These masks have a metal strip embedded at the top of the nose that must be pinched to conform to the contour of the bridge of the nose to be effective. But word is that the virus can be transmitted through the eyes asc well so goggles are also necessary.
Someone over there knows something our media are not telling us. This must be really bad.
We get an awful lot of our medical supplies from China. Dressings, IV fluids, defibrillator pads, sterile surgical packs, medications...
If China needs them for its own people, or just wants to screw us, we’re screwed.
Thank you, off-shoring global corporations and benevolent profiteers.
I still have mine from the, what was it, 2009, pandemic?
I still have mine from the, what was it, 2009, pandemic?
If you decide to buy alcohol as a disinfectant, get the 91% bottle, not the 70% one. Only 91% kills viruses.
"As part of the effort to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus which began in Wuhan, China, the president said China would suspend all tour groups and the sale of flight and hotel packages for its citizens headed overseas. The suspension of ticket sales begins on Monday."
My brother is in Singapore. He says everyone is wearing a mask and that they are sold out of masks in Asia. That’s why Taiwan wants to keep what they have.
I see they made it mandatory today that the 11 million in Wuhan have to wear these masks. Looks like a shortage could occur.
Wonder if Taiwan has a big smile on thier face when they tell China we ain’t helping you!
R0 now at 3.8
An R0=3.8 means that it exceeds SARS’s modest 0.49 viral attack rate by 7.75x - almost 8 fold! A virus that spreads 8 faster than SARS ... Even if overestimated R0, it is still the worst seen in history.
The typical R0 attack rate for the seasonal flu is around R0=1.28. The 2009 flu pandemic R0=1.48. The 1918 Spanish Flu 1.8. Infected 500,000,000 The 1.8 level killed 50,000,000-100,000,000 people, 675,000 in the US.
Only 5% of Wusan infections identified - lending credence to the 90,000 infections report
Can be contagious with NO symptoms showing. No fever often reported when infection identified, can spread through eyes (goggles needed), removing ear wax leaves infection channel.
On one hand, it’s a brilliant slap on their enemy, China.
On the other, it’s not so good for the Chinese people.
Buy your stock in 3M ASAP.
N95 manufacturing about to go through the ROOF !!!
If the masks are made in China, how do we know the virus won’t be on the masks?