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Will painting respirators protect one from the COVID-19 virus?

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not1xor1:

--- Quote from: engineheat on March 20, 2020, 12:10:36 am ---Like this:


I would seem since it can offer an airtight seal, and it has a particle filter, it should be at least as effective than those surgical or even N95 masks right?

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yes (with the proper filters) as soon as you do not touch your eyes or somebody doesn't cough or sneeze near your
there are also full face masks
but unless you already have one I would leave that to people working in the health system that currently, in most countries, are in desperate need of protection devices

not1xor1:

--- Quote from: Electro Detective on March 20, 2020, 09:01:56 am ---
Don't waste your money, nothing can stop it from entering your skin, ears, private parts..  :o :-[

you'll breathe easier and better buying stocks in toilet paper manufacturing companies

Idiots will be hoarding for at least another 6 months, perhaps 6 years if the panic show situation mutates into a global Palmdemic  :palm:  :palm:

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there on the moon it might not yet be a pandemic here on the earth it is already so
and certified respiratory devices do protect you against the virus although the best is just getting out as little as possible and staying several meters away from other people in order to reduce as much as possible viral load (when present)

Bud:

--- Quote from: ebastler on March 20, 2020, 07:08:33 am ---
--- Quote from: KaneTW on March 20, 2020, 04:00:25 am ---If you can assume you aren't infected (e.g. you live isolated anyways), a valve is fine.

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If you live isolated anyways, no mask at all is fine.  ???
I agree with blueskull, valved masks mark the wearer as an asshole egotist.

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You have a family to take care of, you are the only person they can count on. You can wear a valved mask and protect yourself or you can be a fake morality guy and not wear a valved mask and not protect yourself and have your family a risk to lose you.

Your choice?

SiliconWizard:
Agreed... (the only point I'm weary of is as I said what happens after the mask has been exposed to some viral charge, how do you manage this? With a disposable mask, you just throw it away...)

ebastler:

--- Quote from: Bud on March 20, 2020, 05:27:03 pm ---You have a family to take care of, you are the only person they can count on. You can wear a valved mask and protect yourself or you can be a fake morality guy and not wear a valved mask and not protect yourself and have your family a risk to lose you.

Your choice?

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I have to grant you that, you always stay true to yourself.

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