04-21-2020, 04:15 AM
Question on the masks (regular surgical type not the special ones). It's getting hot here and I wear one of these wherever I go (any little bit of protection is better than none).
With the temperature rising, though, if I sweat it's kind of gross. Especially since masks purchases are still rationed here and we can't buy enough for 1x day. We can currently buy 9 every 14 days. They say that the limits will stop in a month or so since the government has enough to donate to other countries but that day isn't here yet.
Before the weather started warming up, I would use a mask every 3-4 days. I am self-limiting my outside trips so I may use it for 20-30 minutes total going to the store on a daily basis x 3-4 days. I know that's probably not the safest but due to them controlling buying there isn't much I can do.
I've seen things about steam cleaning the masks but I'm not sure if a sweaty mask is good, is gross, is safe, or what.
Any input from the smarter folks here?
With the temperature rising, though, if I sweat it's kind of gross. Especially since masks purchases are still rationed here and we can't buy enough for 1x day. We can currently buy 9 every 14 days. They say that the limits will stop in a month or so since the government has enough to donate to other countries but that day isn't here yet.
Before the weather started warming up, I would use a mask every 3-4 days. I am self-limiting my outside trips so I may use it for 20-30 minutes total going to the store on a daily basis x 3-4 days. I know that's probably not the safest but due to them controlling buying there isn't much I can do.
I've seen things about steam cleaning the masks but I'm not sure if a sweaty mask is good, is gross, is safe, or what.
Any input from the smarter folks here?