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newtoRI22 t1_j438iq3 wrote

Reply to comment by orm518 in Employee masking forbidden? by s16016wb

Theoretically, an N95 respirator should work well.

In practice, the benefit of wearing masks to mitigate respiratory illness is not detectable at meaningful levels in randomized clinical trials. Prepandemic, this was studied widely for flu. During the pandemic there were unfortunately very few robust studies.

This article gives a good overview: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/

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timmyc02 t1_j436r92 wrote

Running joke with my daughter .. I take the audio from the commercials and rename the file something fun. Send it to her and sit back with devils ears laughing my ass off.

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newtoRI22 t1_j435zwo wrote

Reply to comment by Scapuless in Employee masking forbidden? by s16016wb

Surgical masks are not N95 respirators. They are designed to prevent droplets (effectively spit) from entering the surgical site.

N95s and other respirators work to prevent aerosols from being circulated to/from the user.

Two entirely different designs for two different use cases. Surgical masks and cloth masks do not provide good control of aerosols.

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Sopressata OP t1_j433ld6 wrote

Practices are open to everyone! We will have proper information sessions for new folks in a few weeks and if you want information on that you can message me or keep an eye here for that.

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