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New post:
https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/my-current-covid-risk-approach/
I follow 4 main principles to reduce my risk of catching #COVID:
1. Avoiding sharing unfiltered air with people outside my household
2. Noticing how safe I am & raising precautions accordingly
3. Focusing on protecting myself over protecting unmasked people (in general)
4. Spending money
I detail those principles + my specific protocols (#masking, #ventilation, self-#testing, &c.), with links to product vendors.
My new post Includes:
* Air quality & ventilation: Specifics on the Aranet 4 carbon dioxide monitor, including a coupon.
* Masking: Some N95, N99, & P100 respirators you may not have heard of, with links to purchase. And: when/where I'm willing to wear a valved mask.
* Self-testing (antigen + NAAT/molecular): Links to some amazing sale prices on rapid #COVID tests, including more-accurate molecular tests.
Plus a nasal spray and a new #covid19 wastewater data site.
https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/my-current-covid-risk-approach/
@brainwane Thank you for this! I especially appreciate the thoughts about whether or not to try to protect the greater public when they clearly aren't trying to protect themselves.
@Eraserbones Thank you.
I just updated the mask section https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/my-current-covid-risk-approach/#masking - a reader pointed me to this NIOSH study: "Filtering Facepiece Respirators with an Exhalation Valve" https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2021-107/default.html :
"FFRs with an exhalation valve provide respiratory protection to the wearer and can also reduce particle emissions to levels similar to or better than those provided by surgical masks, procedure masks, or cloth face coverings."
But a valved mask still protects me MORE than it does others.