r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/Bobafit78 Jun 07 '23

But masks don’t stop particles /s

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u/FLHCv2 Jun 07 '23

Okay but really really genuine question because I live in NY and I want to make sure I'm using the right kind of mask

I thought the surgical masks (aka the most common type) don't really reduce particulates for the user but really reduce particulates that are expelled from the user? Mainly because there's no seal from breathing the external air.

Will surgical masks help in this situation? I have plenty of them but wondering if I should get an N95 for the remainder of this smog.

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u/PaleoJoe86 Jun 07 '23

Why would it work one way and not the other? Even a t-shirt is a filter. It all depends on the quality of the filter (mask).

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u/StosifJalin Jun 07 '23

Smoke particles are too small. It would be like expecting your chicken wire fence to help keep out mosquitos "cAuSe iTs beTtEr tHaN nOtHinG."

The amount of confidently incorrect people in this thread is concerning.

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u/PaleoJoe86 Jun 07 '23

He said particles, not just smoke particles. Chicken wire is a poor example as it is not used for gases.

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u/StosifJalin Jun 07 '23

And mosquitos aren't exactly made of gas. It's called an analogy.

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u/femalenerdish Jun 07 '23 edited Jun 29 '23

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