I'm getting questions about well-meaning medical worker threads with strict instructions on mask-wearing, implying if you don't do everything right, you endanger yourself. That advice is very true for medical workers, but it's bit of misunderstanding of universal masks. Thread
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Yesterday, I learned that maybe even half of shoppers in regular grocery stores were wearing masks here in Chapel Hill. I last went out a week ago, and it wasn't even 10%! I am thrilled that it's taking off so quickly. Hope everywhere else, too! Meanwhile, stay home if you can!
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Btw I've seen ZERO evidence that incorrect mask wearing *increases* risks to regular people compared to NO MASKS. The One study that the faux experts go on and on about looked at cloth masks compared TO surgical masks IN hospitals. Uh, duh. Surgical mask > cloth mask for a nurse.
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@washingtonpost. It's full of weird speculation, too little actual science plus wrong conclusions. We've had some amazing journalism and also terrible performance by some health/science reporters who seem utterly unqualified.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1247033976239218688 …
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What would you think about a safety "expert" who said, without any evidence, that helmet/seat-belts make bikes/car less safe because of overconfidence and thus maybe don't use helmet/seat-belt? That's how wrong those faux experts are. Disqualifying error.https://twitter.com/DaveM604/status/1247177638944182275 …
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By the way, one key example on importance of masks is Japan. It's not testing, it's not socially-isolating, it's dense with public transportation. But people wear masks. It *will* have an outbreak but with *only* masks slowing things down, they haven't yet become NYC or Lombardy.
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Yes! "We found virus bits in a PCR machine" is not the same as viable virus that can infect you—let alone a high viral load. In general, stainless steel-type high-touch surfaces are most dangerous, porous (cardboard, paper) is least. Wipe, don't panic.https://twitter.com/Charliewking/status/1247180858366349312 …
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Folks, see for correct terminology. Sorry. The meaning of tweets are correct, but apologies for typing too fast. (People with a higher viral load are likely spewing out higher viral doses—so you get the point. But also stage/load/dose stuff isn't linear.)https://twitter.com/ghoshuvo/status/1247207401847238658 …
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Yes, this is *exactly* why many well-meaning medical workers are not good at giving people advice on how to wear your mask or glove as an ordinary person who is not in a lab or a hospital or doing intubations etc. They're trained for something else.https://twitter.com/PersistentSeekr/status/1247245432868057088 …
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How do you sanitize a mask?
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Alcohol based sanitizer and running water.
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