The danger of the momentum behind N95 respirators

[Counselor706]

On Jan. 2, former FDA administrator Scott Gottlieb, the media’s go-to “expert” on all things pandemic, admitted what we all knew since 2020 but that got us banned from social media for saying so. “Cloth masks aren't going to provide a lot of protection, that's the bottom line,” said Gottlieb on Meet the Press. “This is an airborne illness. We now understand that, and a cloth mask is not going to protect you from a virus that spreads through airborne transmission.”

Two days later, the New York Times ran an article telling people where to get N95s, states began mailing out N95 variations, and the CDC put out a new message, which between the lines, gives the impression that if you are not wearing an N95, you don’t really have protection. The Biden administration plans to distribute millions of them to local pharmacies. But is there really any evidence that the same people who were wrong about masks are now suddenly connected to God’s word when it comes to respirators? And who says it is safe for people to wear something like that for long periods of time, which until now required rigorous testing, medical exams, and training?

Yes, N95s, unlike masks, actually meet the standard for PPE in hazardous environments. But for which sort of hazard? Not an airborne respiratory virus. Stephen Petty, a certified industrial hygienist and hazardous exposure expert, sent me a copy of an N95 usage label made by 3M that he enlarged into an infographic. It turns out the company's own disclosure blows up the myth of using an N95 for viral protection.

How our governments can mandate something this immoral and illogical on our bodies indefinitely without due process, evidentiary standards, or a constitutional interest balancing test is astounding. Every state needs a constitutional amendment explicitly banning this from ever happening again. Biden promised 100 days of mask-wearing, but we are now approaching a full year without any end in sight.

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[pecksniff]

The virus is carried by airborne water droplets. Paper can trap those.

 

[ll74]

The virus is carried by airborne water droplets. Paper can trap those.

The virus can't actually travel in the air...it requires mucus, which is blocked by most masks. The whole "the virus is too small...." line of bullshit is brought to you by morons who don't understand viruses. Viruses don't do well on their own.

 

[JohnnySavage]

The virus is carried by airborne water droplets. Paper can trap those.

The virus can't actually travel in the air...it requires mucus, which is blocked by most masks. The whole "the virus is too small...." line of bullshit is brought to you by morons who don't understand viruses. Viruses don't do well on their own.

Gottlieb is lying?

It's so confusing; knowing who to believe.

 

[bellisarius]

It gets even more interesting. Omicron has brought with it a new symptom, conjunctivitis. It seems that this new beasty is capable of spreading via contact with your eyes or more precisely via contact with the conjunctiva membrane in your eye lids. That N95 better cover your whole face.

Maybe they should just hand out those helmets they use in level IV labs.

 

[coati]

One bit of advice to unhealthy men who continue to denigrate every public health measure being promoted by the vast majority of health experts:

Don't let your meat loaf. You only have so much time to use it.

 

[bellisarius]

One bit of advice to unhealthy men who continue to denigrate every public health measure being promoted by the vast majority of health experts:

Don't let your meat loaf. You only have so much time to use it.

Go fuck yourself, OK?

The "Experts" have shown themselves to be lying, manipulative, pieces of shit at damn near every turn.

 

[Chernosoth]

The N95 is a winter mask, based on my feeling of more warmth when I wore one. If the mask BS is still going in spring, I don't expect much tolerance for the heat of a winter mask. The government trying to push that against public will is a faster route to public rejection of all government edicts.

 

[pecksniff]

Wear a Mask.

 

[coati]

Go fuck yourself, OK?

I decline. I prefer other types of fucking.

I suggest you do the same. I repeat to all Deplorables, "Don't let your meat loaf."