We’ve brought sushi in from a restaurant 3 or 4 times with no special handling. No problem at all.
If I liked sushi, I wouldn’t hesitate to get it now.
My boxes came from a cooler so who knows who pawed through them… hence the wipedown. Mmmmm… sushi. ?
We did pickup on Friday for lunch at a place we used to frequent weekly. It’s a place you go up and order but the server brings the food on real plates. I was comfortable with the idea of eating in at outside tables but my H wasn’t ready for that.
Regarding masks at restaurants- I would not expect that patrons would have masks on when they were seated. The one place we ate outside at had the requirement that masks be worn anytime you left your table, but masks could be off while seated.
I don’t know how you would do the masks while seated. Usually, you get water or drinks almost right away, and you don’t want a mask on while you drink.
We have had sushi several times while at home and have not done anything special. We get takeout from our favorite little upscale sushi place near our house.
I won’t eat at indoor seating yet, but have entered a few restaurants for pick up orders. A few people were obviously done eating, but visiting afterward with no masks. I’m guessing they entered with a mask, and took them off, either when seated or when starting to eat, and never put them back on.
I also noted the person next to me on a flight (in May), who nursed a bag of chips for a very very long time. (The airline was requiring masks at the time). The bag sat on her lap for a significant portion of the flight. I guess you could argue she was still eating.
I think more needs to be done with education and public service announcements. There are always ways around rules unfortunately.
speaking of masks. Just got a great one on Etsy. A cool looking very well made University of Michigan one with a breathing valve and pm 2.5 filter. Really nicely done.
We also go to eat once a week. No issues since most times it’s outside. But might cut back and just eat in our yard.
Aren’t masks with valves the ones that don’t protect the people around you?
Yes, and some cities/states are now declaring the valve masks don’t meet the mask requirement for indoor spaces.
I have a few of the valved masks. I just wear a disposable or cloth one over it.
Hmmm… It’s not the valve that I see in the articles it’s off to the side of the mouth and has a pm carbon 2.5 filter that you slip in with it.
If it is I will return it for the same mask without a valve. Just emailed the Esty person. It a really nice design and goes over your nose so no way for it to slip down.
Costco sells boxes of KN95s.
https://www.costco.com/fltr95-sealing-face-mask%2c-100-masks.product.100670394.html
But… a rather large pack.
What is KN95? How is it different from N95?
My university’s fall instructions include not allowing valved masks.
As far as KN95, my understanding is that they don’t necessarily meet US standards of N95, though they are certified as similar in China. I’ve heard various opinions on whether that’s a real difference or not. Would be interested to hear if others know.
May I ask which university and if you have a link. Can PM me on that. Thx. Yea, I didn’t think when ordering, I should of known better. I reached out to the Esty person and she is remaking me a mask without the valve but with the pocket for the filter. She is not charging me and can’t take back the one I bought. She won’t accept me paying her but I am going to buy another mask from her since they are extremely well done and great design (all types).
She explained to me that she followed the CDC guidelines and that there is a layer between the mask and the filter then the 5 layers on the pm 2.5 carbon filter. She said the ones that are a problem don’t have that extra layer of protection but just the fact that it has a valve might set off some places to ban it. I have not seen this on Michigan site but really haven’t looked actually. They just say use a mask. I want to send her a few articles showing her that valves of any type just might not be the way to go. I appreciate you letting me know.
This is correct. The masks have not been tested by NIOSH, but they have passed certification requirements in China. Performance of these two types of masks is not exactly the same but very close.
This is a 3M document comparing respirator test criteria.
Disney has banned the masks with valves as well as neck gaiters and bandanas.
So many counterfeit N95 flooding the market, the list of fakes is becoming very long:
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/counterfeitResp.html
Personally, I would not try to chase down a KN95 or N95 (unless I needed one to clean rat crap out of crawl space!) and stick with my fabric masks. They seal well around my face, are comfy, and have great pattens on them.
If the KN95s have ear loops instead of bands that go around the head, it’s probably a fake. A KN95 mask should give the wearer a very tight fit. Not likely to happen with the ear loops.