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> Laboratory tests find that improvised cloth masks block 60 – 80% of virus particles How many virus particles do you need to become infected? Is 20% of the lo
by bregma 7y ago
> Laboratory tests find that improvised cloth masks block 60 – 80% of virus particles
How many virus particles do you need to become infected? Is 20% of the load in a typical aerosol droplet from an asymptomatic infected person above or below that critical number?
- wetpaws 7y agohttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30232-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3... >higher viral loads associated with severe clinical outcomes
- sudosysgen 7y agoIt's a numbers game. There is a certain probability that each virion can spur and infection, so the less you get the better. If virions had a 100% infection chance then sure, but it's much lower than that.