Jack M Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Corey said: I'm really curious how an actual cotton or medical masks will work with condensation, freezing, and goggles on cold days. Neck buffs work but studies have shown they are effectively useless at filtering droplets. i.e. They'll satisfy the rules of wearing a 'mask' but don't actually help. Maybe a benefit for us in colder areas is that those droplets will freeze and fall to the ground faster? I fell in love with simple cotton bandanas; think of a wild west bank robber, but with goggles closing the top. Sadly, this 100% does not meet the function or intent of a Covid mask as very little air goes through the fabric. Air goes out the bottom and sides if you drape it over the top of your jacket. My understanding about masks, even the disposable medical masks that pass as acceptable in polite society, is that they are about as effective as coughing into your elbow. Their only purpose is to knock down sizeable droplets. They do nothing for vapor. They don't filter very small particles or protect the wearer. Most of your breath goes out the sides of a medical mask also, like your bandana. You can easily see this on a cold day. Or if you clamp one tightly to your face with your hands, suddenly the breathing experience is more difficult. So I don't see why any special kind of mask should be mandated for skiing/snowboarding beyond what we typically wear on a cold day. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpyride Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 I may be repeating myself but here goes: 1. The 2 most dangerous words in the English language are "I THINK". 2. The 3 most dangerous words in the English language are "IN MY OPINION". Because you think or have an opinion, it does not make it right. Facts make right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAZZ Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Jack M said: My understanding about masks, even the disposable medical masks that pass as acceptable in polite society, is that they are about as effective as coughing into your elbow. Their only purpose is to knock down sizeable droplets. They do nothing for vapor. They don't filter very small particles or protect the wearer. Most of your breath goes out the sides of a medical mask also, like your bandana. You can easily see this on a cold day. Or if you clamp one tightly to your face with your hands, suddenly the breathing experience is more difficult. So I don't see why any special kind of mask should be mandated for skiing/snowboarding beyond what we typically wear on a cold day. There is a difference between mask types (see this article or the image below). All masks protect others, some masks protect the wearer better. All masks protect better than coughing into your elbow simply because you constantly shed vapor particles, coughing is not the only time when you could expose others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 In my opinion I think any mask that restricts your breathing is doing a better job than one that is not. A positive respirator with a bottle on my back won't work well with a Skwal. Full face helmet might be the way to go. An N95 with a valve in it is just spewing vapour your way if that's what your friends are wearing keep away from those guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Jack M said: Most of your breath goes out the sides of a medical mask also, like your bandana. You can easily see this on a cold day. I see exploratory (and amateur) science experiments in my future! Nice idea. Steve Mould, eat your heart out! Clamping a mask against your mouth greatly reduces the filter size, and therefore adds restriction. You can see this with any other face covering, like neck buffs. That's why masks are big and not just a piece of tube you stick in your mouth. (Ignoring nostrils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 howdy if you can smell it … it is already in you ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted November 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Border closed till Dec 31st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Not getting better any time soon. People just seem to be getting bitchy about everything. Local bump will require advance booking but opening is at least a few weeks away. Ski shops are reporting huge demand but stock is limited not looking good for uncrowded slopes looking like on some days I will have to two plank it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 So far, our hill is looking ok. Booking required for day tickets, but not for annual pass. Lift lines are relatively big, due to 2/chair policy, but it results in less people on slopes. People seem to be behaving quite well too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpyride Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 6 hours ago, BlueB said: People seem to be behaving quite well too. But you're in Canada. That's a big thumb's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Well, crap. Something hit me real hard yesterday. Had the deep swab today, now I wait for results. I'm 90% recovered in 24 hours. The worst part is my kid being stuck out of school until I get a negative result. I get it; this is a minor sacrifice for the community and world. Doesn't mean it doesn't suck to miss school and time with friends... I've heard stories about how bad the test is. Meh... I mean, I wouldn't do it on purpose, but it's not even as bad as getting a bit of water in your nose. Though it felt like he was trying to tune in a radio station as he spun it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted November 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 People protesting outside the home of our Provincial Premier. Not a smart move to say the least. Why don't people understand the more they resist the more it's going to cost them today and for years to come ??? I wonder how people would react if it were an alien invasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 Don't worry, that's coming next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chouinard Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 44 minutes ago, BlueB said: Don't worry, that's coming next. As soon as they open the border! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpyride Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Chouinard said: As soon as they open the border! Don't let us in. We are a country comprised of close to 50% of idiots, which means if you ride up a chair with an American you have nearly a 50% chance of sitting next to an idiot. (I resemble that remark). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 Fingers crossed for you, Corey! Hopefully it's just a cold. I had a scare six weeks or so back, but turned out everything was fine. And yeah, it's lots of fun having a mini toilet brush stuck up your nose ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Donnagail was under the weather this week and went for a test, still waiting for results. I had a similar thing happen a few months ago. Neither of us found the test all that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Negative result for me! Woohoo! If I caught a flu/cold, I could have caught COVID. I'll treat this as a wake-up call to remain diligent. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Look on the bright side. The news here this morning said that by the end of November last year we had over 100 cases of (real) influenza in Alberta. This year we have - one. So your chances of catching that have gone down at least! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 I've just finished two weeks of isolation. Got tested after my occasional allergy cough changed. Aside from the cough, I had body aches like a bad flu, occasional chills, joint pain, but no fever. Tight chest for a few days, but SpO2 stayed about 96. Indigestion, painful wind, and finally diarrhea. Easily slept sixteen hours a day. My wife symptoms were similar, but she had headaches too. Just thankful it was not worse. I now think the most likely source of the infection was my wife's kindergarten classroom. The week before symptoms started had been the last week of hybrid, and the school district had been slow to react to the fast increasing number of local cases. The up side might be that I can feel a little more comfortable going to the ski hill. Knowing it's possible to get reinfected with a different mutation, I'll still be very careful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Went sledding with the kid today. 1 kid (and zero parents) wearing a face mask out of the 30-ish there. Minimal social distancing. It's a big hill, didn't take much effort at all to stay 10' away from others. Sigh... Just try a little bit, people! These same people are going to complain even more when we get an even harsher lockdown... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 On the upside here in Saskatchewan, the recent government mandates appear to be working. We had a few days of 400+ new cases/day which is alarming for a province of only 1.1 million people. However the 7 day rolling average is back under 200. Unfortunately the lagging stat of deaths is still happening, especially since it got into some of the nursing homes. Compared to our neighbours to the south though we are doing fine. We are sitting at 114 deaths/million. Montana is at 859. North Dakota is 1663. What the hell? Nearly 15X worse in North Dakota??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted December 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 Two cases of new strain is here east of Toronto getting too close for comfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 Pretty sure we can assume it's everywhere already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) This is where lack of national leadership is again endangering the US. The US ranks 43rd in Genetic sequencing of the virus. It may be everywhere, but we'll be the last to know. This is important because most elementary schools are planning to go back full time in person. If as some evidence shows, the new variants are able to infect younger children at a much higher rate, we might be sitting on a time bomb. Edited December 27, 2020 by BobD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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