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From: PAUL DIRICO
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 8:06 PM
To: Caron, June; Clemons, Benjamin; Dowd, Richard; Lu, Elizabeth; Gathright, Linda; Jette,
Ernest; Kelly, Shoshanna; Klee, Patricia; Laws, Brandon; Lopez, Thomas; Graham, Donna;
Cleaver, Skip; O'Brien, Michael (Alderman); Schmidt, Jan; Tencza, David; Wilshire, Lori;
Mayors Office Email
Subject: Mask Mandate
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As you, the elected government of our fair city, consider renewing/extending the mask mandate for all
public buildings in our fair city, please consider the following:
The latest mask mandate is a dismal failure, just as the last one was. 290 NEW CASES in one day
(this information came from WMUR's Covid tracking page) as of 05-JAN-22 in Nashua because, you
know, masks work.
Ask yourselves this question: !f masks work, how is it that, during the height of the original Covid
outbreak early in 2020 and during the subsequent outbreak of Covid-D in 2021, WHEN EVERYONE
IN THE COUNTRY WAS MASKED IN PUBLIC; with certain states excepted, and locked down in their
homes, obsessively washing their hands and obsessively disinfecting surfaces in their homes and
vehicles multiple times a day, THE VIRUS CONTINUED TO SPREAD UNABATED?
Now during the Omicron outbreak, infections are spiraling upwards again, with a re-instituted mask
mandate. How is it that the infection rate is skyrocketing in Nashua since your recent re-institution of
the mask mandate, if masks work?
The holes between the fibers in most masks, i.e. surgical masks, range from 80um to 500um
depending on mask construction techniques. The Covid virus measures 0.1um to 0.5 um. Don't
believe me? You can look this information up on the internet. That's where | got it from. Better yet,
ask the local health experts that are advising you, just to see if they are informed on this detail. N95
masks are touted as “the best” protection against the virus. Yet, they are only capable of filtering
particles AND VIRUSES down to .3um. Therefore are not effective at filtering out ALL of the Covid
viruses.
N95 mask information is found here:
https://Ims.learning.hhs.gov/content/prod content/cninvO00000000025775/N95 FAQ 2011.pdf
Even with multiple overlapping layers in masks, the virus can and will still pass through the holes
between fibers because the holes in most masks, especially surgical masks, are 80 to 500 times the
size of the virus. Not to mention that the virus can enter through the sides, top and bottom of the
mask because there is NO AIRTIGHT SEAL in ordinary masks nor in N95 masks. An airtight seal is
only achieved with GAS MASKS.
