[relictele]

Those are N95 masks. Carefully and tightly fitted. Changed every 15-20 minutes.

They are most certainly not cloth, not used repeatedly and/or for long stretches of days or even weeks. Not hung from a rearview mirror to collect auto exhaust particles, pollen and God knows what else.

[nascarnation]

I had a supply of real N95s in my workshop long before the virus arrived. Those suckers are hard to breath through for more than 10 mins or so.

[jonrick46]

"Those are N95 masks. Carefully and tightly fitted. Changed every 15-20 minutes."

You are just giving this idea that medical workers throw on the masks for a short period of time. I bet if I ask my sister, who has worked in a hospital for 30 years what the real story is, or her daughter, who is an operating room anesthesiologist, I would get the same story you are telling.

Put on the mask!

[MyDogAteMyBallot]

“not used repeatedly and/or for long stretches of days or even weeks. Not hung from a rearview mirror to collect auto exhaust particles, pollen and God knows what else.”

this