Green says masks will be last to go

[AaronM]

"Sometimes all this Covid mask theorizing reminds me of early in the eruption when there was debate about which masks would protect you."

Back then I finally gave up arguing with people. The real good respirators come in different sizes and shapes. OSHA requires yearly training and a fit test. I was required to shave my beard every year for the fit test and required to keep shaving equipment in my locker in case I needed to wear a respirator at work. The training was so you could select the proper cartridge for the hazard you were facing.

Agreed Obie,

Plenty dudes were seen wearing a respirator strapped around their beards.  I wonder how their lungs fared through the process.  Similar to the lack of a seal on all those disposable covid masks. The placebo effect is a powerful force.

I have some of my 3M cartridges from May 2018 ziplocked for posterity.  Maybe one day I'll have them cracked open and tested...