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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      First, medical workers have different requirements from masks. They're around sick people all the time and they are trying to protect themselves. Remember, viral load matters a great deal, hence tragic young deaths of health-care workers. Please read this. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-viral-dose.html …pic.twitter.com/b2IgJR9fYA

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      "As with any other poison, viruses are usually more dangerous in larger amounts. Small initial exposures tend to lead to mild or asymptomatic infections, while larger doses can be lethal." Medical workers are around enormous viral loads. Little room for error. But that's not all.pic.twitter.com/46TT4zVBxf

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      Goal of universal mask wearing is to stop asymptomatic, presymptomatic and mild cases from infecting *others*. It protects you some, too, but not as much as medical masks. Anyway, keep your distance! The goal of masks in medical setting is to protect the *wearer*! Big difference.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      For example, we had SARS spread in clinical setting due to insufficient attention to PPE doffing safety. So, yeah, if you are around an enormously high virus load all day, with sick people coughing on you etc. and you touch the outside of your mask, oops. It really is a hazard.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      So when well-meaning medical workers explain their own mask donning/doffing procedures to you, the regular person wearing maybe a cloth-mask (good for you!) or even a surgical mask or that N95 you had leftover and you're sanitizing/re-using, they are aiming at the wrong target

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      What should you do? Well, follow the advice to the best of your ability but realize that you're not in a biosafety lab. First, masks don't replace distance. They add to it. Second, pay most attention to taking them off correctly and immediately washing your hands. Most important.

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      While shopping with distance, if you accidentally touch the outside of your mask, should you rush to take it off under biosafety level 3 rules? No. Mask still protects *others* from your potential spread. Yeah your hand can carry some virus there but remember viral load matters!

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      So medical folks aren't wrong but not targeting correctly. Stay away from others when you go out for essential activity, replace especially cloth masks often (few hours max), be careful especially taking them off, handle them carefully and wash hands immediately. That's it.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020

      Also, I have been wearing transparent gloves out since February (my students can laugh about me explaining them in class!) and I sanitize over them all the time. Basically, I am still trying to be careful and treat them like my hands, but they can handle a lot of hand-sanitizer.

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    10. Scott Matter‏ @Scott_Matter 6 Apr 2020
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      Scott Matter Retweeted Dr. Jacquelyn Gill

      Counterpoint to sanitizing over top of your gloves: https://twitter.com/jacquelyngill/status/1246884316157743110?s=21 …https://twitter.com/JacquelynGill/status/1246884316157743110 …

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      Dr. Jacquelyn GillVerified account @JacquelynGill
      The only way gloves are effective is if you change them as often as you should wash or sanitize* your hands. Read that out loud. Again. Make it stick. *Good hand-washing with soap is more effective than sanitizer, but it’s not always something we can do outside the house.
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Apr 2020
      Replying to @Scott_Matter

      Wrong counterpoint. Sanitizing over them is akin to changing them.

      7:47 AM - 6 Apr 2020
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        1. Scott Matter‏ @Scott_Matter 6 Apr 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Scott Matter Retweeted Dr. Jacquelyn Gill

          Ah you’re right, wrong link from the same thread: https://twitter.com/jacquelyngill/status/1246889392146440193?s=21 …https://twitter.com/JacquelynGill/status/1246889392146440193 …

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          Dr. Jacquelyn GillVerified account @JacquelynGill
          Be careful if you’re thinking about sanitizing your gloves. You may be reducing their effectiveness, depending on the chemicals used. There are lots of charts online that tell you what your specific type of gloves will be effective against.
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