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Ebola warning US - Update: now believed to be airborne - heads up!!!!!
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Pooka, I owe you an apology. I did not know that the N95 mask info has not been officially upgraded. My husband (who works for a manufacturer of these masks and others) has told me that you are right. Officially, the N95 mask is supposed to filter to .3 microns at 95% effectiveness. He has also told me that every in house test fails at less than 1 micron. So what I know is essentially 'hubby' intel, and I am sorry. I didn't know that. We have the P100 masks for our family because as you said, the P is oil resistant and the N is not. Also, the P100 masks do filter to .3 microns at 99.7% effectiveness. We also know that healthcare workers in Africa who are using the N95 masks are getting sick. Officially, the N95 mask will still protect you to some degree. I apologize for any stress, I truly am just trying to help.
I really appreciate all your hard work on this thread. This info is SO important. I hope you will stay encouraged, in spite of all the negativity you get on this thread.
I will continue to look for more studies on the masks and their effectiveness and I will link to anything I find that shows the failed tests. That way everyone can decide for themselves. I know that the P100 masks can be a bit pricey.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28173818 Thank you so much for returning with the facts. I hope you are able to find factual information so that I can change the advice quickly if needed. Would you mind editing your earlier post so it doesn't not toss N95 masks and my advice into the round file? Let's not say they don't work until we know they don't. No problem. The last thing I want is to put out misinformation. There is already way too much of that!! I don't know how to edit a previous post. I am an AC. If someone could tell me how, I would be happy to. You mentioned that people in Africa wearing one type of mask are becoming ill. How do we know it is the mask and not some other source or failure? I have not read anything recently about illness among caregivers there - could you give me a link or three, please? Thank you The caregivers there, those who handle the bodies are wearing tri-fold or duckbill N95 masks. It may be that there are other forms of failure like incorrect donning of ppe or a tear in the suit or something. Here is a link showing them in the ppe: [ link to www.jems.com (secure)] This is the CDC's guidelines for Ebola PPE which the caregivers in the Ebola Treatment Centeres are using: [ link to www.cdc.gov (secure)] There are 116 caregivers who have gotten sick, out of which 38 have died. This article is in French: [ link to us13.campaign-archive.com (secure)] This article contains the same info, but in English: [ link to www.who.int (secure)] It may not be the mask alone that is the reason for infection. The point is that they are wearing all that PPE and are still getting sick. I have some other links, but I have been asked not to share them publicly. There are downloadable PDF situation reports at this link: [ link to reliefweb.int (secure)]
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