[Vikingjunior]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

[karostay]

Results are no oxygen to the brain....It's effects are rampant

[dewilson58]

myth

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Yes, one can just see all the doctors and nurses wearing them all day, dropping dead.

[Decadeofdave]

If you wrap your mask with plastic wrap. Lol

[Rosie1950]

I don’t run on petroleum products. Hubs on the other hand is loaded with gas maybe I should worry.

[thelegges]

If that were true, every surgical staff would be brain dead. ( well some say you are brain dead to work Neuro or open heart for up to 12 hours straight)

Of course those that were in the generation who didn’t have evac symptoms during their lifetime of free floating gas’s in the room.

And yes that generation do have some issues due to the anesthesia gas, but that would be ages from mid 60s and up

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Wow, who knew right?

I believe that there's an article in the current edition of MAD magazine on this also...

knowing this totally increases my respect for the Lone Ranger....he braved it out and never took his mask off

Hi Ho Silver....away!!!!

[Inexes@aol.com]

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Man o man.... how did I survive all my years as an operating room nurse? Don't remember getting sick from living in those masks all day long and sometimes half the night. Where do these reports come from???? The masks that people are wearing are not air-tight, they are not full-face masks, there is a difference.

[mlmarr1]

exactly .. so many people are so brainwashed .. a mask isn't doing one healthy thing for your lungs..
Thank you..

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Inexes@aol.com

Man o man.... how did I survive all my years as an operating room nurse? Don't remember getting sick from living in those masks all day long and sometimes half the night. Where do these reports come from???? The masks that people are wearing are not air-tight, they are not full-face masks, there is a difference.

I spent three years standing at an O.R. Table wearing a mask all day, so I agree with you. Shall we add that most people do not expel all of the air in their lungs with every breath before sucking in more, so there is always residual CO2 in their lungs. Somehow we survive.

However, the new fad for paper lunch bags or plastic grocery bags filled with air, then taped to the face will usually lead to an increase of CO2 in the blood, though they may also cure hiccups.

[Lindsyburnsy]

My guess this information is put out there by extremists that refuse to wear a mask and also don't want to social distance either. Freedom v stupidity.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Originally Posted by Inexes@aol.com

Man o man.... how did I survive all my years as an operating room nurse? Don't remember getting sick from living in those masks all day long and sometimes half the night. Where do these reports come from???? The masks that people are wearing are not air-tight, they are not full-face masks, there is a difference.

Did you read the OP fully, Inex, and how did you not laugh?. Unbelievable---someone picked up the term "dead space", probably from the internet, and then throws it around like they have any idea what it means. Since the mask will be in close proximity to your lips, it does not increase dead space. (the OP's statement was "Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space", which is even more absurd). If someone had end stage COPD the added layer of obstruction MIGHT add to CO2 retention, but those people are generally on supplemental O2 anyway and not wearing paper masks.
Someone else posted that MOST people don't expel all the air when exhaling. How about ALL people, and all land mammals as well, otherwise we'd have total lung atelectasis.
A little knowledge...………….

[Koapaka]

To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic - ScienceDirect

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

What prolonged use? You put it on to go shopping and take it off as soon as you get out. I dont know about you but Not many places are open and Im certainly not out there shopping for all new clothes. And Ive seen people driving with masks on. Why? Dont want to infect your steering wheel?