Actually no, it's not "the most effective." The most effective mask I've seen so far was a gas mask, the kind you find in the military that fits completely over the head, attached by a hose to an oxygen tank strapped to some guy's belt. That was hard-core. I saw that a few weeks ago at the store.

Somebody trying to win the getto lottery and looking for ambulance chasing starving lawyer to present the case:duck: :ohdear:

probably has to do with too long of use time, AND, not cleaning the masks, as required.

Has nothing to do with either. Doctors and nurses have been wearing masks for up to 18 hours in a single day since all this started, and they're not keeling over from CO2 poisoning. Because of shortages, many of them are re-using the same masks they wore the day before. The ones that they are supposed to be using, the N95s, are specially fitted for each doctor and nurse. That means they are, for all intents and purposes, sealed to their skin the entire time they're wearing them. And - even THEY aren't keeling over from Co2 poisoning.

I wear a mask for 6-7 hours during a shift, with a half hour or hour break in the middle. Sometimes I wear a surgical mask. Sometimes a cloth mask. Sometimes one of those masks that you get as a patient in the doctor's office if you show up for an appointment and are coughing while sitting in the waiting room. I haven't suffered from Co2 poisoning.

I have trouble breathing through the masks, but I adjust, and after around 10 minutes of putting it on, the discomfort subsides and I adjust to it.

My thoughts exactly. Doctors and nurses have been wearing masks for extended periods of time for years in operating rooms.

Why would anyone wear an N95 mask for several hours while driving a car? I read the entire article and that is exactly what the article said. Shaking my head if this is actually true.

I have figured it out. The masks are being pushed by the same people who believe that excess CO2 is causing global climate change. See, if you can trap all that CO2 inside the body then it saves the environment from its catastrophic exhalation. And seemingly those opposing wearing masks, and you know who you are, all don't believe that climate change is human in origin.

Hi Gracie. Not in timeout

I wear a N95 mask when and where I need a mask and only then. I walk outside in the fresh air, drive and of course within my residence wear no mask.

Wasn't criticizing you, you were just the messenger. I do have a problem with the person who put this misinformation video out there. Believe it not, there will be people who think it's true