This thread is part 2 of our previous Prep of the Day thread.
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This thread is part 2 of our previous Prep of the Day thread.Each day I tell myself to do at least one thing in my preps. This doesn't necessarily mean that you have to go out and buy something. Even if you simply store an extra gallon of water or put a metal roof on your house, that is one thing towards your goal of prepping. So lets hear it!
USPS = Amazon shipping divisionFor some strange reason, the USPS dropped a package off today. Yes... Sunday.
Q for the epidemiologists out there. What exactly is a mask a barrier to? Seems worth knowing as all masks are not created equal. They are filters, and as such have some dimensionality to them-- like there's a size limit to what gets through and what doesn't. (no doubt a surgical mask is far less porous than a homemade flour cloth dish towel mask.) So is the mask a barrier to the actual virus particles (seems unlikely) or to spittle that folks are coughing and sneezing up that carry the virus.Worst comes to worst - for those who don't have any, and can't find any - diy using doubled/tripled JC cloths? Scarves? Old t-shirts?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/he...ould-endanger-healthcare-providers/ar-BBZMVzHThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that medical employees working with coronavirus patients wear N95s, specifically.
"N95 masks are specialized respirator masks that are meant for specific conditions," Madaline told Business Insider. "These are for infections where you have very teeny tiny particles that would not be captured via regular surgical mask."
The problem with that is, according to medical experts, the public neither has the need for specialized protective gear like N95s, nor the ability to use it effectively.
For the untrained, it's not as simple as slapping on a N95 mask. Madaline said that such a mask must be "fit-tested," meaning fitted to a person's face and secured by a trained individual, to ensure that "no particles are getting through."