Post #1320862
2026-03-29 19:56 UTC
I bought the tool secondhand somewhere in #Edmonton, #Alberta sometime shortly after the beginning of the #covid19 #pandemic, as one of many quasi-random #tools and #materials I would end up testing and using to create my own masks that would be safe for me to wear for long periods and provide the best degree of homemade #PPE protection I could manage whilst also avoiding problems with #allergies (such as metal on nose-fittings).
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#TrialAndError
#testing
#experimental
#experimentation
#safety
#health
#CovidIsNotOver
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@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca 2026-03-29 20:01
Since those days, and the present ability to obtain #allergy-safe (for me) #silicone #ElastomericRespirators, the tool has sat unused among many items from those early desperate days. As locals will recall, 2020 was when #Edmonton experienced the beginning of the #pandemic. 2021 was our first-ever #HeatDome. 2022 and thereafter to the present has seen long stretches of #ExtremeHeat and the switch from #SummerSeason to #WildfireSeason, adding frequently horrendous #AirQuality to the sustained heat. #yeg #ClimateChange #wildfires 4/x