No problem Patrick. My daughter may or may not have had the virus in
April, before much was known. She is in CA and has Kaiser, they never
tested her, hardly have her any meds just an inhaler. I finally sent a
zpack that I had in the house to her and that seemed to help so maybe it
was just a
Thanks for the alert, Joel. No need for a purchase link; I'll continue to
use the base-model masks and my new (to be delivered today) Buff neck
gaiter, this one doubled over to prevent sneeze spray. I use masks for
other people, mostly, and for social courtesy, less to keep myself safe,
for which
This has also been a problem for me. While I now carry a mask when riding,
it has not been easy to transition myself to wearing one while riding. My
breathing is heavy enough without. Only because I have a steep (for me)
climb right off the bat to go anywhere. Have a buff, but for all the
I wish I'd seen this earlier; more effective than the Buff (as remedy with
the Buff, I'll control my sneezing) and cheaper.
Might spot-glue or thread-tack a layer of cotton inside the Buff.
On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 9:39 AM Surlyprof wrote:
> I probably read the same article Philip did. The
I probably read the same article Philip did. The synthetic gaiters and
single-layer gaiters pose the problem that Philip mentioned (micro
dispersing sneezes). I did a little more research and everyone points to
double layered cotton as the best protection. That prompted a search for
double
I tried bandanas. Perhaps I'm just fussy, but I had a hard time keeping
them from slipping down.
In the event, I ordered a Buff synthetic gaiter on the recommendation of
someone onlist. Buff has a bewildering plenty of colors and patterns, and I
fretted about choosing one that will go with all of
I do the bandanna - Rivendell sells densely woven ones. I have some
looser-woven Chinese ones from Etsy I try not to wear in grocery stores,
but I feel okay wearing them to ride. Bandannas work great; easy up, easy
down, but they do fog my glasses now that the weather is colder. Maybe I
should
Thanks, Chris. Two new possibilities. I'll look at the Buff gaiter too.
I actually bought a poor substitute gaiter at a hardware store for a few
bucks, but it was so thin that it wouldn't stay up, and probably wouldn't
keep my sneezes in anyway.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 7:48 AM Christopher Cote <
Regarding the O2 levels, in this video: https://youtu.be/npXP5wqNzaI
He wears 6 masks and wears a pulse-ox meter. The results of wearing 6
(count 'em, 6!) surgical masks for 5 minutes:
1: No change in O2 levels
2: His ears really hurt.
I'm about to get surgery (not voluntary, not in a
I was wearing my respirator on the bike when the lower mainland (bc) was very
smokey for a week or so with the northward drift of smoke from west coast
fires. Then the new west pier caught on fire and added a couple more smoke
filled days. The p100 filters did an amazing job of filtering the
I wish they would come out with a list of masks that might help. There is
much controversy. I wear a mask anywhere others are and just don’t know if
they do much good. I believe they do cause us breathing problems if used
for prolonged times. I have 2 nice fabric masks, one with a pocket
The CDC recommends mask wearing, both to protect you from others and to protect
them from you:
CDC recommends that people wear masks in public settings, like on public and
mass transportation, at events and gatherings, and anywhere they will be around
other people.
Note that the CDC does not
I haven’t found a simple mask that doesn’t fog my glasses to some degree or
other. Closely pinching a wire frame along the top to the bridge of your nose
wolill reduce the fog as long as u have the sides of the mask w a bit of a gap
for the hot air to escape thru.
I have to wear a half mask
I’m usually skeptic of simplified news reporting, especially in the
presumed context of (rightly) trying to convince the general public that
masks aren’t really an impediment to daily routine activities. Regardless, what
exertion level did they measure the various oxygen levels at? If one is
I just saw a news report that had a study showing that masks don’t have any
effect on your oxygen levels. That say they feel like they do but the numbers
show you are still getting the same oxygen moving around your body as you would
without a mask.
I have a hard time wearing a mask while
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