Vaccination Cards

[xd ED]

Awesome read. Thanks.

What I don't think was mentioned in the story was how the general shape/ configuration of the 3M mask came to be. It started, I am told, as originally a cold weather, breath warming mask, the idea stumbled upon by 2 guys grab-assing in a lab; one of them putting a bra cup on the other's face, and the rest, as they say is history.
How true that actually is, I cannot say, but it's been a legend on the east side of St Paul for 50+ years, where once half the population either worked for 3M, or lived next door to someone who did.
Added or full thread drift:
The discoveries of Scotch Gard, and Post-it notes are equally infamous in their serendipity.

[crbutler]

Too bad Seismic Sam isn’t around anymore. He told some wild stories about the 3M labs- he apparently was one of their engineers.

[linksep]

If you're unwilling to figure it out (it's real easy) then you were made to be ruled.

Do you think that maybe at any time in the last hundred years prior to #Plandemic anyone has ever thought to study whether masks would reduce the transmission of viruses? I'm betting that probably nobody ever thought of that prior to 2020......

The untold origin story of the N95 mask

What wasn't mentioned in the article is that N95 masks are for "nuisance" particles 0.3 microns and larger such as sawdust (comparatively read as "wood-chips") and offer basically zero protection against viruses such as COVID-19 which is a teeny-tiny 0.06 microns or one fifth of the size of particles that are (mostly) filtered by an N95 mask.

99.999999% of masks are bull$#!t. If the mask doesn't have an "NBC" rating it's bull$#!t. Period. End of sentence. I don't give a firetruck what the original intent or theory of N95 masks was, only about the current math and science.

If a "medical professional" is preaching that anything less than a "Nuclear, Biological, Chemical" mask might possibly do a damn thing to "slow the spread" they are either so completely ignorant to any and all credible medical research surrounding masks that they should not be allowed within 1,000 feet of a hospital or they are flat out lying to you. I don't give a firetruck if they are lying for "Orange-Man-Bad" political reasons or if they are knowingly lying just to keep their job... The only options are bad.

[MJY65]

What wasn't mentioned in the article is that N95 masks are for "nuisance" particles 0.3 microns and larger such as sawdust (comparatively read as "wood-chips") and offer basically zero protection against viruses such as COVID-19 which is a teeny-tiny 0.06 microns or one fifth of the size of particles that are (mostly) filtered by an N95 mask.

Let me preface this by saying I am not in favor of mask mandates or mandatory vaccination. Those should be individual decisions based on your own risk profile.

Having said that, your assertions about N95 masks (not talking about t-shirt masks) seems to be based on an image of a lone strand of SARS-CoV-2 RNA floating independently and sailing through the filtration media. That simply is not how it works. The majority of exhaled aerosols (the stuff that would encapsulate the virus) range from .7-1.0 microns. The N95 is going to catch most of that. If an occasional desiccated strand of Covid did make its way through, it's exceedingly unlikely to cause infection.

[Rip Van Winkle]

[Holland&Holland]

Can they check for immigration papers at the same time they check your vaccination card?

[LarryFlew]

Kind of like cheap furnace filters being called "filters". In HVAC we called them golf ball catchers as they will catch every single golf ball going through your ducts. Duct cleaning companies should give them away free with every duct cleaning so they can have a steady income.

[Holland&Holland]

Kind of like cheap furnace filters being called "filters". In HVAC we called them golf ball catchers as they will catch every single golf ball going through your ducts. Duct cleaning companies should give them away free with every duct cleaning so they can have a steady income.

That’s just good marketing sense.

[linksep]

Those fake news quacks at the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzed 54 different fake-news "medical studies" covering 77,758 Covid cases and found you have an almost certain 18% chance of spreading Covid to a member of your household IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, and a massive 0.7% chance of spreading Covid to one or more members of your household if you've tested positive asymptomatically . Guys, please get your vaccines and continue to wear your home made face diapers while you drive alone in your Prius, some a-hole hick from outside the metro may not be wearing a mask 2 lanes over and you'll probably get an illness that almost guaranteed to be a death sentence... only a scant 99.85% of people survive the 'Rona.

[Holland&Holland]

Those fake news quacks at the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzed 54 different fake-news "medical studies" covering 77,758 Covid cases and found you have an almost certain 18% chance of spreading Covid to a member of your household IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, and a massive 0.7% chance of spreading Covid to one or more members of your household if you've tested positive asymptomatically . Guys, please get your vaccines and continue to wear your home made face diapers while you drive alone in your Prius, some a-hole hick from outside the metro may not be wearing a mask 2 lanes over and you'll probably get an illness that almost guaranteed to be a death sentence... only a scant 99.85% of people survive the 'Rona.

99 may survive it but the economy ain’t one.

[xd ED]

Those fake news quacks at the Journal of the American Medical Association analyzed 54 different fake-news "medical studies" covering 77,758 Covid cases and found you have an almost certain 18% chance of spreading Covid to a member of your household IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, and a massive 0.7% chance of spreading Covid to one or more members of your household if you've tested positive asymptomatically . Guys, please get your vaccines and continue to wear your home made face diapers while you drive alone in your Prius, some a-hole hick from outside the metro may not be wearing a mask 2 lanes over and you'll probably get an illness that almost guaranteed to be a death sentence... only a scant 99.85% of people survive the 'Rona.

99 may survive it but the economy ain’t one.

Now, now...
This is all based on 'science'...'Science' now says it's safe for people to run on treadmills in gyms,12' apart, with a fan blowing air at the people nearby, but not for one person to swim laps in a 25' x 75' pool of disinfectant laden water....

[Rodentman]

As soon as Bidet takes over there will be a whole new "science."

[LarryFlew]

As soon as Bidet takes over there will be a whole new "science."

Thanks to you I started calling my Bidet Joe.

[Bearcatrp]

Do we have to pay to have that number tatoo'd to our arm like the nazi's did to the jews?

[xd ED]

Do we have to pay to have that number tatoo'd to our arm like the nazi's did to the jews?

definitely plan on getting asked to see: "...your paperz, pleaze..."