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Grokenstein

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6. My company provides cloth masks, but I take some extra steps.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:45 AM
Nov 2020

The company masks (with company logo of course, they ain't doin' it because they love us) are decent quality, with pull-tight adjustable ear loops. But there are the usual gaps and the nose strip isn't exactly strong. So I go a little further.

I got a set of these ear-loop gaiters and these trimmable "extender" hooks. (The "mask frames" that come with the hooks are good on very hot days but otherwise I have little use for them.) The gaiter is my "base" layer--the ones in the link are a little shallow, so I wrap the front around the top button of my shirt to pin it in place--and then the company mask, loops tied firmly to the hooks to fit comfortably but tight, goes over the gaiter. I can still breathe fine, and the gaiter helps fill in the gaps the cloth mask doesn't close.

When it's hot or I'm fairly isolated, I can drop the cloth mask to my throat and still have good coverage with the gaiter alone. On the downside, even using the gaiter alone will result in fogged glasses...unless you do "the goldfish" and exhale through your mouth with your lips extended against the masks.

It is fucking preposterous that after all these months the United States Government has not fixed this issue. But then, look who was running the show. It's also preposterous that you still can't find Lysol disinfectant spray anywhere, aside from the occasional counterfeit stuff sold at a certain drugstore chain that begins with "W."

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