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Warpy

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3. Got a link?

Reply to Prosper (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 10:29 PM

Jul 2020

MIT has come up with a reusable, sterilizable face mask with an N-95 insert. The insert is flat and presumably much faster and easier to manufacture than the formed N-95 masks in use now and provides as much protection as the current standard masks.

They should be ready to go into production just about the time the first vaccine is rolled out.

It's a great idea for the next pandemic and yes, there will be a next one.

https://www.cnet.com/news/mit-engineers-design-a-reusable-face-mask-that-could-be-as-effective-as-an-n95/

So i don't know what kind of plastic insert you're talking about, but there is more than one type.

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Face masks with plastic device on front are probably worthless. [View all] Prosper Jul 2020 OP

I just taped over my valves on the inside, sealing them air tight. CaptainTruth Jul 2020 #1

Yup! Same with getting Covid test results back BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #2

Got a link? Warpy Jul 2020 #3

You may want to ditch that valve face mask. Prosper Jul 2020 #4

Thank you very much Warpy Jul 2020 #5

The valved masks were not designed for medical use Mosby Jul 2020 #6

The point of this post is to call attention to the increased possibility Prosper Jul 2020 #7