Sunday, April 26, 2020

Give Us Good Masks and Goggles

   We are months in. By now, it seems, we should have been able to produce enough N95 masks so that everyone in the country could have one.
    If an N95 is better than a medical mask, and if it is better than a homemade cloth mask, we fail in that we didn't do this. If cloth masks, though, filter out the virus better, then we should have went that route.
   Point is, we are two or three months in. We are at fault if we have failed to get the best type of masks available for everyone. How much does a good mask help? Do we know, for sure? We do know that some of the countries that are reporting the most success are countries where masks are worn.
   And, we know the microscopic virus particles float in the air. If there is an opening in your mask, yes, they might flit right on it. The mask needs to fit tight around the nose and cheeks. Even then, virus particles might be coming in. If the mask is breathable, virus particles might be hard to totally avoid. You can screen some out, but perhaps you can't screen them all.
   Goggles? I did not know the virus can enter through the eye, but I read something saying it can. So, give us goggles, if you will.
   We are starting to come out from our homes. And, sooner or later, we have to resume life. One wonders, though, if everyone were to wear good masks and everyone were to wear goggles and if we were to clean our hands upon taking our masks off to eat, if we could not be well enough off with everyone back in circulation.
 

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