How not to put on a mask?

 

Okay with a run on surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks, I somehow manged to get a pack of 50 surgical masks a few weeks back for R45. Eish that is 90c each. Still way too expensive for disposable masks. Now I here that the same pack is going for R75, that is R1.50 each, that is if you can find them on the shelves. Even worse, a friend's daughter overheard the neighbour's boyfriend bragging that he has a supply of 3000 masks and is selling them for R90 each, ouch. Oh and then there is someone on Take a Lot who is selling my same pack of 50 for R2000. That is R40 each.

What is this world coming to?

Okay I have a plan, watch this space...

For now let me show you how not to put on a surgical mask. These paper masks are 3 ply and are rated being able to capture 86% of 0.65-1.1 micron particles. Not as good as the FFP2/N95 face masks which are rated at 98%. Anyhow any mask is better than no mask. 

So these surgical masks have 2 colours, a white side for inside, and a blue or green side for outside. The inside part helps absorb the moisture from your mouth whereas the blue/green layer filters out any incoming particles. Then there is a thin wire or something similar at the top of the mask to help form the mask around the bridge of your nose. 

So what you see in my photo is how not to put a mask on. Although the wire is on the top, the green side is on the inside, WRONG!