Re: Helmet efficacy test

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:19:40 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:46:28 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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On 21 Apr 2025 07:43:20 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
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Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> writes:
 

Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> writes:
 

On 4/16/2025 4:25 AM, John B. wrote:

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:16:27 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
 

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:02:16 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:46:46 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
 

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:20:51 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 4/15/2025 12:15 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 4/15/2025 8:56 AM, AMuzi wrote:

 
But here, the rise in anti-vax was driven by upper class
suburban mothers and Hollywood celebrities who skew soft
left.  (as with any social phenomenon there are of course
many flavors of opinion and politics)  It was unusual
before that quack Wakefield (1998?) but snowballed after
that.

 
The anti-vax movement was driven by ignorant anti-
scientists. Yes, it's bounced around the political spectrum,
but the often deliberate ignorance has been and remains
constant.
 
 

 
Yes, I agree with that.  Wasn't helped by deliberate lies
and not only by Wakefield.

 
I submitted to two doses of the Covid "vaccine," and then I realised
that the jackass who was directing it (Fauci) and all the other scams
(masks and six foot spaces) was partially responsible for creating
Covid.

 
Strange isn't it. The vigorous enforcement, of exactly the same rules,
that you describe, were blamed for Thailand's rather amazingly low
Covid rates and deaths..
 
U.S.  Total cases per 1 million population - 337,912
Total Deaths per 1 M population       - 3685
 
Thailand Total cases per 1 million population - 68,069
Total deaths per 1 M population - 494

 
I suspect there were many factors involved. Fauci admitted that the
cloth masks were worthless and that the six foot rule came out of thin
air. The places in the USA that had the strictest rules and the most
vigorous enforcement faired no better. IMO, it was all smoke and
mirrors.
 
FWIW my wife and I got Covid even after taking the vaccine.

I have no idea what Mr Fauci said about anything but I would comment
that doctors and medical staff wear them in Thailand, Singapore,
Indonesia, and medical evacuation airplanes to my personal experience.

 
I agree it's a popular custom. but the size of viruses and the pores
of masks make that theater at best.
 
If you can breathe without difficulty and if it's not well sealed at
the edges, you're not blocking viruses.

 
If you have any facial hair between skin and mask, it's not blocking
viruses.  If you can smell anything with the mask on, it's not blocking
viruses.
 
OSHA has a fit test partly based on trying to smell banana oil:
 
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.134AppA
 
I hear it's fairly difficult to pass.

 
Not particularly assuming the mask fits your face, might need to adjust
nose part/straps.

 
Have you done this as part of a job?  I speak from hearsay, never having
actually done the test.

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Indeed I work in care health sector etc. more problems with folks with
smaller faces, ie some petite women, but that’s really a case of getting
the straps tighter.

 

The paper ones are less effective but seem to be enough to dramatically
reduce winter colds/flu cases, as small as a virus is it’s transmission is
via droplets so the mask will stop/reduce.

 

 
Regular hospital masks can be and probably are effective for bacteria
but the size scales are radically different for viruses.

 

Roger Merriman
 
 

 

Roger Merriman
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https://wirestock.io/content/media/a-cute-little-thai-girl-in-a-protective-face-mask-carrying-flowers-2671824
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What a shame they did that to the little kids.

Different folk, different strokes.

That little girl probably demanded a mask and cried until she got one.
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Cheers,

John B.