Actually, I avoid strip clubs, and anyone who gets closer than 6 feet to me had better be a friend or family.
Studies prove that respiratory disease cannot be stopped by any means outside a full on face respirator, properly worn and service.
I am a painter. Using toxic paint, in a toxic and low oxygen environment. Without a properly fitted mask and a clean shaven face, you would get sick and die fairly quickly. With the mask on, your oxygen levels drop quickly. You can function, but not as well. You do have to take them off to go home though.
N-95 respirators? Wear them all the time when spraying Latex inside and outside on homes. You get plenty of paint in your nose, because it is not possible to stop even latex paint, which is water based. Just like sneezes and coughs, it is unavoidable.
Simply put, if you are a habitual mask wearer, you have a serious mental issue. The slaves in China wear them, sure. They think it protects them, and hides their identity. That is an entire culture that is totally mental. We should follow their example /s
These ‘Workers’ were inhaling toxic fumes over long periods of time. They did not realize it. Often it had little effect and resulted in virtually no damage, but always there seem to be some who were done lung damage.
Most persons on Mechanical Ventilators have filters regularly exchanged and so because they are breathing in a closed circuit, their exhalation poses little threat to people, but that threat is not exactly Zero.
An N-95 should be worn when in proximity to these Covid Patients, especially when breaking the circuit for a filter change or transferring to a different ventilator for purposes of transport or procedures not able to be done at bedside.