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0 pointsceejayoz3y ago0 comments

> Setting aside for a moment the fact that chronic, day-in-day-out long term use of N95s has never been studied for potential ill effects...

There are professions that've been doing this for decades without any apparent negative impacts.

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GekkePrutser3y ago

Yeah but not the same mask cumpled up in a pocket for so long it's become fluffy. I really wonder if that fine plastic material doesn't cause issues over time. The healthcare community is not a good benchmark for this because they have boxes full of fresh ones available everywhere and they change it every time they take it off. So they never wear a badly worn one.

happyopossum3y ago

Which profession requires constant 8-10hr a day use of an N95 mask?

ceejayozOP3y ago

Some forms of mining, asbestos remediation, industrial work, etc.

They've been used extensively by enough people the burden of proof lies on the folks claiming they're somehow dangerous at this point.

avar3y ago

If you look at EU standards for asbestos removal [1] this really isn't the case. Ditto for the other examples you cite.

Almost nobody doing industrial work with comparable PPE doesn't spend at least 1-2 hours of a typical workday out of the PPE.

The linked PDF has an example of a typical workday when removing asbestos, note how many times it involves putting on or taking off the PPE.

I'm not making any claim about COVID mask mandates, other than your examples seeming irrelevant to "chronic, day-in-day-out long term use of N95s".

https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=7478&langId=en

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