{"id":5217,"date":"2011-04-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T09:37:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-02-13T13:05:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T20:05:54","slug":"totobobo-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/totobobo-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Totobobo Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a new design of respirator which has advantages for mass distribution, emergency preparedness, and multi-ethnic populations. I&#8217;ve been using\/testing it for 5 or 6 years in the Unorganized Borough in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>The respirator can be cut with scissors to fit faces properly. Because they are clear, fit is easily ascertained. A clear respirator may mean they are more acceptable culturally (the face is not hidden).<\/p>\n<p>The filters are replaceable. They allow a lot of air to pass through so can be useful in bike riding and outdoor work. They also allow moisture to pass through; I haven&#8217;t found the exhaled moisture to be a problem except in subzero temperatures (quite a bit of condensation then).<\/p>\n<p>Instead of storing respirators of every size, only one size needs to be stored for emergency use. One doesn&#8217;t need to check sizes before distributing the respirators. Respirators can be cleaned and re-used by the individual (replace filters). I have seen them be used for pandemics, volcanoes, dust, woodworking, and cycling, and I am hoping to continue testing them in Alaska where we have faces from many different populations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Pamela Bumsted<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"totobobo-mask2.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/totobobo-mask2.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><br \/>\nThese filters show the build up of particulate in the mask&#8217;s filters after a bike ride through the various cities. &#8212; OH<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improved face mask <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10144,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions\/10144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}