#MaskMeansRespirator

2025-01-06

There's a reason I want an OmniMask.

~ it's so I can be the coolest doomer at school ~

throne.com/mxverda

But also because I want more people to feel comfortable being around me:
both the immunocompromised or carers,
and people who read lips to help with Auditory Processing Disorder, loss of hearing, d/Deafness;
or anyone who just feels more comfortable seeing whole faces.

I definitely don't understand the "I want to see your FACE" people,
but I don't generally set out with the intention of unnerving people
(until they upset me and I've tried conflict resolution skills, but unfortunately haven't fully concluded it. THEN I get ornery!)

#mask #masks #respirator #MaskMeansRespirator #respirators #MaskBloc #PPE #accessibility #Accessible #LipReading #EaseOfAccess #Access #universal_free_internet_access #AccessToInformation #PublicAccess #Health #health2025 #Healthy #HealthyHabits

2024-12-04

@dgentry
Yes yes yes omggg

Can you (theoretically) 3D design / print an off-brand filter case for See Us 95?
Theirs are so dainty they break mid-use, leaving you with one side flopping off while walking about.

Or even just an ergonomic ring shape with smooth hook nubs at the edge for straps to tie or loop onto.

That way, you use any surgical or actual KN99 or FFP3 respirator as the filter.
Then you fit this plastic edge press over it, pressing the (new) seal firmly against your skin.

Tada! Your fit test is now actually likely to pass!

@nervous_jessica

#mask #respirator #MaskMeansRespirator #ffp3 #FFP2 #KN95 #covid #covid19 #sars #SarsCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #LongHaulers #corona #Coronavirus #virus #pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #PublicHealth #infection #MECFS #PostCovid #PostViral #infections #pathogensAirborneTransmission

:evdonia_corner_emblem: Mélani (Melanie) Bjornsdottir (she, ŝi)melanie@bv.umbrellix.org
2024-09-14

Spirmaskon surhavu. KOVIM ne abolos sin. #SurhavuSpirmaskon #WearAMask #MaskMeansRespirator

Ellenor Bjornsdottir :evdonia_corner_emblem: :neoficiala_flago_de_angllandaj_esperantistoj: ellenor@bv.umbrellix.org
2024-08-24

Mi ne malsukcesas rimarki, ke tiu bildo ne havas alt-tekston - kaj ke la Demokrata Partio ankaŭ «lasis ĉiun malsaniĝi».

La bildo tekstas:

If you hired a guy to Make Your House Great and he hired his incompetent children, stole your money, gave it to your richest neighbors, let everyone get sick, killed your grandma, backed over your mailbox, burned down your house and blamed Black people. Would you hire him again?

Tiu Angla ne gramatike ĝustas, sed oni komprenas ĝin kvazaŭ ĝi estus unua frazo.

Mi esperantigu:

Se vi dungis ulon por «Vian Domon Great-igi^» kaj li dungis siajn nekompetentajn idojn, ŝtelis vian monon, donis ĝin al viaj plej riĉaj najbaroj, lasis ĉiun malsaniĝi, mortigis vian avinon, faligis aŭtomobile vian poŝtkeston, forbruligis vian domon kaj kulpigis nigrajn ulojn, ĉu vi dungus lin refoje?

^ Tiu uzo de l’ Angla vorto «Great» estas tute netradukebla. Laŭvorte, ĝi povas signifi aĵojn kiel «bonega», «gravega», «granda» kaj nur «ega». Mi do ne tradukas ĝin. Elparolu ĝin «grejt’», kaj tiun dulingvan kunmetaĵon «grejtigi».

Nu, la Demokrata Partio certe volas fari malpli da tiaj teruraĵoj, kaj se vi estas Usonanulo, ĝi indas vian voĉdonon. Sed ili malagnoskas KOVIMon, kaj do mortigas avinojn.

#USpol #COVID #SurhavuSpirmaskon #WearARespirator #MaskMeansRespirator

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/LindaCollins11/statuses/113018018488013198

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-06-15

The lessons of the [ongoing] sarscov2 pandemic are that respirators, travel quarantine, test-trace-isolate, and work/school-from-home are exceedingly effective at reducing transmission of even the most contagious pathogens, right? Right??

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #MaskMeansRespirator

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-05-28

"Respirator" means a facemask that seals around the mouth and nose for the purpose of filtering all the air the wearer inhales.

Respirators can be constructed of either:

a) an elastomeric body designed to be reused many times with replaceable electrostatically-charged, glass fibre, charcoal and/or gas filters, straps, etc

b) an electrostatically-charged fabric designed to be disposed of after one or a small number of uses.

Most reusable elastomeric respirators (N95, FFP2, FFP3, P100) have exhalation valves, but some don't.

Most disposable fabric respirators (KN95, KF94, N95, FFP2, FFP3) don't have exhalation valves, but some do.

🧵

@maskup

#MaskUp #MaskMeansRespirator #WearARespirator #N95 #P100 #Respie #Elasto #CovidIsAirborne

2024-05-25

🙏 @luckytran
Here too is the masterly thread by lead author Prof Trish Greenhalgh, in plain language & bite-sized talking points. 48 posts, click "more replies" to see all:
nitter.privacydev.net/trishgre

#COVIDisAirborne #Mask #MaskMeansRespirator #SciComm #COVID #pandemic #PublicHealth @trishgreenhalgh

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-05-22

@govcanhealth and ignoring the single most effective thing to support the health workforce -- mandate respirators in all care settings. Everything else amounts to a hill of beans as long as they continue to be exposed to deadly, disabling airborne pathogens all day every day.

#MaskUp #BringBackMasks #MaskMeansRespirator #N95OrBust #P100IsEvenBetter

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-05-03

Did the Cochrane Canada folks really try to downplay the efficacy of respirators compared to baggyblues for an airborne pathogen?

Of course they did. They're *proud* of their intransigence.

“The panel compared evidence on type of mask, the panel notes that during high transmission risk there is a small additional benefit of masking with a respirator (N95/KN95) compared to a medical/surgical mask in community settings.”

can-pcc.recmap.org/recommendat

(1/2)

#MaskMeansRespirator #N95OrBetter #N95 #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-05-01

As my wife heads to the local, privately-operated but publicly-funded clinic for her first in-person medical appointment in a while, I come across this bit of AHS policy -- it highlights that if we actually had entirely publicly-owned&operated healthcare facilities in Alberta, she'd be protected by bidirectional masking

albertahealthservices.ca/topic

#MaskUp #MaskMeansRespirator #WearARespirator #MasksAreAlreadyBack #N95 #ABLeg #ABPoli #ABHealth

AHS Guidelines for Masking & Use of Eye Protection 

Masking 

Refer to Routine Practices as required by the Infection Prevention and Control Risk Assessment (IPC RA) to make PPE decisions, including the use of masks and N95 respirators. 

Masking is still required for healthcare workers, family/support persons and visitors in the following situations:  

- When directed by an outbreak protocol

- For staff, as identified by the Attending Work with COVID-19 Symptoms or a Positive COVID-19 test

- When asked by a patient or resident

- When a masking poster is posted on a patient’s doors

- Or when in contact with a severely immunocompromised individual
trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-04-23

Absence of symptoms doesn't mean absence of infection

Don't be a carrier; asymptomatic covid isn't harmless

#MaskUp #SaveYourOrgans #ProtectYourBrain

#MaskMeansRespirator #N95

@covidisnotover @covidisairborne

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-02-24

@papilio @masknerd @novid

for folks in 🇨🇦, KMSTools has 'em available in singles for a darn good price

kmstools.com/3m-n95-2-strap-di

#MaskUp #N95 #MaskMeansRespirator :aura:

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-02-14

☝️ if you're in the market for a legit CO2 monitor (ie w/ an NDIR sensor) these are three great options.

@safe_breathe's mask reviews are also 👌

@novid #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp #MaskMeansRespirator #ElastoLeagueUnite

trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:trendless@zeroes.ca
2024-02-09

Get a new mask? Aerosolize some bitterant around the edges to test if it seals -- gaps that are best measured in μm may be hard to feel.

#MaskMeansRespirator #COVIDisAirborne #N95 #FFP2 #FFP3 #P100 #FFR #ElastoLeagueUnite

Bruce MirkenBruceMirken@mas.to
2024-02-08

@shonin @pixelpusher220 @hannu_ikonen

This is from the #CDC? In a sane world, they'd be shouting this from the rooftops. #WearAMask #MaskMeansRespirator

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