We leave on the Best of Turkey trip in a few weeks. Can someone who's been recently tell me why we need both N95 and surgical masks for the trip?

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We are currently in Italy and have been using FFP2 masks I bought before we left. We see FFP2 and KN95 everywhere we have been. Some surgical masks. Definitely not cloth masks.

We are currently in Italy and have been using FFP2 masks I bought before we left. We see FFP2 and KN95 everywhere we have been. Some surgical masks. Definitely not cloth masks.

@walu11, your response was so informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiencing with the kn95 masks! I will be buying one package to give it a shot since LO has only used surgical masks thus far but we are open!

@walu11, your response was so informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiencing with the kn95 masks! I will be buying one package to give it a shot since LO has only used surgical masks thus far but we are open!

@minimcmillan2020, no one said any masks work 100 percent of the time. The n95 must filter out 95% of particles. Hence the 95. A well fitting surgical masks is also fairly effect, cloth is considered below 40% with the new variants. Bandannas, scarves, neck gaiters and face shields alone are worse. And again anyone with their nose sticking out is pretty much at zero but that’s user error.

@minimcmillan2020, no one said any masks work 100 percent of the time. The n95 must filter out 95% of particles. Hence the 95. A well fitting surgical masks is also fairly effect, cloth is considered below 40% with the new variants. Bandannas, scarves, neck gaiters and face shields alone are worse. And again anyone with their nose sticking out is pretty much at zero but that’s user error.

N95, KN95 and FFP2 are all the same style. All are fine. In Italy, the only place I went that required that style was the Vatican. Everywhere else, surgical masks were okay - at least I saw a few other people using them, so I did too and no one every objected in three weeks.

N95, KN95 and FFP2 are all the same style. All are fine. In Italy, the only place I went that required that style was the Vatican. Everywhere else, surgical masks were okay - at least I saw a few other people using them, so I did too and no one every objected in three weeks.

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