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Thread: Skiing and Covid-19 masks
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01-10-2022, 01:22 PM #651
I've found that a Moldex n95, no straps, held up to my face, and then pulling my buff over it, holds it in place with an OK seal for tram/gondy rides or dashes into the lodge.
Originally Posted by blurred
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01-10-2022, 03:07 PM #652
Thanks for that. I’ve been wondering if my buff over N95 would create a good seal if I went strapless. I planned to try it next Friday, thanks for being on the same wavelength.
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01-10-2022, 03:12 PM #653
I like this idea. Thanks!
I don’t know how y’all can ski with an n95. Yesterday, during my lunch break, I wore my non-quantitative fit-tested n95, into my break room (up and down stairs) to grab my lunch and pee, then outside (35* and sunny), and trotted through cat track messed snow about 300’ over to the food place to grab coffee. All in a hurry. I was super out of breathe (and overheating). I would not have been out of breadth w/o a mask.
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01-10-2022, 03:24 PM #654
I'm not an epidemiologist or immunologist but.. even with mounting evidence that Omicron particles are smaller and harder to filter out I'm still optimistic that outdoors in the wind they dissipate enough to where intermittent masking is good enough. Have to stand shoulder to shoulder in a line or actually have a conversation.. pull the GOOD mask up even if you have to hold/adjust it under the buff to make sure it's tight for those 3-5 minutes it really needs to be sealed up tight. Rest of time just keeping it within reach... floating around in the neck gator should work.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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01-10-2022, 03:34 PM #655
The moldex has reasonable structure for the buff to pull on, and a large filter area for easier breathing. (I am fit tested for the moldex, but I doubt it would fully pass after extended use like this).
I picked a solution that is better than a double buff, but likely less effective than wearing a N95 the whole time with straps.
The difference is that I'm willing to buff+N95 sometimes. I'm not willing to N95 all day.
There are no guarantees, only relative risk reductions. Pick what works for you.Originally Posted by blurred
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01-10-2022, 03:41 PM #656
Read between the lines. Or actually, look at the graph
Negative correlation in the candlestick. . .
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01-10-2022, 04:21 PM #657Registered User
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01-10-2022, 04:52 PM #658
I'm not responding to Core Shot, this if for the benefit of everyone else. These reports from AAAS seem to be as authoritative as it gets, ... to a layman:
Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
The Evidence Is in – One Mask Type Stands Out as The Best Protection Against COVID-19
Impact of community masking on COVID-19: A cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh
On secondary atomization and blockage of surrogate cough droplets in single- and multilayer face masks
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01-10-2022, 05:59 PM #659
None of those links work.
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01-10-2022, 06:22 PM #660"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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01-10-2022, 07:08 PM #661“The best argument in favour of a 90% tax rate on the rich is a five-minute chat with the average rich person.”
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01-10-2022, 07:27 PM #662Registered User
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01-11-2022, 07:37 AM #663
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01-11-2022, 10:03 AM #664“The best argument in favour of a 90% tax rate on the rich is a five-minute chat with the average rich person.”
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01-17-2022, 07:59 AM #665
I skied with a maggot yesterday who had Covid two weeks ago. His symptoms ended 13 days ago, both of us vaxxed and boosted. All information shared ahead of time, and both of agreed to the plan. I wore my N95 with buff over it, and he wore a 2 layer buff. I felt safe riding lifts with him. Parking lots beers afterwards. I had a great time.
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01-17-2022, 08:39 AM #666
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01-17-2022, 09:19 AM #667Registered User
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I’d be ok with that.
One of my ski buds tested positive Saturday after feeling hung over Friday morning (pretty normal for him). Only tested Saturday cause he was going to visit an older relative. He’s off work until Wednesday and is skiing everyday. Says he doesn’t feel guilty because if he hadn’t been going for the visit, he never would have tested and he’d be out spreading it unknowingly. Claims he’s wearing a mask but based on his past mask wearing, it’ll be half assed.
Not sure if I’ll ride a lift with him next weekend or wait a bit. I’ll probably do the N95 under a buff because I’m sure he’s not the only one out there who’s positive and ignoring quarantine.
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01-17-2022, 09:43 AM #668Registered User
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Yeah, much better to spread it knowlingly.
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01-17-2022, 10:24 AM #669
I have no doubt there are people who are testing positive and experiencing only mild symptoms that are still skiing. I tested positive 2 weeks ago. Had a very mild cough. That and a bit of sinus congestion. Cough went away a day later. Sinus congestion lasted about 5 days. No other symptoms. Double vaxxed and boosted. I stayed away from everyone. I stayed away from the lifts and just did some touring by the resort this past Saturday.
I'm pretty sure I picked up the virus while skiing 6 days prior. Just wearing a buff in the lift line and a double layer cloth mask. There were a few people in the lift lines that would cough now and again, and that was the only time I was actually ever around people other than my wife, who fortunately has not tested positive and remains symptom free. So, I actually had left the ski resort after only an hour that day because I was feeling exposed with just a cloth mask and not an N95. In any event I won't be skiing without an N95 mask in the future. Hoping that having had COVID now and being vaxed and boosted does help with not getting it again though."We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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01-17-2022, 11:00 AM #670Registered User
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01-17-2022, 11:09 AM #671
I'm with Harry here.
Omicron changed the outdoors and proximity to non household people rules I was following. Beginning of season I thought it was probably mostly OK go be fully vaxxed and a couple feet away from strangers outdoors unmasked. Now not so much.. But most people i see skiing and other places are not covering up. If I am in a packed corral or if I ride with non household folks mask comes up. More than 2-3 minutes shoulder to shoulder in a crowd is about the max I'm comfortable with. I still honestly think riding a lift is probably OK as long as it doesn't stop for 5 minutes.. But, I'd rather already have the mask on for that possibility.Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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01-17-2022, 11:25 AM #672
My county lifted its mask mandate today.
I don't anticipate a spike though, because no one wore them anyway.Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
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01-17-2022, 11:33 AM #673
I don't want to have to wear a balaclava in the lift lines anymore. It's soggy and gross and tastes like snot. Either they need to enforce actual masks, or just let people do what they want. "Wear a face-covering" is stupid.
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01-20-2022, 05:00 PM #674
I got the itis
god damn itI didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-20-2022, 05:30 PM #675“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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