Normal breathing is in through the nose and out through the mouth. Maybe you are getting it round the wrong way
My reply was meant to be light-hearted hence the smiley. Feel free to breathe however you like without being thought abnormal.Please define ‘normal’.
My personal experience differs significantly from your description.
I am sitting here, comfortably at rest, breathing in and out through my nose.
When active, with heavier demands from muscles, or under stress, I switch to mouth breathing, since I have a diddy little ski jump nose and fairly narrow nasal passages.
When asleep I may breathe through nose or mouth, depending on position, dream state and booze quotient.
I consider all of those things ‘normal’.
Believe me you really would not like to get on Brunneria's bad side if she has one.My reply was meant to be light-hearted hence the smiley. Feel free to breathe however you like without being thought abnormal.
Believe me you really would not like to get on Brunneria's bad side if she has one.
If I had actually got round to making a mask, I would use the plastic covered wire sold for gardening.I imagine cutting the tealight casing would result in very sharp edges, to be treated with full caution.
We humans can be perverse or even recalcitrant at times.I can't believe that some people as has been reported, are actually asking their doctors for sick notes or letters for non existent conditions that would exempt them from wearing a mask.
I respect what Ivor says about fat etc since he makes sense. In the video he says how Sweden had no lock-down - actually they didn't have a total lock-down. Very different. Also, Swedes didn't need an official mandate to distance themselves.... snip ...
As to case numbers have a quick listen to Ivor Cummins aka Fat Emperor who has been looking at the data on mandatory mask wearing countries. Does Emperical Science Matter Anymore
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2553960738201111
Whilst looking for masks online I stumbled across this interesting bit of information on the entuk.org website. Basically in a nutshell it suggests whilst exhalation valves on a mask will make it more comfortable for the user it presents a risk to patients (in this report) due to possible Covid particles being exhaled "if" the user has infection. Not sure if these types of masks filter the air "in" but it seems they certainly don't filter the air "out".
We would recommend that clinicians should not use a FFP3 mask with exhalation valve when undertaking any close patient interaction. If your only available FFP3 mask has an exhalation valve, you should consider using a surgical mask to cover it to protect the patient as well as the extending the masks use. An unvalved FFP3 mask would be better.
Anyone have any suggestions for decent mask/visor combinations you are using for glasses wearers? So many options online like ties that go around the ears to tie ups behind the head, valved/unvalved as per above, etc etc?
I'm going to need quite a few for Autumn term and ideally reusable or fairly cheap disposable. If you were for instance to go down the FFP2 or 3 route they are really expensive, although I believe the public are advised not to buy those, even if you can find them, so the medical fraternity have enough to go around. Surprisingly there seem to be so many options online and it's not like you can go into a shop and try a few like you would do shoes!!!
That was informative, thank you...<snip>
We would recommend that clinicians should not use a FFP3 mask with exhalation valve when undertaking any close patient interaction. If your only available FFP3 mask has an exhalation valve, you should consider using a surgical mask to cover it to protect the patient as well as the extending the masks use. An unvalved FFP3 mask would be better.
Anyone have any suggestions for decent mask/visor combinations you are using for glasses wearers? So many options online like ties that go around the ears to tie ups behind the head, valved/unvalved as per above, etc etc?
I'm going to need quite a few for Autumn term and ideally reusable or fairly cheap disposable. If you were for instance to go down the FFP2 or 3 route they are really expensive, although I believe the public are advised not to buy those, even if you can find them, so the medical fraternity have enough to go around. Surprisingly there seem to be so many options online and it's not like you can go into a shop and try a few like you would do shoes!!!
I came across these entrepreneurs a few days ago who are doing amazing masks, they are not cheap but they are superb.
It's called indiegogo leaf masks, with N99+ filters.
Do you have a sewing machine, can you hand sew, or do you have any old t-shirts you can spare?
There are many, many options out there. Why not experiment in the comfort of your home, wearing one to do your housework or whatever?
I haven't tried any of the no-sew options, because I'm happy to sew. I have made a variety of the 3-pleat versions (really, super-easy and very little stitching needed, and the more vaulted version, but to do these "nicely" requires a bit more sewing.
I am quite petite person, and the 3-pleat versions are, in my view, easier to achieve a decent fit, but these things come down to personal preference.
Yesterday in our local ASDA shop, they were selling 4 disposable masks for £2.80. They also had re-usables at 2 for £3, so they were much better value.
In your shoes, working a 2 or 3 part day (morning and afternoon, or morning, break, lunch, then home), I'd want 2 or 3 washable masks a day. For me, taking it off it would go straight into a ziploc bag for transfer to the washer.
I can knock up a mask in 15-20 minutes, using a sewing machine, which when I made a few in one sitting, came down because I did each stage for all the masks then went onto the next stage, so it got pretty efficient.
I've made masks from project remnants, but when it became clear mask wearing would be more frequent in both our worlds, I bought a few fat quarters in the local sewing shop.
If all of this is for September, you have oodles of time.
And lets not forget the poor old whales
The masks you throw away could end up killing a whale'
"As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, more and more protective equipment is ending up in the sea.
We are putting 129 billion face masks and 65 billion plastic gloves into the environment every month, according to Ocean Conservancy.
Divers and observers are spotting more of this discarded waste floating underwater, causing problems for wildlife and washing up on shorelines all over the world."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/scien...s-you-throw-away-could-end-up-killing-a-whale
Well like it or not from the 24th you are going to have to wear a mask while in a shop or be liable to a fine and it's about time to.
The mask you wear will help protect others the masks others wear will help protect you what's to debate.
If I had actually got round to making a mask, I would use the plastic covered wire sold for gardening.
Not quite that dear: ($49 USD cheapest)Not many would be able to afford the £2500 for these!
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