im not saying you shouldn’t wear a mask. Afterall, even homemade ones do stop some water droplets. But people automatically assume once they wear a mask and maintain 6 ft that they can’t catch this. And they now act like this. Pretty sure we will see an uptick in infection.
Even though I have a few P100 respirators, I won’t wear them outside because if I did people would probably yell at me saying you should donate those to healthcare workers. Healthcare workers can’t wear these because they can’t wear masks with a valve on it, otherwise they significantly increase the risk of spreading the virus to their coworkers.
And some places like SF have a law that bans people from wearing masks/respirators with a valve.
You can easily find P100 masks, Grainger.com sells them. and you can do curb side pickup in Convoy. I just ordered two MSI ones for $20 each as backups for the 3M one I normally use.
The replacement cartridges are now available at Grainger and Amazon too.
For outside, I just wear a N95 with cloth over it, except when I run. Then I try to avoid people and keep at least 10-12 feet away. Even then, every time I go outside where there are people there is still chance of catching something. The risk is low, when you pass someone running, but it is most likely non zero.
I wouldn’t want to stay indoors for an extended period of time. No way in hell I will see a dentist until at least early next year.
