Which horse film is your favorite? This poll is closed. |
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Black Beauty | 2 | 1.06% | |
A Talking Pony!?! | 4 | 2.13% | |
Mr. Hands 2x Apple Flavor | 117 | 62.23% | |
War Horse | 11 | 5.85% | |
Mr. Hands | 54 | 28.72% | |
Total: | 188 votes |
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Professor Beetus posted:
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# ¿ Sep 13, 2021 23:06 |
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# ¿ May 11, 2024 15:14 |
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Professor Beetus posted:Thanks for the reminder. I meant to include both posts in the OP because despite the correction, I felt like there was a lot of good info in both, and I also thought it was useful to see the exchange. I mean given that we have good data on the efficacy of N95s/KN95s I kinda think the fixation EHMRs is a little weird. I understand that they make sense in some situations, but it seems like the better general advice for most people is to just get an N95/KN95, learn how to wear it correctly, and then to always do so. I mean MacGyvering a 7500 to have one reversed valve or whatever is fine, but I kinda feel like if you weren't already familiar with the SA covid cinematic universe or whatever (in which we hash this poo poo out every couple days) then if you stumbled into the thread and read the OP you'd come away thinking that doing a roll-your-own solution involving EHMRs was part of the default recommended covid prep routine or whatever.
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# ¿ Sep 14, 2021 13:18 |
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Professor Beetus posted:I personally feel that N95s are good enough for me, but not everyone is living in the same place with the same current covid situation. But I'm happy to look back over the OP and make it clear what current guidance is, because it is a little messy right now just due to the way I sourced it with the thread's participation. Vasukhani posted:Even with the valve uncovered they offer better protection to others than surgical masks
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# ¿ Sep 14, 2021 23:07 |
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Vasukhani posted:True, but I guess this is just lay speculation, why would a better, sturdier mask preform worse? Potato Salad posted:Hold up, is this a problem with the CDC's readily-available literature on NIOSH, or something else?
So it's not that NIOSH is spreading misinformation, it's just that information from NIOSH is frequently (I think it's safe to say consistently) in a misleading way.
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# ¿ Sep 14, 2021 23:21 |
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Platystemon posted:I don’t have any personal doubt that it would easily surpass unfitted surgical masks at stopping virus‐containing respiratory viruses, but, well, we don’t have any actual data saying it does. Any use of EHMRs with exhaust valves for covid source control is based on speculation.
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# ¿ Sep 15, 2021 00:08 |
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tagesschau posted:I'm perfectly happy to to wear an N95 in a situation where masks are required for everyone. However, if I'm in a store where nobody's required to be masked, and maybe 5-10% of people actually are, and I choose to switch to an EHMR with better filters, the fact that I'm wearing a mask with an unfiltered exhalation valve is really not the problem in that scenario.
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# ¿ Sep 16, 2021 23:34 |
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Phigs posted:Did you N95s during flu season before COVID? Cause the breath of a vaccinated person who wears a respirator whenever they go outside their home has to be less of a risk to other people than the average person during flu season. Probably even outside of flu season. A half-mask respirator is source control through not becoming a source. They're cheaper, more comfortable (may vary person to person), better for the environment (probably), and provide more protection for the wearer. In the scenario you quoted I'd say the higher protection is more relevant than 1 person having their breath filtered. In that kind of environment it's like pissing in the ocean; might as well maximally protect yourself cause you aren't affecting the environment. That N95s filter your breath more is a benefit, but acting like that makes it strictly superior and implying that the half-mask is an immoral choice is wrong IMO. Like I could go through point by point if you want: covid isn't the flu; the idea that EHMRs provide better personal protection against covid than N95s is speculation (if you have any reliable data to support that conclusion by all means post it, but I believe it's an open question under active investigation at the moment); "source control through not being a source" is sophistry; arguing that protecting one person more is better than source control is a rationalisation that has it exactly backwards as far as controlling disease is concerned; and I'm not arguing that using an EHMR is an immoral choice--I'm arguing that practicing source control is good regardless of who you're protecting or how much you think they have it coming, or how much you think it doesn't really matter, or anything else. But seriously: practice source control. Don't try to come up with elaborate reasons why it's okay for you to not practice source control.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2021 00:16 |
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tagesschau posted:Yeah, and letting my car idle for any longer than strictly necessary makes me responsible for global warming.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2021 01:15 |
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Platystemon posted:Relying on source control is awful as a matter of public health policy, particularly as the virus is increasingly prevalent in public spaces and new variants have greater R0.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2021 01:27 |
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jetz0r posted:Hey, could you link the studies for your claims that elastomeric half face respirators are worse protection than disposable N95 masks? Or the ones that they're worse at source control than vented N95s? I would be interested in seeing what your statements are based on.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2021 02:01 |
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Phigs posted:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/29/cambridge-hospitals-mask-upgrade-appears-to-eliminate-covid-19-risk-to-staff
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# ¿ Sep 24, 2021 09:14 |
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# ¿ May 11, 2024 15:14 |
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Epic High Five posted:Unless you are a race horse, alas it seems like the non-racing prediction categories all go to other charismatic megafauna...perhaps your PR person could it touch with my own?
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# ¿ Dec 16, 2021 04:37 |