[ExI] school proposal

[Dylan Distasio]

When I had my severe respiratory infection earlier this year, they made me
put on a surgical mask when I walked in to the ER (I later found out my O2
was already at 87 without a mask due to the infection).   Even with just a
surgical mask on, I felt like I was suffocating.  It was pretty horrible.
Luckily once I got into the ER bay, the doctor told me to take it off.
 This was in January before the CV-19 really hit the fan though.

Anyways, I have typically worn a real N95 out when this thing was raging
(I'm in lower CT/work(ed) in Manhattan) and if you think a KN95 is bad, try
wearing one of those for more than a short period of time (and forget about
it in the heat).  Now that the curve is pretty dead out this way, I've
switched over to a more breathable mask, although they all still fog up my
glasses, and the breathable ones are worse for that.

I don't know what the answer is, but I won't wear one any longer than I
need to for errands like grocery shopping.  Movie theaters have reopened
around here, and are requiring masks.   There's no way I would put myself
through 2 hours willingly in one to go see a show so I'll be streaming for
the foreseeable future.

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:09 AM Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I was wearing a KN95 mask for less than an hour and used a pulse oximeter
> and got a reading of 87; took off the mask and it went up to normal value
> around 98.  That really freaked me out...idk if it's good for people to be
> wearing these things all day.
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 9:30 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Probably less smooching in the hallways.  What do you think?   bill w
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:21 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Our local high school is proposing to reopen in August in split
>>> sessions.  All the students and teachers would be required to wear the
>>> surgical masks at all times on campus.  This has me wondering what school
>>> would be like under those conditions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> spike
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