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Does It ,Or Don't It?
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We are told that masks are of little use in stopping us getting the virus, true or false who knows. One thing I do know is lots of people all over the world are using them.
The other thing I know is lots of people feel in their own minds that they get some protection from them, so if it makes you feel good and you can get one, go for it if it makes you feel better.
I have one, and its is not the top of the range. Now if you want to shoot me down for what I'm about to say, that's fine, but what I do Makes me feel better.
Here's my heads up if your interested, I take out 2/3 non-biodegradable wet wipes, open them up, and lay them out flat over night, within 3/4 hours they are bone dry, if you do need to go out for exercise/ shopping, place the 2/3 wipes on top of each other, and place inside your mask has an extra filter, and soak up any excess damp that you create .
Again I'm not saying this works to any degree, BUT AT THE MOMENT WHO KNOWS WHAT WORKS? its just my way! so I won't get into any argument with any one, just shearing with you. Keep safe as you can with whatever. :0)
The other thing I know is lots of people feel in their own minds that they get some protection from them, so if it makes you feel good and you can get one, go for it if it makes you feel better.
I have one, and its is not the top of the range. Now if you want to shoot me down for what I'm about to say, that's fine, but what I do Makes me feel better.
Here's my heads up if your interested, I take out 2/3 non-biodegradable wet wipes, open them up, and lay them out flat over night, within 3/4 hours they are bone dry, if you do need to go out for exercise/ shopping, place the 2/3 wipes on top of each other, and place inside your mask has an extra filter, and soak up any excess damp that you create .
Again I'm not saying this works to any degree, BUT AT THE MOMENT WHO KNOWS WHAT WORKS? its just my way! so I won't get into any argument with any one, just shearing with you. Keep safe as you can with whatever. :0)
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I've been reading about masks and the consensus is that there is no real consensus.
The difficulty seems to be not with the mask's properties as an effective barrier but with its fitting. Many people you see wearing masks have great gaping gaps round the side and top and to all intents and purposes they might just as well not wear them. In fact in those circumstance the mask is more likely to protect others from the user rather than the other way round.
Whilst on the subject, it's worth considering a little about the physical size of the virus. Covid-19 is one of the larger viruses. It is about twice the size of a common influenza virus. That said, if a human hair was expanded so that its diameter was the width of a football pitch, on the same scale the virus would occupy about ten centimetres - about half the size of the penalty spot. This means that around seven or eight hundred viruses would, side by side, measure the width of a human hair.
It has to be a pretty good and well fitted mask that will trap such tiny particles with any degree of certainty.
The difficulty seems to be not with the mask's properties as an effective barrier but with its fitting. Many people you see wearing masks have great gaping gaps round the side and top and to all intents and purposes they might just as well not wear them. In fact in those circumstance the mask is more likely to protect others from the user rather than the other way round.
Whilst on the subject, it's worth considering a little about the physical size of the virus. Covid-19 is one of the larger viruses. It is about twice the size of a common influenza virus. That said, if a human hair was expanded so that its diameter was the width of a football pitch, on the same scale the virus would occupy about ten centimetres - about half the size of the penalty spot. This means that around seven or eight hundred viruses would, side by side, measure the width of a human hair.
It has to be a pretty good and well fitted mask that will trap such tiny particles with any degree of certainty.
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