Shenzhen – Following a YouTube review of its Zephyr and Zephyr Pro mask, which boasted N95-grade filters, gaming hardware company Razer has retracted all claims on its products.
As an advocate for masks since the Covid-19 pandemic started, Wu said that her stance had cost her a lot of followers as not everyone agrees with her position.- Advertisement 1-Wu then focused on the health safety characteristics of the mask, comparing it to other medical-grade masks and equipment.“That said, loose-fitting PAPRs are by far the most comfortable kind of mask or respirator to wear for any amount of time as well as the safest,” she commented.
However, it was not designed by people who knew very much about masks, wearables or biomedical engineering, she added.“The mask itself is not NIOSH approved and would never get NIOSH approval” due to problems with fit, filtration and protection, she said. “It’s just deceptive marketing,” Wu said. “The mask can never, and should never, have N95 anything written anywhere on the packaging or marketing material.”Following the video, which has had over 1 million views since its Nov 2, 2021 release, Razer issued a statement on its Twitter account on Jan 8 to explain the “science” behind its masks.