An individual virus does not come out of your mouth. it comes out in large droplets with thousands of viruses and some phlegm. Ever cough into your hand? That's what the mask is catching.
A Cloth mask catches that, so others don't walk through your cloud of coughed-up mouth-spritzer. An 95 protects you. The pore size is irrelevant - it actually filters an individual virus too. It's statically charged (as in rub a balloon on a cat - it sticks to the cat). The virus gets stuck to the mask via electromagnetism, not by getting filtered by the pores.
Save my money you say? You can use the same N95 forever. I have 3 and rotate them. After 3 days the virus is dead - no need to disinfect the mask. I had them left over from fixing a hole in my drywall. A pack of 5 was $5 at home depot. You're a moron.
[–] toasterleavins ago
An individual virus does not come out of your mouth. it comes out in large droplets with thousands of viruses and some phlegm. Ever cough into your hand? That's what the mask is catching.
A Cloth mask catches that, so others don't walk through your cloud of coughed-up mouth-spritzer. An 95 protects you. The pore size is irrelevant - it actually filters an individual virus too. It's statically charged (as in rub a balloon on a cat - it sticks to the cat). The virus gets stuck to the mask via electromagnetism, not by getting filtered by the pores.
Save my money you say? You can use the same N95 forever. I have 3 and rotate them. After 3 days the virus is dead - no need to disinfect the mask. I had them left over from fixing a hole in my drywall. A pack of 5 was $5 at home depot. You're a moron.
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