“The above link (interview with the inventor of the N95 mask) says the best way is to rotate masks every 3 to 4 days leaving them to air dry.”
I was thinking of exactly the same 24 hours, but 3 to 4 days works for me. And, actually, the very low mask usage and exposure to viral loads, due to not having to go to 6 Big Boxes every day looking for toilet paper (as the FluBros have to do), means that our masks capture very few virons in the first place. Given that, I suspect the viral load after 24 hours will be nil.
“due to not having to go to 6 Big Boxes every day”
I go out once a week to shop for three sets of elderly folks. If I could just shop for my wife and I, we could get by on once every two weeks. Or more if we really had to.
I have a relative that used to live on a ranch. She was only an hour and a half out of the nearest town, but she would only go into town 4x a year.
Her husband? One time a year - to bring the taxes in. Then, with the husband wearing a new shirt and new pair of jeans, they would go out for a nice dinner and dancing.