Clive Thompson on Nostr: Canadian doctors do ballet dance moves in N95 masks to show it's easy to breathe, and ...

Canadian doctors do ballet dance moves in N95 masks to show it's easy to breathe, and breathe *heavily*, in them: https://boingboing.net/2023/09/19/canadian-doctor-dancers-demonstrate-how-easy-it-is-to-breathe-in-an-n95-mask-respirator.html

I co-sign! Back in the first nasty pre-vaccine summer of 2020, I cycled 100 miles in a day from NYC to Philadelphia, wearing a mask the entire way

It's actually a wonderful way to protect from gnarly traffic fumes!

And yeah, even with my heart rate up high most of the way, no trouble breathing