General Discussion Thread - Juche 112, Week 32
General Discussion Thread - Juche 112, Week 32
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I wear an N95 everywhere and I haven't had a respiratory infection since 2019.
Libs think that I'm full of shit, but I was right about the war on terror, right want global warming, and FFS I'm right about what the mainstream medical research is stating.
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Before covid I never got sick and ever since I have been dealing with infections from time to time lol. I think the masks had the opposite effect for me and really affected my immune system.
Still, masks have been such a net positve for society. I wish people continued to wear them more often, especially when they themselves have a cold or anything.
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So according to some research, COVID infections cause a lot of problems with your immune system and actually increase the likelihood of getting other infections. I can link the studies is you're interested. Have you gotten COVID yet? What kind of mask are you wearing?
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Mostly the blue standard ones or the medical mask. Only got Covid a couple of months ago when it was largely deemed 'gone' over here (it never left, of course).
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Neither of those work. You need a rated mask. The US standard is N95 - Filters 99.95% of particles of I think 2.5 microns, and considerably more above and below that number. The KN95 standard I believe is Korean and has a similar filtration level. I don't know what the equivalent EU standard is.
But medical masks only filter about 40% of the material we're worried about, and only if they fit right which they mostly don't.
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I'm sure you're probably aware that the surgical ones don't protect you much, they're mostly a cheap and easy way to keep asymptomatic infected people from spreading the disease to others. If everyone was doing surgicals, it'd be great. But if you're the only one who masks, they don't filter for your too well.
N95s and FFP2s have a long history of development, they've been protecting workers from dangerous dusts for decades, and the science of how they work is really solid. Again, please ask for my sources if you're interested.
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