Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius?
by lenocinor on Monday March 16, 2020 @05:48PM
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It's not only this reason. Even N95 masks are rated only to .3 micron. COVID-19 is .1 micron. It will prevent droplets from those already infected but I don't see how it would help in the healthy much. Maybe it slows down the air breathing out? But I don't see that helping a lot.
Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius?
by ksec on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:07AM
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Arh. I see it now. When ever Mask is mentioned in the context of CJK, it meant medical mask with 95% PFE, VFE and BVE mask. Stopping size of 0.1 Micron.
Sorry I wasn't being clear enough. We knew very early on N95 doesn't work.
That is the only valid argument I could possibly understand. Although I would argue we could have ramp up production line. And Medicals get priority with Mask.
>I think it is not productive to fundamentally questions their advice.
I dont know, but Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, ( We exclude China for comparison ) 200M+ Population together has far fewer death than just Italy with a population of 60M. Let alone Europe. And people are dying.
But hey, I guess as long as the people in Germany and Italy and UK are happy with what is being done then that is fine.