#CovidConscious crowd: I’m sure I saw some discussion of techniques for stapling excess #respirator material together under chin to improve fit on small faces …
But I can’t find it now and I don’t want to just start stapling willy-nilly!
Edit to add: remember to staple so the two pointy bits of the staple are on the outside of the mask. Otherwise you're going to have them scratching your chin area. I've done this type of stapling on the Dräger X-plore 1920 but stopped buying those because I had other stuff that fit me better and wasn't quite as expensive.
screengrab of a tweet by @yesallcrops from Feb 13, 2023. They wrote "I've mentioned that I have to staple all my masks tighter to fit my face shape. If I don't do this, I can feel air rushing out through the chin portion. Here's how I do that! (Try pinching the extra fabric under your chin while the mask is on to know where to staple)" There is a video of a person dressed in a black top with a V-neck. The hold a respirator in their hands. Then they pinch a bit of material in the middle of the chin area and use a small stapler to staple that pleat into place.
I am also going to share this video of how to do a DIY fit-test. Not because you have to do one, but because if you are able to confirm that the mask you've chosen works for you, then that is an added layer of confidence in your respirator. (It also enables you to help others test their masks / respirators)
#37c3 is over and now it is probably the right moment to ask how you #health status changed because of travelling to/from the event and/or joining the congress in person. #mask#ffp2#ffp3
Please note, it's not about #COVID only. At my last Congress, I missed 1½ days because of #Congressseuche and this was long before COVID.
Faszinierend wie meine "GVS Elipse Source Control P3 filtering half-mask" die Leute next to me nachdenklich / nervös / solidarischer (?) macht und diese entweder fliehen oder sich selbst eine #FFP2 / #ffp3 aufsetzen. Seriously wenn ich bekannt mit einem respiratorischen Pathogen infiziert (und möglicherweise infektiös) wäre würde ich hier garantiert nicht sitzen. #37c3#CovidIsNotOver#COVIDisAirborne
Edith: ich bin tatsächlich sehr dankbar dafür, dass mehr Leute einander schützen wollen. 💜
@ChrisUplus Danke. Wir werden nächste Woche sehen wie gut ich das überstanden habe wenn ich wieder zur Arbeit radle. Ich wünsche dir auch gute Genesung. Und drück euch die Daumen.
Don’t leave people in your communities behind just because it would be inconvenient for you to adapt!
– Make the most of hybrid events (if not completely online)
– Encourage people to wear a mask (at least FFP2/N95)
– Ensure adequate ventilation and monitoring of air quality
– Take appropriate measures to make your event accessible
– Communicate all the steps you are taking, so people don’t have to ask
Ich habe eine weitere Frage (bitte weiter scrollen, wer die Frage für überflüssig hält 🙏🏾)
Gibt es hier im DE eine Möglichkeit kostenfreie FFP2 / FFP3 Masken zu bekommen? Meinetwegen zum Beispiel nur für Menschen mit geringem Einkommen oder mit ME/CFS?
@bike I second a valved disposable N95; because they're made of the same fabric as regular N95s, they still filter a majority of what you exhale -- iirc, the CDC study indicated in the neighborhood of 70%. Waaaaay better for others than not wearing a mask and at least as good at protecting you.