Posted on 04/08/2020 12:48:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
but you can repurpose it by making a lovely origami flower or perhaps a crane..?
Cambridge U, UK, did a study as well.
British tea towel material was up there, but I believe a double layer of cotton t-shirt fabric was the best compromise weighted towards “breathability”.
Going the other way, a double layer of pillowcase fabric [linen?] offered more protection for slightly more effort in breathing.
“If they prevent an infected person from releasing viruses, why would they not prevent an uninfected person from taking in those viruses? “
The viral load in the air is very small so generally there is no virus to take in.
If you must maintain close contact with an infected person then you should were a qualified mask.
The surgeon doesn’t were the surgical mask for his protection, he wears it to protect his patient.
What about handy-wipes... Will they work?
Sounds good, but be sure your breathing tube has a secure connection to your portable ventilator - helps with the built-in cloaking device.
When I go to the store I wear a mask because it makes those around me feel better.
Necessity is the mother of invention? Or something?
“as anyone mathematician knows in elementary probability, the layering of several defense mechanisms multiply the protective effect.”
As every engineer knows, you don’t spend money trying to make very small risks slightly smaller.
I’d think Meth would kill everything..even the wearer.
“Going the other way, a double layer of pillowcase fabric [linen?] “
One cannot breathe through my wife’s pillowcases.
In the true story “The Hot Zone”, researchers into Ebola at Fort Detrick, MD were looking at viruses no larger than the period (.) at the end of a sentence...so I don’t believe any of this hokum...We’re being dazzled with stats which mean bonkers...I was told that wearing a “dust” mask wouldn’t trap the virus...if any old cloth can trap it, why can’t a “dust” mask? And I would say a solid material as in a dust mask should do it better! But what do I know? I don’t get paid for my opinion...
I would like to suggest.... the squad, Pelosi, Nadler, schumer, shitt, a large garbage bag around the head with a zip tie around the neck
They need to try one of those weird yellow dust cloths that can wipe all of the dust from a 2700 sq ft home.
—helps with the built-in cloaking device.
How did you know about that? I didn’t tell anyone. I think.
I sell coffee
Thought it was hilarious...
referring to the risk of infection. you want to make that smaller.
What about toilet paper?
“referring to the risk of infection. you want to make that smaller.”
Then you would keep every non-essential person in quarantine and every essential person. in full PPE! Duh ...
no. you decrease the probability of infection probablility by probability. i guess i’m not being clear. sorry.
say, three individual measures: mask, gloves, sanitizer gives you a 1/2 chance of infection. then using all three gives you. that’s what i mean, anyway.
1/2*1/2*1/2 = 1/8 = .125 = 12.5% probability of individual infection, instead of a 50% chance of infection.
the probability of non-infection 1-.125 increases to .875 or 87.5%. ok enough said.
Actually the test is bogus.
None of the masks made out of the material suggested will ever be snuggly worn on a face.
And unless they are sealed against the face, the more they trap, the harder it is to get air through them, and the more air will just come AROUND them.
THIS is why these masks are ineffective. Sure, clamping them down on a hose will limit what gets to the hose. But not if the hose can pull air around them.
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