• Blake [he/him]@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      How often are you changing masks? N95s aren’t cheap, I imagine this would get a bit pricy.

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        I’m mostly using Moldex 2600. I’d use them for a week or two, but I don’t go out every day and I don’t wear them for hours on end. If I were going to the office 9-5 I’d probably change them weekly. They’re very robust and have structural protection in front.

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            1 year ago

            It’s not symbolic. It’s less than 95 percent of particles at the threshold size, but dont pretend like it’s the same as nothing.

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              1 year ago

              I mean to say that a second-, third-, or fourth-day N95, snapped strap or no, will no longer be filtering 95% of the particles, giving a false sense of confidence.

              Did not mean to say that N95s are just symbolic, but I understand how it could be read that way.

              • starlinguk@kbin.social
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                1 year ago

                It doesn’t stop working because you wear it. Why should it? Have some masks on rotation and leave the ones you aren’t wearing in the sun or in a UV-C decontamination box.