yyz67
Fractal Fanatic
#masks4all Masks might be CRITICAL element (not only element!) to reducing spread (even homemade ones) and enabling us to eventually go back outside and to work. Good evidence from other countries doing it. Let's get this out there and start doing it.
CDC: "In light of this new evidence, CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure. The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance."
Research: Pharyngeal virus shedding was very high during the first week of symptoms (peak at 7.11 × 10^8 RNA copies per throat swab, day 4). Active replication in the throat was confirmed by viral replicative RNA intermediates in throat samples. Shedding of viral RNA from sputum outlasted the end of symptoms.
See also: #StayTheFuckHome
https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/best-materials-make-diy-face-mask-virus/
https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/diy-homemade-mask-protect-virus-coronavirus/
Summary and how to make a mask from a t-shirt (Lex Fridman):
Orig Czech masks4all video (Petr Ludwig, google doc: http://tiny.cc/masks4all):
Convincing Data Science (Jeremy Howard, papers: http://tiny.cc/maskswork):
CDC: "In light of this new evidence, CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) especially in areas of significant community-based transmission. Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure. The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance."
Research: Pharyngeal virus shedding was very high during the first week of symptoms (peak at 7.11 × 10^8 RNA copies per throat swab, day 4). Active replication in the throat was confirmed by viral replicative RNA intermediates in throat samples. Shedding of viral RNA from sputum outlasted the end of symptoms.
See also: #StayTheFuckHome
https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/best-materials-make-diy-face-mask-virus/
https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/diy-homemade-mask-protect-virus-coronavirus/
Summary and how to make a mask from a t-shirt (Lex Fridman):
Orig Czech masks4all video (Petr Ludwig, google doc: http://tiny.cc/masks4all):
Convincing Data Science (Jeremy Howard, papers: http://tiny.cc/maskswork):
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