Just as federal agents aren’t necessary to protect a government building when armed white supremacists are breaking the law, schools can’t possibly police mask-wearing despite having absolutely no problem policing everything else girls (and people of color) wear in the same schools.
I feel like there’s a connection here. If only I could put my finger on it… /s
The most effective mask was the fitted N95. Three-layer surgical masks and cotton masks, which many people have been making at home, also performed well.
Neck fleeces, also called gaiter masks and often used by runners, were the least effective. In fact, wearing a fleece mask resulted in a higher number of respiratory droplets because the material seemed to break down larger droplets into smaller particles that are more easily carried away with air.
Folded bandanas and knitted masks also performed poorly and did not offer much protection.
Nice timing, I was just about to post the Ars writeup about the same thing:
And, in a different district:
In Chatham County on Georgia’s coast, a 7-year-old boy died of Covid-19, becoming the youngest victim in the state, according to data compiled by the state health department. The boy had no underlying health conditions.
Hey, remember when one could go any time to return bottles and cans to get money for them, except Sunday mornings, without the section of the store reserved for that purpose being closed because all the bins are full?
They’ve never done that anywhere that I’ve lived. But back in the day I knew some people who would occasionally haul their truck full of beer cans down to wherever (scrapyard? the aluminum plant?) to get a few dollars for the scrap. Some of the less-scrupulous would also occasionally manage to ‘find’ some copper wire or steel if there happened to be a construction site or abandoned property nearby. They’d also drive around on trash day looking for any appliances left out by the side of the road.
“It seems our foreign colleagues are sensing the specific competitive advantages of the Russian drug and are trying to express opinions that… are absolutely groundless,” Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday.