Experiments with masks

[mtbc]

With the advent of the omicron variant, I have been upping my masking game. I'm unconvinced by my experiments with P100's, I don't think I'm getting enough of a seal against my face, though I'd say the 3M feels as if it fits better than the Honeywell, and I remain intelligible from behind each. Also, I have safety glasses with side panels all around, to help protect my ACE2-receptor-rich eyeball surfaces from passing viral miasma, and these don't sit well against my face atop the bulk of the P100's. I also plan to cut larger HEPA filters for the pouches of my cloth masks, I worry there is still too much surface for airflow through the cloth only. So, my current go-to for grocery shopping will be the glasses with a cloth+HEPA mask atop an FFP2. I won't look much like a crazy person at all, even if the inner me would rather prefer to be wearing a full-face CBRN respirator for such excursions. No long COVID-19 for me, thank you.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

Pat and I have switched to KN-95 masks. They seem to work pretty well for us.

[mtbc]

I'm glad, I hear they're quite effective. My FFP2s are similar and fairly comfortable.