@kurth

It is simple way - do not buy unknown brands, do not buy 3m one time use respirators (white ones) as Chinese love to fake them.

Focus on any domestic and less known brands, so you can be sure 100%.

Statistics proof on why you need to use at least good respirator

• UK - medics are 0.5% from all deaths
• Italy - medics are 0.5% from all deaths
• Mordor - medics are 7.3% from all deaths

As here all medics are supplied with cheapest masks, all else you can get depends only on specific hospital or personal grey cell function.

My job supplied N95 masks readily before the virus. 3M, Gerson, and Sperian were the brands offered. 3M masks were the most comfortable and best fitting, but I suppose that they have the greatest risk of being counterfeited. I just saw that Sperian is a Honeywell brand We were given surgical masks and I use them now. I prefer them to N95 for comfort, but I don't know how well they stop virus transmission compared to N95

@tinbeo

If you want such type of masks, most probably ok.

We were given surgical masks and I use them now. I prefer them to N95 for comfort, but I don't know how well they stop virus transmission compared to N95

You can't check both surgical masks or N95 ones if they have no leaks (usually in 99% cases they have).

Contrary to multi use 3M or similar half or full face masks.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3M-6503QL-Rugged-Comfort-Quick-Latch-Half-Facepiece-Reusable-Respirator-Large/274357172453?hash=item3fe0f638e5%3Ag%3A9SIAAOSwahhehAD6&LH_BIN=1

As far as I know 6500QL series had been never faked by Chinese (and are best for real use).

Also note that size is important and you need to measure face before getting them.

99% of people wear masks incorrectly allowing air to pass thru the place of least resistance...which isn't thru the filter, but around it. As well studies point to only 1 or 2% of infections occur in open air.

@Vitaliy that's why medical teams tape the edges. But the theory is , if they're close to sealing, then when you inhale, the added pressure causes them to seal better. If they're not even close, but open in places, then the air just passes at that point, the place of least resistance. And has anyone done a study on open air contagiousness, vs. emergency room or even corona ward ? You're probably 1/100,000th less likely to contract it walking down the street than working an er shift. The real foci of contagiousness is closed environments...work, family, transport.

Sound Devices also make face shields :-(

http://www.sounddevices.com/ppe/

@kurth

It is no problem finding good multi use respirator, yes you will overpay for it a lot, but possible to find if you know where to look for.

A new study and online simulation tool shows that America could end the lockdowns and beat the coronavirus in a matter of weeks if just 80% of people wore masks in public. Yes, it’s that simple: Wear a mask and you beat the virus.

Most of the anti-mask people fail to realize they are repeating CDC propaganda from February of this year, when the CDC claimed masks didn’t work, as a strategy to make sure government agencies and hospitals could hoard the mask supplies by preventing the public from realizing masks are effective.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-05-10-lockdowns-could-be-ended-now-wear-a-mask.html

Just note - if you wear cheap bad mask you still helping stop the virus, but your life can be part of this stopping process.

DiY full face mask

Mordor innovations in masks (free one to older people in one city, made by unknonw company)

One more insane design

New preparations

China’s Communist Party is again seizing factory lines churning out the world’s supply of medical safety gear — sparking fears the country is preparing for a second wave of the coronavirus, American traders in China told The Post.

New Yorker Moshe Malamud, who has done business in China for over two decades, was moving tens of millions of pieces of protective gear to the U.S. at the height of the crisis but said suppliers in recent weeks had been overwhelmed with orders from the Chinese government.

“I was placing a larger order with one of the bigger distributors and he tells me, ‘I can complete this order but after this we’ve been contracted by the Chinese government to produce 250 million gowns,'” said Malamud.