Don’t forget is the rest of you that will need attention as well. Hair, clothing, shoes, eyes, etc.
N95 mask is insufficient by itself and all protective clothing/eyewear is insufficient if not considered as part of a comprehensive decontamination protocol once you’ve returned home.
This is not an ‘end of the world, everyone panic’ post. But simply wearing an N95 mask to the grocery store simply means you likely won’t SPREAD it IF you have it, via your nose/mouth. It will do little to keep you from actually GETTING it.
I agree, but something is better than nothing. The paper I posted is from an infectious disease journal, and they state up front that this is not ideal.
The takeaway is that something is better than nothing IF a person must get out. Ideally, people will be prepped and be able to stay home. If a person MUST get out, they should wear masks, goggles or face shield, gloves and maybe something like a raincoat? Most people won’t have hazmat suits. As others have said too, there is a very specific way and order to take all this PPE off as well to avoid contamination. I would also take off all the PPE, and shoes, outside and have a garbage bag outside for disposal.
I have seen photos of people improvising in China by putting clear water jugs that cover their whole head over their masks too.
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Chlorine wipes run out next. We had some heavy duty ones at the hospital. I had staff wiping down chairs, keyboards, counters, doors, and our bathroom every shift.
I wonder how often they are doing it this week.
The Care222 series from Ushio might be handy to reduce open space transmission of microbial.
This technology exploits a recent development of a previously unrecognized Goldilock’s band within the UV-C emissions, which appears not to harm humans, yet still kills pathogens.
https://www.ushio.com/products/infection-prevention/
Some development history:
https://sterilray.com/skin-disinfection/