Aside from surgical N95 masks, no mask really protects the wearer. That¡¯s not what this type of mask wearing is about. The wearing of masks in public - or even in the surgical suite - is about protecting others from the wearer. Better fitting ones do a better job, but they are still all about protecting others, ?to the wearer.
How often do you actually think they will change them or do laundry? ?I would go for probably a two week supply, maybe?
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On Jul 1, 2020, at 4:56 PM, Melisande R. Wolf via groups.io <melisanderwolf@...> wrote:
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Ezra¡¯s school has put out a detailed plan for bringing students back to campus in September (for which I am exceedingly grateful for a number of reasons).? Baird¡¯s school hasn¡¯t given us details yet (they don¡¯t have the same options to put students in hotels due to location, but I sure hope they prioritize seniors at school because I don¡¯t think he¡¯s going to be able to write his comps effectively otherwise), but they have said that they¡¯re working on a plan to get most students back on campus.? New Jersey is intending that students go back to school in the fall too.
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All of which mean that I¡¯m going to need to make more masks.? I¡¯m not as concerned about Arielle because I have more ability to launder of otherwise take care of things quickly for her (bigger concern is that we still haven¡¯t found one that really fits well enough to wear for an extended period of time, but I have some ideas), but I want to make sure I send the boys with enough masks (though Mac has explicitly said that they¡¯ll make them available).?
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How many masks do you think I should plan to send with each kid?? Taking opinions about that, and reasons for opinions are good too.
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Slightly related, I saw a write-up of a paper that was recently published about the most effective mask materials.? I haven¡¯t read the paper and don¡¯t know if they looked at anything like a Filti layer, but the researchers concluded that 2 layers of quilting cotton did the best job of protecting other people (nothing included in the article I read about whether they looked at how well the mask protected the ¡°wearer¡± dummy).
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Melisande
