>> >>
>>> After serious th>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>>> OT? Why is it that everyone one sees on the news, politicians of both
>>>>>> parties and others, is wearing a cloth mask rather than an N95 or even
>>>>>> KN95 mask?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can tell by looking that they are cloth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But in addition, all N95 masks have, aiui, rubber bands around the head
>>>>>> rather than earloops. KN95 masks seem to all have earloops and I'm not
>>>>>> sure why, but afaik they all seem to be "beak" masks and no one on the
>>>>>> news is wearing that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it just because they can't get N95 masks? I try not to be cynical
>>>>>> but when did that stop a US Senator, esp. for example McConnell? >>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Someone recently published a list of dozens of hypocrite politicians who
>>>>> were ordering people to wear masks but were later caught in public without
>>>>> one.
>>>>
>>>> But it's way beyond that. I'm talking about people who wear masks not
>>>> for the image it gives, but because they don't want to get sick, but
>>>> still wear only cloth masks, which doctors and scientists say are much
>>>> more beneficial for other people around you than they are for the
>>>> wearer. So why don't they get better masks?
>>>
>>> Because they are still more necessary for HCWs and supplies should be
>>> reserved for them. Besides which, the general public most likely
>>> wouldn't don them or doff them properly anyway which would defeat their >>> purpose.
>>
>> Chinese surgical masks seem to be a glut on the market right now. I
>> doubt HE's are having trouble getting them. Now finding a "certified"
>> surgical mask might be a bit tougher. Nobody knows what these things
>> they sell at Costco, Walmart or Amazon do.
>>
>> I do agree about how people wear their mask. About 20% have them below
>> the nose. I also still see plenty of bandanas and neck gaiters. >>
>> I usually wear a face shield. That shuts people up and I can breathe.
>> The surgical mask makes my nose run and pretty soon it is trash.
>> Fortunately I carry a box of them in my car for the places that seem
>> really seem like virus central.
>>
>
>The face shields do very little to protect anyone. They might keep you
>from getting infected in the eyes, but next to nothing either way for >inhaled virus.
It makes the mask police happy tho.