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From: James Keating <james.k.keating**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Issues with face coverings
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:52:16 -0400
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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I suggest you weigh the risk benefit associated with wear the mask against the risk of obstructed vision resulting from the mask exacerbating the fogging of safety glasses or face shields. That is if your Governor is a pretend lab safety officer who will make all scientific and safety decisions for you - for your own good.
I have been researching the research behind the mask and I am appalled. While we are spending more than a BILLION dollars per month on testing so far I have only discovered mask efficacy testing total cost of less than a few thousand dollars.
I have been a subject matter expert on respiratory protection for 45 years and I find this boondoggle astounding.
One man's science is another man's junk science.
This will all be over after election day regardless of the winner..
Just a curiosity question. We have a research group raising concerns that face coverings could inhibit one's ability to smell, a sense they believe they really need to have in a laboratory setting. I've seen publications disputing concerns around carbon dioxide entrapment and heard plenty of practical comments about being able to smell cologne through the coverings, but I haven't seen anything published on this topic. It sounds like a weak argument to me, but I don't want to simply discount this concern without a good faith effort to find out if there's any real evidence that this is a valid concern. Any thoughts/comments that you would care to share?
Thanks,
Kim
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