Do you trust the CDC, or any other part of government?
The CDC recommends the N95 Mask For Ebola that stops things 3 Microns In Size.......
Ebola Is .08 Microns
So the Ebola virus strands themselves are only .08 microns in diameter, a lot smaller than 3 microns.
Any Freeper Doctor please find this out. I'm hearing N100 may be better fit? Thank you.
But they are so much smarter than us all- because they work for THE GOVERNMENT
Next- square care tires! To use less gas!
Do you trust the CDC, or any other part of government?
3 microns vs 0.08 microns?
What difference does a size factor of almost 40 make?
After all, our kids are schooled in common core math.
And it would appear that the CDC folks were also.
Common Core Math ping...
So they recommend an air mask where ebola is only 2.6% of the size needed to pass through it?
nice..
But they’re from THE GOVERNMENT so they are so much more wiser than us
Like everything out of the left - it’s all about the appearances, not the substance.
Where is Cold Case on this one? Strangely silent these days after all the CDC bungeling. So much for no fear and no problem controlling Ebola right Cold Case?
FYI, the cost of N95 and N100 masks have skyrocketed.
The idea is ebola is not actually airborne, but may be in droplets from sneezing, coughing. and even breathing. N85 blocks those.
CDC is recommending the N95 for aerosols: spraying vomit off your car after a patient with Ebola vomits on it, power-washing the sidewalk after a liar from Liberia vomits there, etc. This isn't for individual virus particles in the air (not believed to happen with Ebola), just for droplets that may include the Ebola virus. It makes sense. I have an appropriate number of N95 masks just in case they are needed, and I'd rather wear the N95 than deal with the discomfort of one with a better filter.
Maximizes the chance of transmission to First Responders
while appearing to care (which it does not).
They are thinking that the virus will be inside a droplet, or a cluster of cells, not drifting free. A free virus loses infectivity quickly, but if it’s in a cell that is in a droplet, it can survive.
The Ebola virus would have to float in a water droplet and that droplet would be larger (don’t know how large).
haha the title says N85 mask. I was going to shake my head that the CDC was that incompetent to advise a mask that doesn’t even exist. Wouldn’t surprise me though as they are a carnival of fools and they still try to come of as an elitist “we know better than you lowly people” when they have only been wearing egg on their face since the entire Ebola outbreak has occurred.
N95 only filters out 95% of particulates. N100 filters out 99/97% of particulates.
Like using fishnet condoms.
N95 filters to 0.30 microns with 95% filtration efficiency. The five strains of Ebola range in size from 0.05 - 0.30 microns. I have stockpiled N100’s because becuase they’re capable of filtering smaller particulates with a 99.97% filtration efficiency. No paper face filter is quaranteed, but I’ll take my chances with N100’s.
Furthermore, the size distribution of coughed droplets of different ages and gender was investigated to identify the effects of age and gender on droplet size distribution. Results indicated the total average size distribution of the droplet nuclei was 0.58-5.42 microm, and 82% of droplet nuclei centered in 0.74-2.12 microm.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18158720
Did they (CDC) mention how frequent you should replace the N95 masks?