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Edit: Graphic is incorrect Surgical masks are 50-60% effective.

July 30, 2020

Updated: August 16, 2020

In March, they said we didn’t need masks. On April 9th, they said we should all be wearing one! But the N95/KN95 ones are the only ones that block the coronavirus. Then I saw the image above and it appears that the surgical masks may help (I have no idea because I am not a doctor). Edit: These masks protect only the wearer: (Why? The wearer is breathing out of that small box in the front)

N95 – this is the type people need

Find out more about nanofiber filters – both inserts and masks with them built in – that protect against the virus, one is supposedly 99% effective and other inserts are the same, and there’s a felt-based filter mask that has 2 models, one’s 81% and the other’s 95% effective.

1) Staples has boxes of N95’s on the shelf. 10 in a pack.

2) Met Fresh on 3rd Avenue and 96th Street sells the K95 masks at the front of the store. They also have hand sanitizer, alcohol, paper towels and toilet paper. This store has been consistent about restocking and we are grateful they are there.

3) C-Town on 5th Avenue has N95’s at the entrance for $35.

4) Walgreens on 3rd Avenue and 95th Street has face coverings now. There are fabric type masks rather than surgical or K95s.

5) Bridge Pharmacy 8912 3rd Avenue has N95 masks

6) Narrows Pharmacy on 4th Avenue and 100th Street has N95 masks

7) Village Market – 3rd Avenue and Ovington has KN95 masks for $5

8) Deli – 4th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue has KN95 masks for $4.00

9) A&V Pharmacy at 8501 4th Avenue has surgical masks – they do not prevent coronavirus. 718-238-1402 Surgical masks 25 for $20 or KN95 (disposable – not N95 masks) 10 masks for $30



10) Nu Edge pharmacy on 77th and 5th Avenue has surgical masks for $1.50 each

11) Farmacon Pharmacy at 5th Avenue and 80th Street has N95 masks – $10 – consistently stocked

12) Emaan Pharmacy on 5th Avenue and 73rd Street has face masks. They have the simple blue surgical masks for $2.00 They have a mask with a filter but it’s not N95 – $15.oo

13) Globe Drugstore on 86th st between 4th and 5th Avenues has masks

14)Dll on 5th Avenue and 68th Street has surgical masks – 10 for $16.99

15) Nile Ridge Pharmacy- 6922-4th Avenue. 10 surgical masks for $10.

16) Teba Pharmacy at 7618 – 5th Avenue has 50 surgial masks for $50

17) Navarros Hardware Store on the corner of 3rd Avenue and 93rd Street

18) Bed bath and Beyond in Industry City sells N95s.

Fabric Masks

1) J&A Fabrics Store at 9009 – 5th Avenue has masks (90th Street) for for $5- two cotton layers, but there is not a metal nose strip.

2) Ogo New York makes fabric masks with a filter. OGO is on the corner of 83st and 3rd.

3) The Lipstick Box at 8815 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge has blinged out masks. See here

Make your own mask – directions here

Dr. Oz

Hugs,

marlene

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