Are neck gaiters worse than no mask at all?

Re:Are neck gaiters worse than no mask at all? by 01100011 on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:16PM (#24758293)

Does the mask need to present a physical barrier to the virus particles? Is there any electrostatic force, for instance, which would trap viruses as they passed close to the mask material?

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Re:Are neck gaiters worse than no mask at all? by Symmetry on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:55PM (#24758752)

Yes. Also N95 filter .15 micron particles better than .3 micron particles because their motion tends to be more Brownian and less ballistic, leading to more particle/masks interactions where they can get caught.

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Re:Are neck gaiters worse than no mask at all? by 01100011 on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:09PM (#24758899)

Was that a 'yes' to the first question or the second? Thanks in either case for the reply.

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Re:Are neck gaiters worse than no mask at all? by Symmetry on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:10PM (#24758904)

Oh, the second.

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