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The gap between stitches in a shirt is a gaping hole to a virus.
by api 7y ago
The gap between stitches in a shirt is a gaping hole to a virus.
- hwbehrens 7y agoAFAIK, masks are (mostly) not for the virus, they're for the droplets. The droplets are much larger. [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785820/ [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18158720 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18158720
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- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoT-shirt fabric was found to be 75% effective at stopping droplets from spreading in a study[1]. That’s pretty remarkable considering and 95 masks are 95%! I guess that makes them N75 masks? 1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_t...
- gruez 7y agothe "95" part of N95 means it filters 95% of particles smaller than 0.3 microns. A sieve that can filter 95% of rice particles doesn't make a N95 mask either.