• library_napper@monyet.cc
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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.

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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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.