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		BigJono on Jan 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Switching to an N95 mask gives a 75x boost in Covi... Will it? If your beard prevents a seal you're just going to be sucking in air from through the sides like you would with a standard mask, no?

Scoundreller on Jan 12, 2022 [–]

some will go through the mask (and be filtered).

Kinda like adding a 100kohm resistor in parallel with a 10k ohm. Most current will go through the 10k, but there will still be some going through the 100k ohm.

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