#SipMask
Well, I haven’t read the article but there are sipmask attachments that can allow for drinking through a straw while keeping the seal. I have done this on flights.
September 23, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I love the Sipmask 🫶 and @pennie.bsky.social 🫶 and The Creep Tapes 🫶
November 11, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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Not ideal, but it allows drinking without inhaling aerosolized virus.
SIPmask Airtight Drinking Valve
Safely drink in public spaces without removing your mask or compromising your health. The SIP Airtight Drinking Valve can be installed on any mask and custom fit to your mouth!
sipmask.com
September 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
tldr: covixyl and sipmask valve help a lot, as well as going to a ventilated area/outside to eat
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm lucky.

I'm a tall, powerfully built man whose late beloved wife of 41 years described as "scary looking." So almost nobody gives me crap about wearing a quality respirator.

I shepherded her through 18 months of stage 4 small cell lung cancer without ever getting symptomatic covid.
May 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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SIPmasks are airtight drinking valves, which enable us to drink safely in (some unavoidable) crowded spaces, without removing our masks & compromising our health -

sipmask.com
SIPmask Airtight Drinking Valve
Safely drink in public spaces without removing your mask or compromising your health. The SIP Airtight Drinking Valve can be installed on any mask and custom fit to your mouth!
sipmask.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You are my people.
May 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm generally not shy about being the only masked person in spaces, but this is my first time using a SipMask ( for a coworker's going away party at a brewery). Definitely placed the valve too low. Hope it's not too awkward.
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My partner is currently recovering from surgery in a hospital in Vancouver. To avoid #COVID -

✅ he is recently vaccinated,
✅ masks with an #N95,
✅ uses a #SIPmask to stay hydrated,
✅ uses a #QT3 air cleaner when eating,
✅ uses a saline #NasalSpray + #Enovid,
✅ & tracks #IAQ with a #CO2 monitor.
The latest Covid variant (razor blade throat) seems to have increased transmissibility resulting in more people ending up in hospital.

Most healthcare systems haven’t adopted clean air standards or mandatory respirator use.

Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% fatality rate

My guide to avoiding it
How to Stay Covid Safe When in Hospital
A guide to navigating the risk of hospital acquired Covid - as well as how to manage overall risk of nosocomial infections and hospital derived complications.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I modified my @flomask.bsky.social to work with a Sipmask kit. The package contains the SipMask port, two caps, a support ring and thin straws.
February 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yep, @blahpers.bsky.social they are called SipMask sipmask.com
January 16, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Of course! I was pulling my mask up and down all the time, and the wear and tear was wrecking my masks. But SipMask has this little knob on the front so you don't wreck your mask or hurt your hand!
February 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Will you be travelling for #MarchBreak?

The SIPmask is the perfect mask accessory for long flights! ✈️ This airtight valve grips securely around your straw, helping you drink more safely while you travel. 🥤 😷

Grab yours today at our fundraising store: buymask.ca/sip-valve
March 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Probably a silly idea - I saw someone put a sipmask in an elastomeric and I wondered - I’ve had the oxygen through the thin tubes which could maybe go thru a sipmask somehow?
June 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Thank you. I miss her everyday.

I had to cut one of the spars to make it fit, but it supports the filter perfectly well.
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
No. You get mask breaks. You can use a sip valve and you can find a mask that is the most comfortable for you.

There are HCWs who choose to do this bc their patients come first.

But clearly they do not for you.

sipmask.com
SIPmask Airtight Drinking Valve
Safely drink in public spaces without removing your mask or compromising your health. The SIP Airtight Drinking Valve can be installed on any mask and custom fit to your mouth!
sipmask.com
September 25, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Yes, I do use SipMask. Longest was 20 hours and my face was hurting quite a lot. Now, I pack a Breathe elastomeric to switch into for comfort on longer journeys. Sip stays in an Aura N95.
January 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Mein Mann hat sich heute (widerwillig) gegen Covid impfen lassen. Er wollte sich erst an d STIKO Empfehlung halten. Man bin ich froh, dass er d nicht gemacht hat. Montag Flug nach Stockholm, dann Ägypten, dann Oslo, dann Italien, dann USA…
Wenn ich ihn jetzt noch überzeugt krieg SIPMask zu tragen 🍀🙏
March 15, 2024 at 9:27 PM
By the way, the round thing is not an exhalation valve, but a one-way port that allows me to put a straw into my mouth without removing the mask. It's called a sipmask.

@sipmask.bsky.social

www.sipmask.com
SIPmask Airtight Drinking Valve
Safely drink in public spaces without removing your mask or compromising your health. The SIP Airtight Drinking Valve can be installed on any mask and custom fit to your mouth!
www.sipmask.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Prior to 2020, I had been hospitalized 2X for more than a week with pneumonia. Since 2020, with masking and good hand hygiene, I have not only not had the symptomatic covid, I haven't had a cold or flu.

Someone could gift her a @flomask.bsky.social. It's the most comfortable respirator.
September 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Last week I attended a @phillybarassoc.bsky.social event in person. The last time I was at the Bar offices was mid March 2020 for a CLE, just before the world shut down and I developed #LongCovid. …
April 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sip Mask in action.
December 9, 2024 at 7:39 PM