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Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta variant
Washington Post ^ | 7/24/21 | By Allyson Chiu

Posted on 07/24/2021 8:14:58 AM PDT by conservative98

The debate over masks is heating up again, with increasing calls for all Americans, regardless of coronavirus vaccination status, to return to wearing face coverings in indoor public places to help thwart the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. But some experts say the recommendations should specify the kind of masks people should be using.

Support our journalism. Subscribe today. “Delta is so contagious that when we talk about masks, I don’t think we should just talk about masks,” Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said during a recent appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I think we should be talking about high-quality masks,” such as N95 respirators.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine and an infectious-disease expert at the University of California at San Francisco, expressed a similar sentiment: “We can’t say we’re going back to masks without discussing type of mask.”

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KEYWORDS: allysonchiu; defacethenation; fakenews; maskmandate; masks; n95; scottgottlieb
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To: mewzilla

It’s dehumanizing nonsense.
Covid will mutate and circle the globe forever.


21 posted on 07/24/2021 8:33:26 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: conservative98

This time for sure!

Ask Fauci if the Wuhan Clan simply wore disposable face masks and rubber gloves.


22 posted on 07/24/2021 8:34:24 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: PROCON

LOL...that’s a great graphic!


23 posted on 07/24/2021 8:34:29 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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To: conservative98

No paper or cloth mask on the market will work... period.

But, you know what will:

An NBC-77 SOF 40mm gas mask filter canister, in combination with a full-face mask, mouthpiece assembly, or PAPR, will reliably protect air passages against a wide range of harmful and highly toxic substances including all known CBRN agents.

Hmmm... They’re so worried about protection and all, but nobody is wearing actually protective equipment are they?


24 posted on 07/24/2021 8:36:32 AM PDT by Brown Bag Special (Trust but VERIFY)
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To: rigelkentaurus

The spread by China was deliberate. The release is only of secondary importance.

China knowingly infected the world and covered up the outbreak and transmission knowledge while posturing as President Trump was banning non-citizens coming from China.


25 posted on 07/24/2021 8:36:57 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Mouton

Nevertheless, I am more comfortable in my homemade cheese-cloth mask if I am forced to wear one, so don’t speak too loudly. ;)


26 posted on 07/24/2021 8:38:41 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Superman masks were selling for a buck at Walmart yesterday.


27 posted on 07/24/2021 8:39:59 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: conservative98

Why some experts say...masks don’t work in the real world and neither do the N95s.

Thus, masking is a catch-22. Either the virions come straight out of the sides and center or, in the case of tighter masks, plosive force creates greater pressure behind the escape of tiny particles, which are even more prone to travel greater distances and remain suspended for hours. Which is why, although N95s appear to perform well in mechanistic lab-based studies, they don’t appear to stop the transmission from someone who is contagious in the real world.

https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-why-masks-dont-work-in-the-real-world


28 posted on 07/24/2021 8:40:38 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: Wayne07

“Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks”

Because they have a money interest involved.


29 posted on 07/24/2021 8:40:53 AM PDT by Phil
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To: conservative98

shutting down the border and stopping the spreading of thousands of disease carrying invaders across our country every day might make their concerns about stopping the spread of anything a little more believable...


30 posted on 07/24/2021 8:44:53 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: conservative98

Your “Experts” can go to HELL!


31 posted on 07/24/2021 8:47:16 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: conservative98

Wear five of them to be safe!


32 posted on 07/24/2021 8:52:13 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: Mouton

All masks are worthless.


33 posted on 07/24/2021 8:52:31 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: conservative98

“Support our journalism. Subscribe today.”

I needed a laugh today.


34 posted on 07/24/2021 8:52:34 AM PDT by twoputt
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To: Laslo Fripp
Superman masks were selling for a buck at Walmart yesterday.

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Got to go to Wally World today or tomorrow so I'm gonna look for one for our grandson.

Note: Notice: This product is a cotton facial mask, not a medical facial mask. It has no anti-virus and anti-bacterial functions! You can wear a layer of medical face mask inside, then wear this cotton face mask outside, so you can achieve anti-virus bacteria and anti-dust warm effect.


35 posted on 07/24/2021 9:01:11 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: PROCON

I always loved that concept. As soon as your butt touches a chair, you and everyone around you are apparently safe. Maybe we have switches in our backsides that only Fauci knew about?


36 posted on 07/24/2021 9:05:24 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius; PROCON

****I always loved that concept. As soon as your butt touches a chair, you and everyone around you are apparently safe. Maybe we have switches in our backsides that only Fauci knew about?****

Maybe we should walk around with chairs strapped to our butts.


37 posted on 07/24/2021 9:13:29 AM PDT by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: deport

I am in New Hampshire. It’s a certainty that our local school district will require masks next month.

Perhaps if I go back today and buy all three close-out bins, I could sell the masks individually and retire.

Nah, I’ll stock up on toilet paper instead. 😷


38 posted on 07/24/2021 9:15:41 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: rigelkentaurus

I think it got out on accident.

Why?

it’s not nearly deadly enough to be bio weapons grade. It’s not killing fighting age people, the ones you’d want to kill if you went to war. It’s killing the old and weak, the people that pose little to no threat. I suspect they will continue to make it worse.


39 posted on 07/24/2021 9:28:18 AM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said the story was false!)
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To: conservative98

40 posted on 07/24/2021 9:34:14 AM PDT by Bloodandgravy (The mob is the mother of tyrants.)
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