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		xyst on March 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Illness Impacting Dairy Cattle Is Confirmed as Hig... Loading up on N95 masks now.

supportengineer on March 26, 2024 | [–]

We've never stopped buying them and keeping them around.

juliangoldsmith on March 26, 2024 | [–]

Unless you're wearing it tight enough to leave a mark around your mouth and nose, it's not doing anything for you.

My wife, an ICU nurse, spent a year reusing N95s because people who didn't need them bought them all up, only to wear them in a way that didn't seal properly and provided no protection.

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