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This seems sort of paradoxical and silly, but–
well, when I was first making myself COVID-19 Prevention Masks, I did all this research and was like, seriously evaluating the filtration capabilities of different fabrics and all, and like. Anyway I made myself a series of mattresses to wear on my face to Absolutely Keep The Virus Out.
And that’s fine. But.
We have to wear masks a lot here, whenever we’re around customers or outsiders and also whenever we’re doing work with food that’s going to go into people’s mouths. Really the only thing I can do without a mask is wash eggs because eggs must be cooked before consumption. (Somehow even though chickens also must be cooked before consumption we have to mask for chicken processing?)
Anyway the point of masking then is to prevent myself from transmitting the virus to other people. And the filtration doesn’t need to be quite so intense for that, studies have shown. The more crucial thing is that I have to actually be able to breathe comfortably while exerting myself, and to keep the thing on without taking it off for hours and hours.
So… I’m making myself a bunch of thinner, two-layer masks, and the thing I’m looking for primarily in the design is 1) won’t get soggy 2) won’t irritate my face 3) I can breathe through it.
Which, duh. Those things are important. But I hadn’t really considered them before?
I still have my face-mattresses and those are the ones I’m gonna, like, wear to Wal-Mart etc, where there might be dumbass deniers without masks on. I absolutely want maximum filtration for that, and I’ll obey all the protocols and such. Shit I should get some goggles.
But for the Manners Masking, and Work Masking? Yeah I need lightweight shit for that.
This seems sort of paradoxical and silly, but–
well, when I was first making myself COVID-19 Prevention Masks, I did all this research and was like, seriously evaluating the filtration capabilities of different fabrics and all, and like. Anyway I made myself a series of mattresses to wear on my face to Absolutely Keep The Virus Out.
And that’s fine. But.
We have to wear masks a lot here, whenever we’re around customers or outsiders and also whenever we’re doing work with food that’s going to go into people’s mouths. Really the only thing I can do without a mask is wash eggs because eggs must be cooked before consumption. (Somehow even though chickens also must be cooked before consumption we have to mask for chicken processing?)
Anyway the point of masking then is to prevent myself from transmitting the virus to other people. And the filtration doesn’t need to be quite so intense for that, studies have shown. The more crucial thing is that I have to actually be able to breathe comfortably while exerting myself, and to keep the thing on without taking it off for hours and hours.
So… I’m making myself a bunch of thinner, two-layer masks, and the thing I’m looking for primarily in the design is 1) won’t get soggy 2) won’t irritate my face 3) I can breathe through it.
Which, duh. Those things are important. But I hadn’t really considered them before?
I still have my face-mattresses and those are the ones I’m gonna, like, wear to Wal-Mart etc, where there might be dumbass deniers without masks on. I absolutely want maximum filtration for that, and I’ll obey all the protocols and such. Shit I should get some goggles.
But for the Manners Masking, and Work Masking? Yeah I need lightweight shit for that.
