How close can you get with masks on?

[Happyman]

How close can you get with masks on? Your mask questions answered
Emily Chung, Kieran McMurchy, Tyler Bloomfield, Cheryl Brown
If we're wearing masks, do we still have to distance?
Yes, distancing is still required, as regular medical and non-medical masks only reduce the number of particles from your nose and mouth. They don't eliminate them, says Dr. Anand Kumar, associate professor of medicine at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. (Respirator masks such as N95s do a much better job of filtering particles.)

While most masks reduce particle spread by about 80 per cent, "that leaves 20 per cent of particles still going out. How far? Nobody really knows," he told CBC News.
But the greater the distance, the greater the protection, whether you're wearing a mask or not. Doubling the distance between you and another person reduces the viral particles reaching you about eightfold, Kumar said. And wearing a mask should cause the larger, most-infectious particles to drop close to an infected mask wearer before they can reach another person.
So, how close can you get if you're both wearing masks?
There's no definite answer, says Martin Fischer, an associate professor of chemistry at Duke University in Durham, N.C., who has studied how to measure the effectiveness of different masks. That's because the risks depend on so many factors, such as how well the masks worn by each person stop particles and how long you interact.
Kumar and other experts note that approaches such as masking and distancing should be thought of as "layers" of protection that are "worn" together and aren't replacements for one another.
"It's not one or the other ... it's as many as you can do that gives you maximum protection."
Ian McKay, an Australian virologist, illustrates this using the analogy of Swiss cheese — the virus can make it through the holes in some slices, but if you have many layers, it won't get through the whole block of cheese.
Is it safe to kiss someone if we're both wearing masks?
That's probably not a good idea.
Canada's chief public health officer has advised Canadians to skip kissing and wear a mask when getting intimate with a new partner to protect yourself from the coronavirus.
If you lean in very close — like you would for a kiss — you could unintentionally exchange droplets from breath around the sides of a mask, explained Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, which could lead to transmission of the virus.
With many parts of the country experiencing increased community transmission, Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious disease physician with Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ont., said it is best to follow local public health guidelines, which include minimizing close contact with people outside your immediate household.
WATCH | Doctors answer questions about what activities and places are higher risk for COVID-19
Is there any evidence that masks protect the wearer at all?
It depends on the mask.
There are two main categories of masks:

• Respirators such as N95s, which do protect the wearer and are therefore worn by medical staff who treat COVID-19 patients.
• Regular surgical or non-medical masks, which are designed mainly to stop particles exhaled from your nose or mouth from getting too far from you.

Studies show that those regular masks are very good at filtering particles leaving the mouth and nose of the wearer, as they tend to block larger particles more effectively. That's how they protect the people around you if you're infected.
But yes, there is some evidence that they can protect the wearer, too, including a metanalysis of 172 previous studies published this spring.
Lab experiments suggest they can block roughly 80 per cent of viral particles from entering your nose and mouth, and that can reduce the dose and therefore the severity of COVID-19 infection if you do become infected.
There's even better evidence that when most people wear masks, everyone is protected.
"We're seeing, as we put all the data together, that masks can be broadly helpful in reducing transmission from person to person outside of health-care settings and even just in the general community," said Dr. Suzy Hota, medical director for infection prevention and control at the University Health Network in Toronto.

 

[xtc27]

Thx for the 411. HM!

Gotta say... non-surgical mask in tiny room, yr touching each other... don't think it's protective enuf... IMHO, it's useless, just makes someone feel better...

 

[pman]

 

[Deleted member 79939]

wow, that's is so helpful dude.
Thanks.

 

[krayjee]

Thx for the 411. HM!

Gotta say... non-surgical mask in tiny room, yr touching each other... don't think it's protective enuf... IMHO, it's useless, just makes someone feel better...

All masks tend to leak. It is best not to get too close to each other. The best job the mask do for you is preventing you from touching your face. Kissing is the worst thing you can do at Covid time. That's why I said no kissing xtc27.

 

[dirtyoldman]

How close can you get with masks on? Your mask questions answered
Emily Chung, Kieran McMurchy, Tyler Bloomfield, Cheryl Brown
If we're wearing masks, do we still have to distance?
Yes, distancing is still required, as regular medical and non-medical masks only reduce the number of particles from your nose and mouth. They don't eliminate them, says Dr. Anand Kumar, associate professor of medicine at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. (Respirator masks such as N95s do a much better job of filtering particles.)

While most masks reduce particle spread by about 80 per cent, "that leaves 20 per cent of particles still going out. How far? Nobody really knows," he told CBC News.
But the greater the distance, the greater the protection, whether you're wearing a mask or not. Doubling the distance between you and another person reduces the viral particles reaching you about eightfold, Kumar said. And wearing a mask should cause the larger, most-infectious particles to drop close to an infected mask wearer before they can reach another person.
So, how close can you get if you're both wearing masks?
There's no definite answer, says Martin Fischer, an associate professor of chemistry at Duke University in Durham, N.C., who has studied how to measure the effectiveness of different masks. That's because the risks depend on so many factors, such as how well the masks worn by each person stop particles and how long you interact.
Kumar and other experts note that approaches such as masking and distancing should be thought of as "layers" of protection that are "worn" together and aren't replacements for one another.
"It's not one or the other ... it's as many as you can do that gives you maximum protection."
Ian McKay, an Australian virologist, illustrates this using the analogy of Swiss cheese — the virus can make it through the holes in some slices, but if you have many layers, it won't get through the whole block of cheese.
Is it safe to kiss someone if we're both wearing masks?
That's probably not a good idea.
Canada's chief public health officer has advised Canadians to skip kissing and wear a mask when getting intimate with a new partner to protect yourself from the coronavirus.
If you lean in very close — like you would for a kiss — you could unintentionally exchange droplets from breath around the sides of a mask, explained Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, which could lead to transmission of the virus.
With many parts of the country experiencing increased community transmission, Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious disease physician with Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ont., said it is best to follow local public health guidelines, which include minimizing close contact with people outside your immediate household.
WATCH | Doctors answer questions about what activities and places are higher risk for COVID-19
Is there any evidence that masks protect the wearer at all?
It depends on the mask.
There are two main categories of masks:

• Respirators such as N95s, which do protect the wearer and are therefore worn by medical staff who treat COVID-19 patients.
• Regular surgical or non-medical masks, which are designed mainly to stop particles exhaled from your nose or mouth from getting too far from you.

Studies show that those regular masks are very good at filtering particles leaving the mouth and nose of the wearer, as they tend to block larger particles more effectively. That's how they protect the people around you if you're infected.
But yes, there is some evidence that they can protect the wearer, too, including a metanalysis of 172 previous studies published this spring.
Lab experiments suggest they can block roughly 80 per cent of viral particles from entering your nose and mouth, and that can reduce the dose and therefore the severity of COVID-19 infection if you do become infected.
There's even better evidence that when most people wear masks, everyone is protected.
"We're seeing, as we put all the data together, that masks can be broadly helpful in reducing transmission from person to person outside of health-care settings and even just in the general community," said Dr. Suzy Hota, medical director for infection prevention and control at the University Health Network in Toronto.

thanks for the information.

 

[Sybarite]

As long as neither of you are breathing the same air in the same small room you should be totally safe.

 

[snoopdoggie]

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I don't know about this diagram. Everybody is saying stay 2 metres apart. But some of these sex positions are only 1.5 metres.

I think the safest sex would be the 2 positions on the left side of the diagram, which is doggie and reverse cowgirl, where the partners are facing away from each other.

Another safe position which is not on the diagram (if you're not too heavy) is to have the girl lay flat on her tummy, put a pillow under her in order to raise her bum a little, angle her pussy so you can easily put your cock in her, when you get on top of her. I don't know the name of that position.

You can still wear a mask if you're not giving her oral sex.

 

[xtc27]

All masks tend to leak. It is best not to get too close to each other. The best job the mask do for you is preventing you from touching your face. Kissing is the worst thing you can do at Covid time. That's why I said no kissing xtc27.

... 's'up 2 u...

... as u mentioned, masks tend 2 leak... ya think?... so going in2 tiny rm w another person, don't think u can avoid transmission...

...if she's got it, just not kissing won't b enuf... & if she doesn't, u missed out...

Reality of sex w masks... hers isn't on properly, slips all over... mine slips all over... I take mask off in the shower, since wet mask is pretty bad... Don't think transmission would b prevented... @ all...

Me=don't want aids, gono, chlamidiys, syph... so FS=condom, 4 sure...

But mask in msg rm? Not protective. So pick right girl, have max fun.

 

[snoopdoggie]

... 's'up 2 u...

... as u mentioned, masks tend 2 leak... ya think?... so going in2 tiny rm w another person, don't think u can avoid transmission...

...if she's got it, just not kissing won't b enuf... & if she doesn't, u missed out...

Reality of sex w masks... hers isn't on properly, slips all over... mine slips all over... I take mask off in the shower, since wet mask is pretty bad... Don't think transmission would b prevented... @ all...

Me=don't want aids, gono, chlamidiys, syph... so FS=condom, 4 sure...

But mask in msg rm? Not protective. So pick right girl, have max fun.

I wear the stretchy cloth fabric type mask. It fits snug on my face. It never slips off. After a couple of uses I wash with soap, rinse and dry it.

 

[xtc27]

I wear the stretchy cloth fabric type mask. It fits snug on my face. It never slips off. After a couple of uses I wash with soap, rinse and dry it.

So, yr girl... let's say you bring 2... she wears yrs...

...if she's sitting next 2 u on a bus, prolly gd... but one of u=infectious.... load of virus in small rm gonna get big...

Masks work because altho SOME virus gets thru, not enuf 2 make u sick... but in that tiny rm, 2 much virus builds up in the air...

...but it's only ONE girl... go 2 a gym (or choir), even spread out 2M apart, ppl getting sick cos 2 many...

--> What do you do during shower?

 

[Happyman]

It's not just breathing but physical contacts, say we touch each other's face, may impose risks. We have to balance between fun and risk. I now only go to see a MPA who serves a few familiar clients in a week privately and she wears KN95 mask and groves while performing massage. It's still not 100% bullet proof against COVID 19 but I find it's good enough.

 

[xtc27]

...2me, best thing 2do is reinforce yrslf... b super healthy now, get lots rest & exercise, don't get drunk (ok, mebbe tuff 4 some)... vitamins, ginseng (which fights other coronaviruses, why not)...

...but non-intimate sex? Huh. no thx.

 

[Happyman]

Talking about keeping healthy, I find meditation is really cool. I have been start doing it about 10 days, it keeps me fresh mind during the day and good sleep. For those interested, go to youtube and make a search under beginner meditation; there are a lot of introductory courses there. The results are amazing and it fits well at this time when we have to stay in door most of the time.

 

[xtc27]

Talking about keeping healthy, I find meditation is really cool. I have been start doing it about 10 days, it keeps me fresh mind during the day and good sleep. For those interested, go to youtube and make a search under beginner meditation; there are a lot of introductory courses there. The results are amazing and it fits well at this time when we have to stay in door most of the time.

Me2... nvr expected 2c post like this here!

 

[Happyman]

We talk about woman and fuck, of course we can chat anything

 

[xtc27]

We talk about woman and fuck, of course we can chat anything

Sometimes massageplanet= weird lil site...

...I posted thread re blowjobs & positions... nobody cares...

Talk re Donald FRIGGN Trump? Everybody wants 2 talk... allota sh!t talk, 2...

...I'm sure the actual Donald Trump would rather talk bj's....