There's a Senate hearing on Long COVID today. Notice that Long COVID advocates are all wearing high quality masks? That's because they understand we are in a surge and each reinfection increases the risk of developing Long COVID.
Watch the Senate hearing on Long COVID here: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/addressing-long-covid-advancing-research-and-improving-patient-care
@luckytran it's unbelievable that #Boots in the UK has stopped stocking good masks and are asking us to pay a ton for surgical masks with quite loose grip. I don't trust amazon to buy masks either... A bit annoying.
@jonn @luckytran I totally understand the frustration of local shops ditching good options and not entirely trusting Amazon due to counterfeit concerns.
Fortunately, the UK has an excellent online resource:
https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk
They even stock my top pick respirator - the Dräger 1920 FFP2/1950 N95:
https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/drager-x-plore-1920-ffp2-unvalved-respirator-mask-medium-large/
(Unfortunately, the Small is out of stock.)
Of course they also have the ever popular 3M Aura:
https://thefacemaskstore.co.uk/3M-9320
(Plus several other varieties of Aura.)
@Texan_Reverend @luckytran OMG thank you! I will tell all my friends about this. <3
@Texan_Reverend hi, Eric, sorry for spamming, I just want to say that the interactions like these, especially given that I'm sending messages from my own server to your server, make me step back and reflect upon the value #fediverse has in the quality of our lives. Truly, a small internet long lost.
P.S.
Ordered 100 masks, thank you again!
@jonn It's not spamming, just talking, so no worries.
I also really value both the quality of interactions and the underlying systems here.
I'm really glad that the site ended up being helpful to you, and I hope it works out well for others you share it with, too.