As the skies of Los Angeles filled with smoke this week from multiple raging wildfires, many residents quickly recognized failures in local and state governments’ ability to protect them from hazardous air pollution. Community members from local COVID-19 advocacy and mutual aid groups stepped in to fill this gap, providing stockpiled respirators and information about the importance of indoor air purification during wildfires.
That does nothing to help. You would have to keep them wet and obtain a tight seal for even the most minimal effect.
Seems like too many masks left over from Covid and this is a good chance to get rid of them
Who thought to label them a ‘covid-19 advocacy’ group? Sounds like a branch of the save the viruses foundation.
It does, that’s a super-weird word choice.
I wore N95/KF94 masks for air pollution before I wore them for COVID. It was an easy transition for me. Interesting that it’s a COVID advocacy group and not just “people with masks” or “people from Asian countries with lots of air pollution” lol
