That it is time to nationalize the production of items necessary to national security .
Like China did with KN95 masks in early March.
That it is time to nationalize the production of items necessary to national security .
Like China did with KN95 masks in early March.
3M doesn't and cant control what its distributors do. Its the distributors that are to blame. The only thing 3M can do is to stop selling to those distributors and even then thats if there isn't a contract involved.
A virus is so small a water filter or mask can NOT filter it out.
If you took all precautions and masked up and were stuck in a 8x8 room with someone coughing that had a virus chances are you will still get it.
Masks make you feel better. But will not make you 100% safe.
I copied this from the below article.
From 2010
Background
Protective respiratory face masks protect the nose and mouth of the wearer from vapor drops carrying viruses or other infectious pathogens. However, incorrect use and disposal may actually increase the risk of pathogen transmission, rather than reduce it, especially when masks are used by non-professionals such as the lay public. Copper oxide displays potent antiviral properties. A platform technology has been developed that permanently introduces copper oxide into polymeric materials, conferring them with potent biocidal properties.
Methodology/Principal Findings
We demonstrate that impregnation of copper oxide into respiratory protective face masks endows them with potent biocidal properties in addition to their inherent filtration properties. Both control and copper oxide impregnated masks filtered above 99.85% of aerosolized viruses when challenged with 5.66±0.51 and 6.17±0.37 log10TCID50 of human influenza A virus (H1N1) and avian influenza virus (H9N2), respectively, under simulated breathing conditions (28.3 L/min). Importantly, no infectious human influenza A viral titers were recovered from the copper oxide containing masks within 30 minutes (≤0.88 log10TCID50), while 4.67±1.35 log10TCID50 were recovered from the control masks. Similarly, the infectious avian influenza titers recovered from the copper oxide containing masks were ≤0.97±0.01 log10TCID50 and from the control masks 5.03±0.54 log10TCID50. The copper oxide containing masks successfully passed Bacterial Filtration Efficacy, Differential Pressure, Latex Particle Challenge, and Resistance to Penetration by Synthetic Blood tests designed to test the filtration properties of face masks in accordance with the European EN 14683:2005 and NIOSH N95 standards.
Read it all here .
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892464/
If you took all precautions and masked up and were stuck in a 8x8 room with someone coughing that had a virus chances are you will still get it.
Masks make you feel better. But will not make you 100% safe.
I copied this from the below article.
From 2010
Background
Protective respiratory face masks protect the nose and mouth of the wearer from vapor drops carrying viruses or other infectious pathogens. However, incorrect use and disposal may actually increase the risk of pathogen transmission, rather than reduce it, especially when masks are used by non-professionals such as the lay public. Copper oxide displays potent antiviral properties. A platform technology has been developed that permanently introduces copper oxide into polymeric materials, conferring them with potent biocidal properties.
Methodology/Principal Findings
We demonstrate that impregnation of copper oxide into respiratory protective face masks endows them with potent biocidal properties in addition to their inherent filtration properties. Both control and copper oxide impregnated masks filtered above 99.85% of aerosolized viruses when challenged with 5.66±0.51 and 6.17±0.37 log10TCID50 of human influenza A virus (H1N1) and avian influenza virus (H9N2), respectively, under simulated breathing conditions (28.3 L/min). Importantly, no infectious human influenza A viral titers were recovered from the copper oxide containing masks within 30 minutes (≤0.88 log10TCID50), while 4.67±1.35 log10TCID50 were recovered from the control masks. Similarly, the infectious avian influenza titers recovered from the copper oxide containing masks were ≤0.97±0.01 log10TCID50 and from the control masks 5.03±0.54 log10TCID50. The copper oxide containing masks successfully passed Bacterial Filtration Efficacy, Differential Pressure, Latex Particle Challenge, and Resistance to Penetration by Synthetic Blood tests designed to test the filtration properties of face masks in accordance with the European EN 14683:2005 and NIOSH N95 standards.
Read it all here .
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892464/
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Not entirely true.
There are water filters that can filter out viruses. THose would be filters at .02. Such as the MSR Guardian filter. Filters that have a .02 rating are called Purifiers
Also Covid 19 isnt airborne. Its transmitted by water droplets exhaled from the lungs. N95 masks are perfectly capable of stopping droplets. Masks do need to be discarded often though, which is why the need for a healthy supply.
You also need eye protection
From what I have seen, the mask made in the US are staying here and those made overseas are staying overseas. I imagine if they tried to ship them all to the US the country where the factory is located would just nationalize it.
You would think so and hope so.
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