[Deskisamess]

The vast majority of masks I see being used out in public are cloth. Which have pretty much been ruled out as being effective in any way to protect against any of the variations of Covid. Combine that with people not wearing the masks correctly, not washing them often, masks made out of loose weave fabrics, it seems wasted effort.

I can't remember seeing N95 masks in the wild more than a few times. I've also read that 60% of the KN95 masks are counterfeit. (From a notice from Cleveland Clinic, so I assume they are talking about the US)

When I was sewing cloth masks for local medical locations early in 2020, I was making the type with a slot/opening for disposable filter inserts. Since I didn't have direct contact with those medical facilities, I don't know anything about the filters they were using. I made them, and passed them off to the lady heading up the local sewing drive.

We didn't get boosters since we both got Covid in January. Several of the people we know who got boosters got very sick after. We also know many folks who have had all the shots available who still got sick, some more than once. Seems to working out to be very much like the yearly flu. Still wish they hadn't called called the shots "vaccines." Because they sure don't work the way a true vaccine does.

We won't wear masks anymore. If a store demands them, we won't shop there. The only time we will wear one is if for some reason we are in a medical office/clinic.