12 minutes ago, mikebell said:

From the article you quote:

 

'It offers great advice on masks that protect us from PM2.5, soot or wildfire smoke. But then it says this this about surgical masks:'

hahaha... so typical of someone who cannot read the whole article and just looks at the pictures... "you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink"

On 2/23/2024 at 11:59 PM, mikebell said:

It's laughable that Thais still cling to masks.

 

They actually help protection against the pollution

On 2/23/2024 at 5:37 PM, JackGats said:

Never mind, cannabis is the national disaster: 50 people treated this year for anguish after eating edibles that were too strong.

Do stay on topic......

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

From the article you quote:

 

'It offers great advice on masks that protect us from PM2.5, soot or wildfire smoke. But then it says this this about surgical masks:'

I bought a pak(6) of 3M-KN95 masks specifically for the burning-season, inexpensive, comfortable and rated for PM2.5. So far, the breezy-conditions and perhaps the new "rule" of needing a fire-permit 😁 has been keeping the AQI at a fair level here in Chiang Mai.....so far.