You’re right; I missed your end-of-post recommendation.
Yes, I’m saying that the newer variants can easily get past cloth and surgical masks but are highly unlikely (but not impossible due to faceseal leaks) to defeat elastomeric respirators equipped with P100 filters. This is due to the fact that P100 filters filter out nearly all particles, so the contagiousness of a virus doesn’t matter that much. Here’s another way to think about it: during a poison gas attack, what would you choose, a water-soaked handkerchief or a gas mask?
The whole thing (facepiece and filters) is a knockoff, and as far as I can tell, it’s not NIOSH-approved. Again, you can check for yourself.
You’re right; I missed your end-of-post recommendation.
Yes, I’m saying that the newer variants can easily get past cloth and surgical masks but are highly unlikely (but not impossible due to faceseal leaks) to defeat elastomeric respirators equipped with P100 filters. This is due to the fact that P100 filters filter out nearly all particles, so the contagiousness of a virus doesn’t matter that much. Here’s another way to think about it: during a poison gas attack, what would you choose, a water-soaked handkerchief or a gas mask?
The whole thing (facepiece and filters) is a knockoff, and as far as I can tell, it’s not NIOSH-approved. Again, you can check for yourself.