Does Wearing a Mask Protect You from the Flu and Other Viruses? #coronavirusnz, #covid19nz, #nzlockdown @davidlim

Does Wearing a Mask Protect You from the Flu and Other Viruses?

When the United States experienced an outbreak of the swine flu in 2009, everyone was talking about how to reduce the spread of the virus.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source, vaccine availability was limited that year because the virus wasn’t identified until manufacturers had already started producing the annual vaccine.

So, people started doing something most of us hadn’t really seen before to stop transmission: wearing surgical face masks.

But with the recent spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, people are again looking to surgical face masks as a way of protecting themselves and others from the virus, which causes the disease COVID-19.

But does wearing a face mask really prevent the spread of viruses, such as the flu or SARS-CoV-2?


We’ll look at recommendations from experts, unpack the research on which masks are most effective, and explain how to use masks properly.

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What Really Works to Keep The Coronavirus Away? #Covid19virus, #coronavirusnz, #drmobileslimited, #iphonerepair

What Really Works to Keep The Coronavirus Away?

BRIAN LABUS, THE CONVERSATION6 MARCH 2020

The World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has a higher fatality rate than the flu. As of March 4, 2020, nine deaths have been reported in the US.

Brian Labus, a professor of public health, provides essential safety information for you, from disinfectants to storing food and supplies.

1. What can I do to prevent becoming infected?
When people are sick with a respiratory disease like COVID-19, they cough or sneeze particles into the air. If someone is coughing near you, the virus could easily land on your eyes, nose or mouth. These particles travel only about six feet (1.8 meters) and fall out of the air rather quickly.

However, they do land on surfaces that you touch all the time, such as railings, doorknobs, elevator buttons or subway poles. The average person also touches their face 23 times per hour, and about half of these touches are to the mouth, eyes, and nose, which are the mucosal surfaces that the COVID-19 virus infects.

We public health professionals can't stress this enough: Proper hand-washing is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from a number of diseases including COVID-19. While hand-washing is preferred, hand sanitizers with at least a 60 percent alcohol concentration can be an effective alternative to always using soap and water, but only if your hands are not visibly soiled.

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Our face mask future: Do they really help beat flu, coronavirus and pollution? #coronavirusnz, #covid19nz, #facemasks, #masksprotection, #n95mask, #kn95masks, @davidlim, #davidlimnz

Huge numbers of people are wearing face masks – in Japan and South Korea there have been reports of stores selling out. But experts are divided on how effective they are

Masks may not be great against viruses or pollution, according to experts.
 Masks may not be great against viruses or pollution, according to experts. Photograph: d3sign/Getty Images
As the death toll from coronavirus steadily rises, east Asian countries such as Taiwan have stepped up production of surgical face masks to meet demand. In the Chinese city of Wuhan, at the centre of the outbreak, it is mandatory to wear one in public places, and there have been reports of stores in Japan and South Korea selling out.
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14th March, 2015: #RustyLim and #Skippy Lim at home, Auckland, New Zealand

A few precious pictures we keep dear of our late @skippylim who passed away about two years ago due to old age.  #RustyLim was still young back when the photos were taken with Skippy Lim

He is gone, but we always carry him in our heart.  We thank God than Skipply blessed our family with 13+ years of love, happiness.  He guarded our kids and our house; thought the my kids to be responsible from young age (taking good care of our pet).

Rusty Lim @rustylim, #rustylim at home 14th March, 2015

Our beloved late Skippy Lim, #skipplimnz, #skippylim, @skippylim

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