• barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    As someone who’s had to wear a P100 half-mask respirator for reasonable periods (2-3 hours) before, it’s not really a big deal unless you have respiratory issues. Even the chain-smoking chuds at my old work who refused to mask because it made “breathing too hard” had no issues wearing one.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      I remember having to do a gig where we had to wear respiratory masks a few years ago and our union had mandated that you could not wear them for more than 4 consecutive hours and for a total of 8 hours a day, due to the risk of developing liquid in your lungs. I’ve never looked into it since, but it’s always freaked me out. Beats having COVID tho