The US lost the ability to domestically produce n95's and cant do it. Think about that the US cant produce paper masks for its citizens if they needed them. I bought a dozen in Jan 2020 and then they disappeared from everywhere or were ridiculously expensive. Once they announced mandates of t-shit masks and didnt even try to set up a production line to produce rated masks in mass domestically I knew the whole thing was bullshit. I stopped giving a shit about masks in April 2020 once we had some data that showed this shit is barely more deadly than the flu and only for the infirm. Now 500+ days in we are back to the fucking t-shit masks and they still cant produce or distribute n-95's.

Of course not, that's why I said that it was never about people's health.

I spent a huge amount of time at the beginning of this mess trying to replicate n95 masks cheaply with more avl materials.

Well. Me and about a hundred other morons.

A n95 mask works great because it has a three layer system and the middle layer is designed to rub against the other two and maintain a static electric charge.

That's the whole magic of it.

In short, it is an amazing design.

But the downfall is when that middle layer gets moist the static electric charge fails.

So working in a controlled environment like an ICU is a great environment, plus the surgical mask, plus other sanitation procedures, plus Ms 13 or higher filters installed in the theater.

But for the usual jackass on the street breathing thru it for a month at a time, saturated with oil from skin... Wet from breath vapor and or walking around working... An N95 mask is a petri dish of failure.

And you're just another engine that shouldn't be in the medical field in the first place. I thought Patel's were supposed to stay put in hotels and 7/11.

You were exposed and have natural immunity. Like most of the rest of the population under 70.

I work in health care not in a hospital I know a alot of people caught covid while wearing a n95