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re: Do masks really work?
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:58 am to Hulkklogan
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:58 am to Hulkklogan
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and they wanted to prevent a run on N95 masks which were already in short supply.
Yes, because N95 masks work. Well, 95% of the time. They are also intended to be disposed of after single use... hospitals are working on ways to safely sanitize and reuse them. If a hospital worker wore the same N95 for weeks at a time, it wouldn't be nearly as effective either.
Homemade cloth masks... you're just wearing a germ rag. Unless you have multiple masks, change them out every time you touch your mask with a contaminated hand or go somewhere new, and then wash them all before reuse. I'd be surprised if 1% of the people out there are doing that properly.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 11:16 am to LSUBoo
Can't speak to everyone but we have a bunch of masks and don't re-use them without cleaning them.
And it depends on your goal.. nobody is claiming that cloth masks will prevent you from getting infected but they are supposed to help prevent spread via large droplets since that's the primary transmission mode of this virus. Will you touching the mask then touching other things spread the virus? Yes, but that seems to be less infectious for this virus than people coughing, sneezing, and breathing on each other.
And it depends on your goal.. nobody is claiming that cloth masks will prevent you from getting infected but they are supposed to help prevent spread via large droplets since that's the primary transmission mode of this virus. Will you touching the mask then touching other things spread the virus? Yes, but that seems to be less infectious for this virus than people coughing, sneezing, and breathing on each other.
This post was edited on 5/5/20 at 11:21 am
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