Neckerchiefs...what do you think?
Apr 3, 2020 12:33:27 #
Any kind of mask, neckerchief included, will keep you from touching your face after you've possibly touched a contaminated surface.
Apr 3, 2020 13:00:40 #
gray_ghost2
Loc: Antelope, (Sac) Ca.
Things are getting real weird!! Just saw a FB video of a woman suggesting the use of a thong underwear as a mask. Her and her husband demo'd this. Something is better than nothing, if needed, I guess. Anything to save a life is primary.
Apr 3, 2020 13:27:30 #
Amielee
Loc: Eastern Washington State
Use one of your wife's bras. You can make two masks out of it. joke.
Apr 3, 2020 14:11:46 #
Bob Mevis wrote:
With the shortage of medical masks what do you think about western neckerchiefs as an alternative?
That would help. It is common knowledge that surgical masks are ineffective at stopping someone from being infected -- only the N95 masks are effective. What other masks do -- surgical as well as cloth is keep your breath, cough traveling so far in the air and possibly infecting others. So no protection for the wearer but some protection for those they come in contact with.
Apr 3, 2020 14:37:56 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
Bridges wrote:
That would help. It is common knowledge that surgical masks are ineffective at stopping someone from being infected -- only the N95 masks are effective. What other masks do -- surgical as well as cloth is keep your breath, cough traveling so far in the air and possibly infecting others. So no protection for the wearer but some protection for those they come in contact with.
Exactly!
Apr 3, 2020 15:05:28 #
I'm wondering if it's possible to snag an old M79 gas mask with filters from an Army Surplus store. I'm pretty sure that would stop you from touching your face and keep nasty viruses away.
Apr 3, 2020 15:15:51 #
Salomj9850 wrote:
I'm wondering if it's possible to snag an old M79 gas mask with filters from an Army Surplus store. I'm pretty sure that would stop you from touching your face and keep nasty viruses away.
Might die of heat exhaustion though!
Apr 3, 2020 15:55:11 #
SteveFranz
Loc: Durham, NC
I saw the Frito Bandito at the supermarket a couple days ago wearing a black bandana for a face mask. It didn't do him much good though. The mask covered his mouth but not his nose.
But he seemed satisfied, so I guess that's what's most important.
But he seemed satisfied, so I guess that's what's most important.
Apr 3, 2020 16:11:48 #
hj
Loc: Florida
Amielee wrote:
Use one of your wife's bras. You can make two masks out of it. joke.
Not a joke. Some are doing it.
Apr 3, 2020 16:20:24 #
Saw a photo of a women wearing a regular dive mask with a snorkel in her mouth , standing in a checkout line...
Apr 3, 2020 17:11:29 #
There is no store within a 100 miles around here that have masks of any kind. So there's that.
Apr 3, 2020 17:56:56 #
Apr 3, 2020 18:12:01 #
redlegfrog wrote:
It worked for Jessie James!
Good for Cowboys keeping dust out from herding cattle.
Not so good for viruses.
Apr 3, 2020 18:24:11 #
Apr 3, 2020 19:35:31 #
1Feathercrest wrote:
Outlaw James wore them for a mask of identity, not for germs or viruses.
Maybe so, but did he ever catch this bug? 😎😎😎
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