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Ideally, yes, but if you didn't have a suitable respirator already you're going to have a hard time finding one now.

As some other people mentioned in other threads, aliexpress seems to be restocked on some "alleged" FFP2 and shipping them including express shipping with DHL. Risky and expensive bet tho.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000768665097.html

China ramped up their production and now that the coast is (mostly) clear there, we we're bound to see this.

I've ordered a bunch at about $0.50 and if I get the order, I'll be driving most of them over to one of the local hospitals in Seattle.

JBTools.com has a bunch of the N95 half face and full face respirators last time I checked.

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