One (I wish I could remember his name and what show he was on so I could publicly shame him) said that wearing a mask could even make it worse for you.
I cant find the name of the Dr that was giving pretty strong warnings about viral load...but did see this from the beginning of the month
I have a colleague who was in Hong Kong during SARS. She says the women there are sewing masks now. Apparently according to her friends there the government is only giving out 2 masks per week.
So while we here think they have all the masks...they don’t. They get 2 per week.
There are patterns available online how to make a mask. Once you understand it is about reducing the viral load you will recognize the limitations of whatever PPE you have.
A properly fitting surgical mask has the ability to reduce the viral load by 80%. A n-95 mask is shown to only reduce the load 90-95%. 10% difference.
663 posted on 3/3/2020, 6:41:43 AM by EBH (DNC=Party NON GRATA)
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That was the Surgeon General of the US.