I'm a regular #FFP2 #mask wearer and still think considerate respiratory health care both inbound and outbound is the responsibility of everyone - because most governments don't give a shit!
However, I'm keen to explore better masks such as #FFP3, so anyone on the #fedi have any recommendations for other options?
I'm a regular #FFP2 #mask wearer and still think considerate respiratory health care both inbound and outbound is the responsibility of everyone - because most governments don't give a shit!
However, I'm keen to explore better masks such as #FFP3, so anyone on the #fedi have any recommendations for other options?
Työterveyslaitos:
“Varsinaiset hengityksensuojaimet (esim. #FFP2 ja #FFP3) ovat kirurgisia kasvomaskeja tehokkaampia suojauduttaessa ilman kautta leviäviltä taudinaiheuttajilta.
– Hengitystie-eritteiden mukana kulkeutuvista taudinaiheuttajista osa pääsee leviämään ilmaan hengitettäviksi aerosoleiksi, ja tiiviit hengityksensuojaimet ovat muita maskeja parempia suojauduttaessa niiltä, Mäkelä jatkaa.”
I mask in all indoor public spaces. This is to protect me, to protect others, & to avoid contributing to *HUGE* NHS waiting lists. I got an autoimmune disease from the flu at 21, but Covid is particularly good at leaving lasting health issues and continues to ruin health on a massive scale.
@entwininglife If you live near any of the many current wildfires (including here in New York), an #N95 or other high-efficiency #respirator can also preserve your lung health. Commonly available ones are #KF94, #FFP2 or #FFP3, and #KN95.
@CUH_NHS is ‘seeing an increase in winter viruses. If attending A&E, we will be asked to wear a surgical face mask. Staff will be wearing surgical masks, and #FFP3 masks when caring for patients with respiratory symptoms’. #COVIDisAirborne 
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IL: Tämä tieto auttaa välttämään koronan
Haastateltavana lääkäri, tutkija Lotta Oksanen.
Lue ehdottomasti juttu, jos olet yhä käsityksessä, että tärkeintä on käsi- ja yskimishygienia! Se on sitkeä virheellinen tieto.
“Uusimpien tutkimusten mukaan koronavirus tarttuu ensisijaisesti ilmavälitteisesti.”
“Puhuminen voi levittää virusta yhtä paljon kuin yskäisy.”
Tehokkaita keinoja: hengityssuojaimet, tuuletus, yms.
https://www.iltalehti.fi/flunssa/a/09a24a11-4264-40b9-90b8-7bff3446750a
Virukset eivät leviä yliluonnollisesti, vaan noudattavat fysiikan lakeja. Siksi niiden pysäyttämiseen on aina keinoja.
Entä jos kaikki olisivat olleet jo varhain perillä siitä, miten korona oikeasti leviää ja miten sitä hallitaan?
Jos käsienpesuhokeman ja fatalismin sijaan olisi annettu tieteelliseen tietoon perustuvia ohjeita? Terveysviranomaisten motivaatio loppui kauan ennen kansaa.
(Videon asia on kuvatekstissä suomeksi.)
@nilikm
Wearing #FFP3 #masks is my way of caring and showing #respect for myself and others. I‘ll carry on with that. 
To date, I have not had #Covid-19, #Influenza or #Colds since the start of the #Pandemic (but I am also #Vaccinated several times w/ #BionNTech and get my annual influenza jab on time).
Masks work. Especially respirator-style N95 masks.
"Amid an ongoing pandemic and outbreaks of influenza and RSV caused by airborne viruses, arguing over the virus-blocking power of masks remains one of the COVID era’s signature follies. Disconcertingly, despite decades of evidence to their efficacy, some of the disagreement comes from a few in the medical field itself, misusing science and endangering lives..."
#CovidIsNotOver #Covid19
#WearAMask #ProtectTheVulnerable
#N95 #FFP2 #FFP3
#WearAMask... ( #FFP2 #FFP3 )
... save the vulnerable 
UK daily Covid deaths ( from death certificate data... )
Image from Independent Sage / Kit Yates
@rchusid Now we just need @WHO to mention #N95, #N99, #P100, #FFP2, #FFP3, #P3, #KF94, and/or #KN95 #elastomeric #respirators -- the ones which *work* -- rather than just vaguely saying "masks".
Cloth & surgical junk masks are 30% effective -- better than nothing.
#N95 and reusable #P100 #elastomeric #respirators are >95% effective -- MUCH better. And they're cheap enough.
We can stop #Covid easily.
We can't stop #cholera with vaccines. We stop cholera with water treatment plants, because cholera is in the water.
Also water filters and UV for long-distance hikers etc.
We stop #Covid with air cleaning -- #HEPA filters, #MERV13, #CorsiRosenthalBox -- because Covid is in the air.
And with #respirator #masks
( #N95 / #P100 / #P3 / #FFP3 / #FFP2 / #KN95 / #KF94 etc).
Side benefit: we also stop #flu and #RSV.
It's a #ParadigmShift.
The right mask makes it easy to teach, perform, or speak in public.
Open tunings make it easy to play guitar with just one finger, like I am here - it helps if you change the song a bit!
Apparently Joni Mitchell used lots of open tunings to compensate for weakness in her hand due to polio.
