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Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by davmar on Sunday September 12, 2021 @06:57PM (#28505851)
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c05025

"Materials were microimaged and tested against size selected NaCl aerosol with particle mobility diameters between 50 and 825 nm. Three of the top five best performing samples were woven 100% cotton with high to moderate yarn counts, and the other two were woven synthetics of moderate yarn counts"

This image in particular: https://pubs.acs.org/na101/home/literatum/publisher/achs/jou...

You can see N95 non-woven performs the best, but cotton twill does provide protection.

Cool analogy tho.

Re:I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case by zdragnar on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:40AM (#28511347)
50-850nm is way off; coronavirus are 20-500 tops.

I guess we should call OSHA and tell them that it is okay to consider cloth masks as safety equipment around asbestos.