@CassandraSmiles

You should get #elastomerics. #P100. But the Bluna is VERY good so it may be enough.

I suggest a qualitative fit test to see how well the Bluna is doing.

Help please. I'm going to be #flying with my daughter for the first time since #covid. I have #POTS she has #PANS #PANDAS. We have avoided COVID so far with Bluna Facefit KF-94 masks.

The flight is 2 hours. How do I keep us safe? Is an N-95 enough? Do we need #elastomerics? Suggestions?

Thank you!

#MaskUp
#COVIDisAirborne

@hfentonmudd
I don't try to address those in wilful denial.

I know that over half of Americans want #mask mandates in public places, so I figure that the majority *wants* to do the right thing.

I want to help that majority know what the right thing IS (most don't know about #P100 #elastomerics, don't know that they need #N95 or P100, don't know about #HEPA filters)

Then I want regulations forcing #doctors & #nurses to do the right thing or lose their licenses.

Politicians can be pressured.

@toad From the start of the pandemic, it was always easier for those of us who were introverts.

But now we KNOW how to protect from Covid -- well-fitting #N95 or #KF94 or #P100 #elastomerics (#respirator #mask) and #HEPA filters and #CorsiRosenthalBox es.

These precautions, together, are sufficient to do nearly all *extroverted* activities, except for eating in public. So now I just don't get it.

People want their party, great, just have it with masks on & HEPA filters. Why not?

@gotklss2 @shrinkthinks Don't forget Judith Miller lying to start the Iraq War.

And to go further back, I learned that the NYT made excuses for GM and Standard Oil creating leaded gasoline in the 1920s. Joseph Pulitzer's paper, the NY World, was trying to expose the scandal.

NYT has never been a good paper. However, a lot of people read it.

So if I can get information into the NYT which raises awareness that #P100 #elastomerics exist and that #HEPA filters work against Covid, I will do it.

@jonn #Elastomerics are like this:

They're reusable and have a rubber seal with the face. I've done fit-test comparisons with over a dozen #masks, and with every single disposable #N95 (even high end ones) I could taste the bitrex through it, while I couldn't get any bitrex taste whatsoever through any elastomeric I tried. Excellent seals and P100 (99,97% filtration) #filters, vs. 95% for a N95.

Downsides: more visible, sometimes less comfy, and distort your voice more (depends on the model).

@jonn A lot of people have been told - or convinced themselves - that "the #pandemic is over".

As for me, I plan to keep wearing #elastomerics in crowded places even if there's a near-100% effective universal #coronavirus vaccine. Why would I choose even "getting infected by non-#COVID respiratory diseases" over wearing a mask?