Mastodawn

Sep 28, 2023

We need a permanent free N95 mask program. N95s protect against multiple health threats including COVID and bad air quality. Every person should be able to have N95 masks sent to their house free of charge, or be able to pick up free N95s from a local community center.

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Graydon Sep 28, 2023

@luckytran Can I plead with you to stop advocating for the barely-adequate solution and start advocating for the much better in every respect solution, which is elastomerics?

More comfort, less expense, less waste, more effective, and yet the focus cannot be shifted from N95s. It's kinda disturbing at this point.

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CurrentBias Sep 28, 2023

@graydon @luckytran you can interpret n95 as "n95 or better" -- plus, there are elastomerics that use n95 filters

I don't settle for less than p100 myself, but that doesn't mean n95 isn't where the bar for "blocks an extremely high amount of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2" begins

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Graydon

@currentbias @luckytran "Costs less, works better" should be a no-brainer.

I used both in the before times for the intended industrial purpose—not breathing sanding dust—and after a day, there was a lot of dust in the N95 and there wasn't in the elastomeric.

Disposable N95 fit is tricky.

While there are reasons for disposables in medical contexts, if we're going to give stuff to the public, let's get the best outcome for the public spending. Let's try to protect people as well as we can.