/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11534135
Obviously they weren't referring to your autistic gas masks, Artyom.

>>11534141
You can buy them at home depot lol.

>>11534141
>"those masks don't help guys they're more for people who are already sick and can help prevent them spreading it".
>people with covid-19 don't realize they're sick for several days, or even weeks after infection.
Hmm, really activates the almonds.

>>11534187
how can they protect the doctors
if they don't protect people

>>11534594
it takes skill to fit them on snugly, is only one part of a suit that will actually protect a person that has to touch covid patients - and even then the mask only is reliable for 3 hours

>>11534594
If people start to hoard them then the health workers won't have them.

But they should have just said that. Now people call them out on their bulshit and the trust towards authorities was eroded once more.

bought a high grade gas mask with 5 spare particle filters and 30 n95 disposable masks 2 months ago but haven't used them for anything. thinking of selling the 30 disposable ones now

>>11534594
shh don't ask questions

>>11534608
>it takes skill to fit them on snugly,
so that's what all those years of med school are for. no surprise since most health professionals are rote memory midwits. they shouldn't assume the rest of us have their mental handicaps tho.

>>11534608
>and even then the mask only is reliable for 3 hours
This is total bullshit.
Unless a sick person spits right on the filter/mask they're fine to keep using. 3M says so themselves.

A lot of the guidelines from American hospitals come from place of privilege where during normal times they had effectively unlimited PPE supply why you have nurses going through 40 masks in a day or destroying reusable goggles after single use. In poorer medical systems they have methods to make PPE last longer and provide effective care.

>>11534135
Based. Sitting here with the same set up
>>11534141
GL with your shitty homemade mask pleb. Might as well walk out with an “infect me” sign since it’s the same thing

>>11534594
Doctor here. First let me say that CDC, WHO and US Surgeon General are very likely simply wrong, masks work for general public. East Asian countries have more epidemiologic experience both from SARS outbreaks and from actually managing to control the spread of covid. And their virologists recommend mask use for general population.

Second, it does not matter whether we are talking about P100 respirator worn by an experienced doc or a homemade cloth mask worn by a random person. Both are better than nothing and should be recommended.

>>11534624
you're overestimating the average asshole.
they can't even wash their hands ffs.
For them a N95 is total waste, just use a scarf

>>11534630
N-NOO YOU CAN'T USE A MASK CORRECTLY UNLESS YOU GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL!!
UR GONNA TOUCH YOUR FACE AND DIE GIVE ME THE MASK!!!

>>11534679
Can you start namefagging so I can filter you? Thanks.

>>11534686
>He doesn't filter md5
It's a work in progress
https://pastebin.com/ge3tnF9v

>>11534712
Teach me, senpai.

>>11534627
>implying I need a mask in the first place
Enjoy dying when you catch the flu, immunelet.

>>11534959
>Have 4chanX installed
>See dumb wojak poster saying dumb things
>Drop down menu on post, filter, Image MD5

>>11534962
I see, thanks. Praise be upon you.

So why did they even say this in the first place? Why would an N95 mask protect doctors but not others? And the unprotected eyes thing is bullshit, you're much more likely to suck in the virus than to touch your eyes with contaminated hands (if you aren't retarded).

>>11534979
Virus in air can "touch" your eyes without the help of your hands...

>>11534987
That doesn't make masks useless though.

>>11535002
True.

>>11534979
They didn't want people buying them up since supplies were low.