It doesn't seal properly and has no real filtration. You need a mask that covers mouth and nose and seals and the only inlet/outlet is through a filter of sufficient capability to trap very small airborne particles... there is one from 3M that seems to be good but not your standard surgical mask.
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So we can eliminate it AND celebrate eliminating it at the same time?
Masks were always used in countries if you had a cold/influenza to stop you spreading airborne particles etc and in Vietnam et.al. as a means of reducing the particulate matter you breathe in. Something I never understood is why we didn’t adopt and still don’t adopt this practice in the west. Are we too conscious of what we look like or embarrassed to say we have a cold?
it’s only now that we see people adopting the mask as a way of saying don’t breathe on me or keep away, I’m scared.
If it makes you feel ‘safer’ wear one.
let’s try this
If that was true beer stocks would be in a bull market, an alcoholic opportunity.
The subject of masks is an interesting one ... we are no experts on surgical masks, etc., we're only here to learn about their use and efficiency ...
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480558/
• https://www.scmp.com/news/china/art...e-germs-fingers-viruses-air-experts-say-after
* N95/N99
And they sure could be fashionable ...
People use them in protests, in riots, riding bikes in city streets, etc.
Just the smell of gasoline from car exhausts is killing me, I'm asthmatic and allergic to it. I have terrible headaches and it makes me vomit and gives me the flu. And I'm not kidding, I have a poor immune system. I wasn't always like that as I use to be in top shape for many many years climbing mountains and building forests on them.
Anyway from the experts a surgical mask offers minimal to zero protection against the Coronavirus. And even the ones that come with filters ... N95/N99 require frequent changes and careful maintenance.
Check this very short article, it is truly a very tough situation for nurses too ...
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-...hinese-nurses-call-international-medical-aid/
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-...hinese-nurses-call-international-medical-aid/
I'll pick you up from Heathrow airport. No problem. You may suffer more listening to my Zus than anything I'll catch from you Lol.
Imo it's hard to know what the morality rate really is.
It may be higher than 2% because, at the rate new cases are being added, probably 1/2 of the cases are less than a week old, meaning that for probably 1/2 of those 80,000 cases (as of today), the disease is far from having run its course. It would be interesting to know the morality rate among those for whom the disease has run its course.
On the other hand the mortality rate may be lower than 2%, IF there are actually far more than 80,000 cases, with the majority being undocumented simply because the people who have it never got sick enough to see a doctor. I've seen more than one article saying that the actual number of cases may be several times the reported number.
There does seem to be some good data on which groups have the highest mortality rates, which not surprisingly are the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions:
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/...-statistics-by-age-gender-and-conditions.html
Apparently little kids are pretty good at fighting it off, which is good news.
There is a video graphic at this link showing the rate at which reported cases have been added each day, compared with a few other new diseases like SARS and H1N1. It's the one that says "Day 4 since outbreak" on its little screen. Watch what happens to the coronavirus cases starting around Day 19:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-four-maps-charts-depict-163128391.html
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I would love to sit in the Citroen again and No suffering Marc. Btw, Ked said if I say your system fantastic four times in forum, You will give me a chiropractic session free for a year.
I'm not used to read news that tell you to stockpile on food and meds in Canada (to be prepared) in case of infection ... Coronavirus ...
• https://nationalpost.com/news/world...id19-covid-19-italy-china-canada-wuhan-deaths
• https://nationalpost.com/news/world...id19-covid-19-italy-china-canada-wuhan-deaths
Apparently some fine capitalist mind has stepped in to... Well you can make up your own mind about this.
Perhaps not in this case. Apparently kids are not contracting the coronavirus at high rates to begin with:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/only-handful-children-diagnosed-coronavirus-214300627.html
Up-to-date latest numbers ... worldwide:
? https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
By the way the Dow Jones industrial average in the last three days just wiped out $2 trillion.
* A look ahead of what tomorrow might have in reserve for the North American markets ...
• https://www.business-standard.com/p...could-guide-markets-today-120022700113_1.html
? https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
By the way the Dow Jones industrial average in the last three days just wiped out $2 trillion.
* A look ahead of what tomorrow might have in reserve for the North American markets ...
• https://www.business-standard.com/p...could-guide-markets-today-120022700113_1.html
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I said to Ked I know a great psychiatrist who would help him, but he strangely claimed he didn't need any help.
Here in the UK a couple more cases reported taking total to 16, Returnees from Northern Italy.
A news report on BBC TV last night that the Government in discussions with local authorities on contingency plans for big out break including sites for mass burial sites. A bit chilling really but has been in contingency plans in the past so not really new and a sensible precaution.
A news report on BBC TV last night that the Government in discussions with local authorities on contingency plans for big out break including sites for mass burial sites. A bit chilling really but has been in contingency plans in the past so not really new and a sensible precaution.
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