Consumer Face Mask Standards | Face Mask Breathability

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SARS-CoV-2 (pink) infected cell from patient in MD

Photo Credit: US Army

As White House Condones “Herd” Exposure, Florida Counties Re-Enter Covid-19 Red Zone

Florida Post Phase-3 Curve Turns Upward as Local Masking Expires

Face Masks Escort Florida to Phase 3 Reopening

Florida Finally Flattens the Curve as Most of State Now Masking Up

Florida Infections Soar Twelve-fold in 100 Days While Mask-Mandate States Remain Flat

Florida Infection Rate Soars Tenfold in Three Months While Mask-Order State Decreases by One-Third

FL at Six Times the Infection Rate of MD, which Installed Face Mask Guidance April 10

US has 18 Times the European Union's Infection Rate Per Capita

European Union Flattened the Curve Since May 2020

When it Comes to Community Face Mask Standards, Europe is Ahead of the Curve

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Hear and see how invisible droplets emit during speech. Researchers used laser technology to light up the spray of otherwise unseen particles that become "aerosolized"during speech. Don't have time? The left video is short, or go to 01:35 in the longer video on the right to see the magnified spray.

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WHO CITES FRENCH MASK STANDARDS

FACE MASK QUALITY

CDC Recommendations Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Masks

Learn how face masks slow the spread.

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Asked to help explain the status of persons who feel recovered, but still test positive, Dr. Fauci explained that the virus replicates in you, but the test tells if the virus is there, not if it is still replicating. The body may be suppressing replication, but still be infected with viral particles called nucleotides. The body must clear that.

--CNN Town Hall 05-21-20

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"If we had 60% of the population wearing masks that were 60% effective--you could effectively end the epidemic based on some modeling that has been done," says Gottlieb. "People don't wear masks appropriately--not everyone has high quality masks. There is more supply in the market, so people can go out and try to get higher quality masks right now."

--Former FDA Commissioner, Stott Gottlieb, CNBC SPECIAL Q&A, June 17

FACE MASK SAFETY

Chiffon, Poly, and Spandex Charge Up Filtration of Cotton Used in Face Masks

Implications for which fabrics, and how many layers of each, to reach for when making home-made face masks with more than 95% filtration efficiency.

ANY GAP IN YOUR FACE MASK LOWERS

FILTRATION

EFFICIENCY BY UP TO 50 PERCENT, A NEW STUDY SHOWED. See video SHOWing

DARtS and"gaskets" to CLOSE THE gaps here.

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SHARP SCIENCE

The Virus Up Close: How Scientists Visualize Microscopic Enemies.

Visual artist Austin Athman colorizes a SARS-CoV-2 image at NIH-NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Lab.

You might have seen beautifully colored images of magnified viruses and bacteria in news stories and on the covers of scientific journals – particularly the SARS-CoV-2 images (the virus that causes COVID-19) appearing everywhere. While the

SARS-CoV-2

Image of Novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, magnified 30,000 to 90,000 times their actual size, emerging from the surface of cells (gray) cultured in the lab, after duplication.

This scanning electron microscope image shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV—the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (gray) cultured in the lab.

Photo Credit: NIH

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INFECTED CELL

“Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2"

Cells Die When Heavily Infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of dying (apoptotic) cell (red) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample. Photo Credit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility, MD.

SARS-CoV-2

EMERGING FROM CULTURED CELL. This scanning electron microscope image shows novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH

SARS-CoV-2 (pink) infected cell from patient in MD

Photo Credit: US Army

As White House Condones “Herd” Exposure, Florida Counties Re-Enter Covid-19 Red Zone

Florida Post Phase-3 Curve Turns Upward as Local Masking Expires

Face Masks Escort Florida to Phase 3 Reopening

Florida Finally Flattens the Curve as Most of State Now Masking Up

Florida Infections Soar Twelve-fold in 100 Days While Mask-Mandate States Remain Flat

Florida Infection Rate Soars Tenfold in Three Months While Mask-Order State Decreases by One-Third

FL at Six Times the Infection Rate of MD, which Installed Face Mask Guidance April 10

US has 18 Times the European Union's Infection Rate Per Capita

European Union Flattened the Curve Since May 2020