.
For the record, I work at a hospital and I know ALL ABOUT what an N95 mask is. An N95 mask will filter particles larger than .3 microns. The size of the virus is about .125 microns, so the mask will NOT stop an individual virus floating through the air if it manages to find all of the air passageways in the mask.
But here's the thing: in MOST cases, the viruses are most probably NOT floating as individuals in the air. They will instead be encased in relatively much LARGER droplets of fluid from infected people's coughs/sneezes/breathing/talking - and those larger particles WILL be stopped by a decent filter.
In other words, surgical masks, N95 masks, and homemade masks are like umbrellas - they can't stop ALL of the rain from hitting you - but they just might stop ENOUGH. Just my 2 cents worth.