Brian E. Bledsoe (he,him,his)
@brianebledsoe.bsky.social
How2shared clinical decision making for wearing a respirator mask to avoid Long COVID:
Do you have blood vessels?
1. Yes. Wear a N95 or greater.
2. No, or unsure. You may be a corpse, or you can take a pulse. Go back to 1.
Do you have blood vessels?
1. Yes. Wear a N95 or greater.
2. No, or unsure. You may be a corpse, or you can take a pulse. Go back to 1.
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
How2shared clinical decision making for wearing a respirator mask to avoid Long COVID:
Do you have blood vessels?
1. Yes. Wear a N95 or greater.
2. No, or unsure. You may be a corpse, or you can take a pulse. Go back to 1.
Do you have blood vessels?
1. Yes. Wear a N95 or greater.
2. No, or unsure. You may be a corpse, or you can take a pulse. Go back to 1.
Leaving out wearing N95/99/100, P2/3, FFP2/3 & clean indoor air standards as modifiable risk factors is peculiar & perplexing, given their much higher effect & similar or lower effort & cost comparatively.
Multi-layered risk reduction(s) enhance & increase individual & collective intervention(s).
Multi-layered risk reduction(s) enhance & increase individual & collective intervention(s).
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Leaving out wearing N95/99/100, P2/3, FFP2/3 & clean indoor air standards as modifiable risk factors is peculiar & perplexing, given their much higher effect & similar or lower effort & cost comparatively.
Multi-layered risk reduction(s) enhance & increase individual & collective intervention(s).
Multi-layered risk reduction(s) enhance & increase individual & collective intervention(s).
Is water really wet, though?
/s
Yes of course, clean the air: ventilate, filter, wear respiratory PPE, test, trace, isolate. Tie your shoes, wear warm clothes if cold, use umbrella or hood if raining, buckle seatbelt, etc.
www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-w...
/s
Yes of course, clean the air: ventilate, filter, wear respiratory PPE, test, trace, isolate. Tie your shoes, wear warm clothes if cold, use umbrella or hood if raining, buckle seatbelt, etc.
www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-w...
Is water wet? Here's why scientists aren't sure | BBC Science Focus
Depending on your definition of wetness, water could be described as wet but it can also cause wetness without being classed as wet itself.
www.sciencefocus.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Is water really wet, though?
/s
Yes of course, clean the air: ventilate, filter, wear respiratory PPE, test, trace, isolate. Tie your shoes, wear warm clothes if cold, use umbrella or hood if raining, buckle seatbelt, etc.
www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-w...
/s
Yes of course, clean the air: ventilate, filter, wear respiratory PPE, test, trace, isolate. Tie your shoes, wear warm clothes if cold, use umbrella or hood if raining, buckle seatbelt, etc.
www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-w...
The hazard risk is negligible if all parties are wearing well fitting N95 & meeting outdoors or in high filtration environment as far as SARS-2 is concerned.
academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
Fit-Tested N95 Masks Combined With Portable High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration Can Protect Against High Aerosolized Viral Loads Over Prolonged Periods at Close Range
Only a fit-tested N95 mask provided protection against virus aerosol; surgical masks and non-fit-tested N95 masks were not superior to no-mask control. The
academic.oup.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The hazard risk is negligible if all parties are wearing well fitting N95 & meeting outdoors or in high filtration environment as far as SARS-2 is concerned.
academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
Retrieved from(fair use):
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December 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Retrieved from(fair use):
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Whooping cough is also mask preventable with well fitting N95 & greater respirator mask, because: airborne spread.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Airborne Transmission of Bordetella pertussis
Pertussis is a contagious, acute respiratory illness caused by the bacterial pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Although it is widely believed that transmission of B. pertussis occurs via aerosolized respiratory droplets, no controlled study has ever ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Whooping cough is also mask preventable with well fitting N95 & greater respirator mask, because: airborne spread.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
They're also a threat to the planet's environment & ecosystem(climate change, ecological, flora & fauna extinctions), humanity, human rights, animal welfare(extinction).
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
They're also a threat to the planet's environment & ecosystem(climate change, ecological, flora & fauna extinctions), humanity, human rights, animal welfare(extinction).
Over on the sidebar of that subreddit is:
'Google Maps' and 'Waze' alternatives:
HERE WeGo
Magic Earth
TomTom
Sygic
Organic Maps - Don't recommend for driving
CoMaps
OpenStreetMap - Don't recommend for driving
OsmAnd - I didn't like it, so I switched
Qwant Maps
'Google Maps' and 'Waze' alternatives:
HERE WeGo
Magic Earth
TomTom
Sygic
Organic Maps - Don't recommend for driving
CoMaps
OpenStreetMap - Don't recommend for driving
OsmAnd - I didn't like it, so I switched
Qwant Maps
December 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Over on the sidebar of that subreddit is:
'Google Maps' and 'Waze' alternatives:
HERE WeGo
Magic Earth
TomTom
Sygic
Organic Maps - Don't recommend for driving
CoMaps
OpenStreetMap - Don't recommend for driving
OsmAnd - I didn't like it, so I switched
Qwant Maps
'Google Maps' and 'Waze' alternatives:
HERE WeGo
Magic Earth
TomTom
Sygic
Organic Maps - Don't recommend for driving
CoMaps
OpenStreetMap - Don't recommend for driving
OsmAnd - I didn't like it, so I switched
Qwant Maps
I've tried a couple free OpenStreetMap apps.
Magic Earth works about as well as Google Maps did around 10 years ago or so. Turn off the speed alert in settings, if only because of distraction factor & sound clutter.
More alternatives to Google may be found here:
www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/
Magic Earth works about as well as Google Maps did around 10 years ago or so. Turn off the speed alert in settings, if only because of distraction factor & sound clutter.
More alternatives to Google may be found here:
www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/
DeGoogle - expel Google from your life
Welcome to r/degoogle! Where you can find all the resources you need to expel Google from your life.
www.reddit.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I've tried a couple free OpenStreetMap apps.
Magic Earth works about as well as Google Maps did around 10 years ago or so. Turn off the speed alert in settings, if only because of distraction factor & sound clutter.
More alternatives to Google may be found here:
www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/
Magic Earth works about as well as Google Maps did around 10 years ago or so. Turn off the speed alert in settings, if only because of distraction factor & sound clutter.
More alternatives to Google may be found here:
www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/
Relevancy is because both vaccine preventabl named diseases are airborne spread, i.e. transmission occurs from aerosolized pathogen within exhaled particles from breathing out & carried in the air, lingering for hours.
www.who.int/news-room/fa...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.who.int/news-room/fa...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Airborne Transmission of Bordetella pertussis
Pertussis is a contagious, acute respiratory illness caused by the bacterial pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Although it is widely believed that transmission of B. pertussis occurs via aerosolized respiratory droplets, no controlled study has ever ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Relevancy is because both vaccine preventabl named diseases are airborne spread, i.e. transmission occurs from aerosolized pathogen within exhaled particles from breathing out & carried in the air, lingering for hours.
www.who.int/news-room/fa...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.who.int/news-room/fa...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
They are also ignoring airborne infection prevention measures like air filtration, UV-C, continuous respirator use, and failing to prevent hospital, AKA nosocomial infections, while spreading same.
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
They are also ignoring airborne infection prevention measures like air filtration, UV-C, continuous respirator use, and failing to prevent hospital, AKA nosocomial infections, while spreading same.
Get smaller quantities of Readimask here.
shop.pomegranatemedical.com
Nose mask hack testing and demonstration:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPsQ...
shop.pomegranatemedical.com
Nose mask hack testing and demonstration:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPsQ...
Pomegranate Medical
💚 Covid PPE and Tests, by and for the Covid Cautious community 💚
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December 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Get smaller quantities of Readimask here.
shop.pomegranatemedical.com
Nose mask hack testing and demonstration:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPsQ...
shop.pomegranatemedical.com
Nose mask hack testing and demonstration:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPsQ...
Baggy surgicals may also be sealed by using an external mask brace.* For the dentist, I use a Readimask, but I apply double-sided tape over the strips to fashion a nose mask hack.
*
www.fixthemask.com/products/v2-...
fixthemask.medium.com/fix-the-mask...
www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...
*
www.fixthemask.com/products/v2-...
fixthemask.medium.com/fix-the-mask...
www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...
DIY Mask Brace from Rubber Sheet Downloadable Template
V2: The rubber sheet brace. Make this Mask Fitter yourself. Cut out your own with just a pair of scissors. Video tutorial here. We're happy to offer this as a free download on our site, but if you're ...
www.fixthemask.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Baggy surgicals may also be sealed by using an external mask brace.* For the dentist, I use a Readimask, but I apply double-sided tape over the strips to fashion a nose mask hack.
*
www.fixthemask.com/products/v2-...
fixthemask.medium.com/fix-the-mask...
www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...
*
www.fixthemask.com/products/v2-...
fixthemask.medium.com/fix-the-mask...
www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...
There is no legitimate use case for those surgical mask that may not be better served by "surgical" grade dual certification (ASTM 3)N95 or equivalent like FFP2/3, P2/3, KN95/99, etc.
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
There is no legitimate use case for those surgical mask that may not be better served by "surgical" grade dual certification (ASTM 3)N95 or equivalent like FFP2/3, P2/3, KN95/99, etc.
Reinfection increases risk(s) of Long COVID:
health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/pos...
www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.statnews.com/2023/09/20/d...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/pos...
www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.statnews.com/2023/09/20/d...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
Every COVID Infection Increases Your Risk of Long COVID, Study Warns
Science Alert Vaccines ensure bouts of COVID are far less deadly than they were at the pandemic’s start, yet multiple studies now suggest even seemingly mild cases of the coronavirus have a c…
www.unmc.edu
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"We found that COVID-19 reinfection resulted in a roughly 35% increase in the incidence of long
COVID in a matched cohort using observational electronic health records."
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
COVID in a matched cohort using observational electronic health records."
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"We found that COVID-19 reinfection resulted in a roughly 35% increase in the incidence of long
COVID in a matched cohort using observational electronic health records."
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
COVID in a matched cohort using observational electronic health records."
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
How to assess risk:
safetyculture.com/topics/risk-...
Long COVID is "likely" in frequency(~20% each infection & increased risk of 10% thereafter) and "significant" to "severe" in negative health outcomes.*
safetyculture.com/topics/risk-...
Long COVID is "likely" in frequency(~20% each infection & increased risk of 10% thereafter) and "significant" to "severe" in negative health outcomes.*
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
How to assess risk:
safetyculture.com/topics/risk-...
Long COVID is "likely" in frequency(~20% each infection & increased risk of 10% thereafter) and "significant" to "severe" in negative health outcomes.*
safetyculture.com/topics/risk-...
Long COVID is "likely" in frequency(~20% each infection & increased risk of 10% thereafter) and "significant" to "severe" in negative health outcomes.*