Do you double mask?

[SoonerPride]

Guidance has shifted from merely wearing a mask in public to wearing a double mask. Do you do this?

46 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes I now double mask all the time in public
	28 (61%)
	I have only worn a double mask a couple of times
	2 (4%)
	No but I do wear one mask
	16 (35%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[uppityperson]

1. It depends on the mask. I don't wear a 2 layer cloth mask alone.

I will wear a disposable, well fit, fit n95 alone. I may start covering that with a cloth mask too in public to be a good example.

[underpants]

2. Actually just started doing that two weeks ago

I hadn’t heard we were supposed to do this until then.

[soothsayer]

3. Honestly I have since the beginning (well, since we found medical masks)

By then I had cute cloth ones and to me it just made sense to wear both.

I’m happy I’ve been vindicated.

[Thekaspervote]

4. No, I wear only kn95 masks

[MineralMan]

5. I go almost nowhere. I wear a surgical mask when I do.

It sits in a tray in my car, and I reuse it about 5 times and then replace it with a new one. These days, those surgical masks are readily available. I figure that I use it only about twice a week, and it sits for at least two days in the tray in the car.

I'm not all that concerned, because I also avoid any close contact with people and stay at home almost all the time.

I have an appointment at a bank tomorrow to set up bank accounts for a family trust. For that, I will wear one of the brand new N95 masks I have, and will take my own pens for signing forms. The banker will either be masked and sitting at the other end of a long table, or I will walk out. The amount of money involved will get his attention, I guarantee. I will also have a small bottle of Purell hand sanitizer sitting in front of me on the table.

I also have a closing on a major real estate transaction in a couple of weeks. The same precautions will be observed during that process, or I'm out of there and the sale will not close. I guarantee that everything will be done by the book. There's too much money involved, and I can end the closing at any point. I haven't yet sent those rules to the closing group, since the closing has not been finally scheduled, but I will. If there are anti-maskers involved, they will either follow the rules or the sale will not close. No exceptions!

I have to do that meeting and that closing, so I'm going to insist on strict observation of precautions. I will not countenance any variations from safety precautions. Period.

[Silent3]

6. My masks have filter inserts

Does that count?

[Skittles]

12. exactly what I was going to ask

[OregonBlue]

22. Mee too. A four layer cloth mask with filter inserts.

[Ilsa]

27. My masks have HEPA filters sewn in,

Sandwiched between tightly woven cloth.

Weve stayed well this winter.

[crickets]

28. Same, and I have used them on occasion when wearing the cloth mask alone.

I also have the plain medical masks and some cloth masks with (empty) inserts that I have worn together. The medical masks alone felt too risky, and double masking with no filter fits best (keeps edges tight to my face) and is most comfortable, so that's what I have started doing recently. I also wear gloves. Comfortable or not, I'm starting to think I should just add the filter as well. Fortunately, I rarely go out and about where people are.

[RKP5637]

7. I wear just one quality medical mask, the N95 Respirator Plus. I was listening to a medical

expert today saying wearing two masks might be less effective, because many people do not wear one mask properly, and wearing two can increase the air leakage from the edges, because the material is thicker and more resistant to air passage through the filter ... so it draws air in from the edge of the mask and hence is unfiltered.

[LisaL]

8. I wear a single N95 mask.

NT

[Funtatlaguy]

9. I've been told I'm a double bagger. Is that the same thing?

[Skittles]

13. stop it, Funtalaguy

yer killing me

[Funtatlaguy]

16. That was the only way my cousin would go to Prom with me. That and $50.

[Skittles]

17. LOLOL

[brewens]

10. I'm starting, but it's only once a week when rolling down my window to speak with

the Walmart grocery pickup people and at a drive-thru. I plan on not entering a public building until it's to be vaccinated. If they let me get that first shot outdoors, maybe not even then. I feel lucky to be able to do that.

[Patterson]

11. I have started using two KN95s that nestle nicely.

The only drawback is my voice is more muffled.

[coolsimo]

14. Two filtered masks

I wear two masks with filter inserts. I’m always shouting when I go to the store because it’s so muffled.

[gulliver]

15. I use one KN95 but I'm about to try KF94

[helpisontheway]

33. I just ordered some KF94 masks too..Shoukd get them this week. Nt

[DangerousRhythm]

18. I have been since last April.

One blue/white mask underneath a layered cloth mask, and a shield on my head. I am an “essential” worker so I am around idiots who don’t want to wear their masks over their noses for my entire shift, in addition to doing physical labor while I breathe their air. It’s not easy but better than the alternative.

[VA_Jill]

19. No

One mask with a filter is all I can stand. And I am a retired RN, but since having what I am pretty sure was Covid before the pandemic was "officially" here, I get short of breath with more than that.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

20. I only got one.

I have got to get more.

[Blue_true]

31. Look on the CDC site. Some KN95 masks are available and cost effective.

I will likely wear one under my cloth mask for some situations.

[regnaD kciN]

21. Other - it depends on the situation...

If I’m going into an enclosed public place, I use a KN95 with a cloth mask over it. If I’m just pulling up to a drive-thru, or doing curbside pickup, I just wear the cloth one. And I don’t wear any if I’m just going outdoors in a situation where I’ll be able to keep at least twelve to fifteen feet away from anyone else.

[luv2fly]

23. As of last week yes

I like that it makes a political statement at the same time, at least in my head.

[spinbaby]

24. I wear an N95 mask

A well-fitted N95 with no gaps. A second mask would be purely decorative.

[dweller]

25. I wear one double layered cloth mask

but I don’t breathe around others ...

I do double dip though 😁

✌🏻

[live love laugh]

26. Triple mask -- always have and continue to. nt

[Blue_true]

30. What masks are you using to triple-mask?

I am looking at using a KN95 under a cloth mask. I have found the N95 to be too uncomfortable across my nose.

[GulfCoast66]

35. Really, I did not see much difference between the N and KN.

I can easily get KN95 so that what I wear. Plus social distancing and not eating in restaurants. Outdoor only. Fortunately in Florida this is the time of year to eat outside.

[Blue_true]

36. The KN choices have softer nose piece choices last I checked.

You supervise people that would need to wear masks at some point, so maybe from your vantage point, you are seeing no difference as a result of how your company’s purchasing organization do their job (buy from several vendors, maybe).

I am able to use social distancing, given how my operation is set up, so there was no earlier need to use either KN95 or N95 masks. Plus, in a chemical operation, air flow is set up too to bottom, that helps.

[GulfCoast66]

37. Right now I supervise no one! Still Furloughed.

But yeah, we use masks. Often only dust mask before Covid. Of course now the guys working are wearing multiple layer cloth masks 8-10 hours a day. Much easier now in the winter. The folks that spray chemicals do wear N95s much of the day. Or a full respirator. You get used to them.

I hope to be back in the next few months, but I thought that in October as well! It’s a price I pay for getting good raises for the past 25 years. But I was not laid off when everyone else was. Which I was told means I have skills they will need. We will see.

We still go out, very selectively. Outdoor dining only and masked unless eating especially with the new strains spreading. The wife has been working since June for the same company as I do but the precautions are off the chart. She feels safe.

I’m in my mid 50s so I won’t get the jab anytime soon. The wife is 60 so I hope she gets it in the foreseeable future. Our new President seems to be moving on this as quickly as possible.

Have a nice evening. And stay safe.

[Blue_true]

29. Not yet, but I am seriously looking into wearing an approved KN95

under my cloth masks when I am going to be around lots of people. If I am around 2-3 people, social distancing is practiced by me, so there is no need to double mask.

[LAS14]

32. Yes, always have if I'm going to be in contact with people, like...

... at a grocery store. But it's because I then use an N95 mask and was advised by the person who gave me 3 of them to cover them with a second mask. I think it was to keep the N95 clean, not because the N95 wasn't effective.

I FINALLY heard an explanation for the mixed "message" I see in a surgical mask. The talking head said its filtration is the second best but then pointed to the gaps on the sides and advised wearing a tighter fitting cloth mask over it to close the gap.

[GulfCoast66]

34. No. Staples office supply sells KN95 masks.

Properly fitted they do the job well enough for medical professionals.

I know there is a slight difference in performance between them and true N95 masks, but even 3M, the maker of the N95 says they are pretty much equivalent.