New information on (clear) masks, for people with hearing loss

Oregon, which has required masks since mid-March, has many places that don't allow people in with only face shields. I agree that they're comfortable...but they just aren't as safe as a mask, so aren't permitted in many places. Lots of places in Oregon also don't allow gaiters or handkerchief "masks." Our small town of 8,000 (which balloons to over 50,000 most weekends due to tourists) has only had two outbreaks: the first was a family of four where the father brought Covid home from a seafood processing plant; family was quarantined and no one else got Covid from them. Second was five motel workers who caught Covid from guests after an extremely nice (read: busy) weekend in August; again, all five were quarantined --no spread whatsoever. There have been huge spreader events due to people renting vacation rental houses for a weekend or week: they're so expensive (just the cleaning fee starts at $200) that most renters invite lots of friends. It's common to see 6 to 8 or more vehicles outside a VRD (vacation rental). One single week-long rental resulted in over 200 people contracting Covid, thankfully, none of them here. The single person who infected others wasn't really sick until after he got home and had infected fellow workers. There were eight separate households represented in that little gathering at the coast. In spite of the danger, we still see multiple cars outside VRDs most weekends. ...some people's kids...

@th1- Good morning. Wearing masks is not my favorite thing at all! They can feel very confining. When I being to feel this way and I can't stand it anymore I take a break. I sneak somewhere to remove it safely. That really helps.

Have you tried this?

@lioness42. Good morning. Masks are also great for protecting ourselves. Now the CDC recommends wearing two masks. One surgical mask and a cloth one to cover the surgical mask. If I just wear a surgical mask the sides bulge out. Wearing a cloth mask over it makes sure that that doesn't happen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/02/10/cdc-double-masks-covid/?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-national&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNTk3ODhiOWI5YmJjMGY2ODI2Yzk2ZDI3IiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vaGVhbHRoLzIwMjEvMDIvMTAvY2RjLWRvdWJsZS1tYXNrcy1jb3ZpZC8_d3Btaz0xJndwaXNyYz1hbF9uZXdzX19hbGVydC1oc2UtLWFsZXJ0LW5hdGlvbmFsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YWxlcnQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249d3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUmbG9jYXRpb249YWxlcnQifQ.xOGYaUDsXGRw5XlrR3uqcn7cQphJOnZWdCWSnWFcSQY
This makes sense to me. Does it to you?

@th1- We wear masks not only to protect others but ourselves too. I think that we will be wearing masks for a long time.

@katiejo59 I'm sorry to say that every time that we take shortcuts with masks we take a huge chance of getting COVID-19. One little short cut usually means taking other chances too.

@merpreb Hi Merry Good article and yes I agree Since we started hearing about the variants in countries I have started to wear 2mask the hospital grade one and a cloth mask over it making sure it covers all around the face Virus spread through air so mask prevent are getting anything ,virus from others To breath better I have a looks like a cup with cut outs you place inside the surgical mask 😷 but still it covers the whole face area then cloth mask over this but remember to wash your hands when you come back from going out

@th1 Where do you get that type of frame?

@barbb- Good morning. I think that @th1 is referring to the bracket. You can get them at Amazon.
https://smile.amazon.com/Silicone-Homemade-Comfortable-Breathing-Washable/dp/B08931ZQZC/ref=sr_1_9?crid=13T7V8QOHLM6D&dchild=1&keywords=mask+bracket+silicone&qid=1613132478&sprefix=mask+brackett%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-9
I haven't yet had a chance to double mask so I have no idea how my bracket will work. But it does make it easier to breathe by holding the mask away from your face a bit. It's easy to clean. I clean mine with a bit of dish soap. It dries very quickly.

Are you thinking of buying one?

@merpreb That is what I have bracket.I put it in the mask then a cloth mask over that mask so it works fine and yes you can breath better

Amazon - it is called Safety Face Shield, 2 in a pack for $4.47