Re:MIT study finds indoor mask wearing much more effective t...
by jonplackett on Sunday April 25, 2021 @08:46PM
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In the UK at least I don't think that's true.
I saw an article the other day saying they'd given the FFP3 (out N95 equivalent) masks to the nurses in the ICU where patients are on ventilators, but the nurses dealing with the less sick patients just had surgical masks. Unfortunately, the less sick ones were up and about, coughing everywhere, not connected to machines to regulate their breathing and so those coughs are going into the air. Sadly lots of NHS staff have died.
I saw an article the other day saying they'd given the FFP3 (out N95 equivalent) masks to the nurses in the ICU where patients are on ventilators, but the nurses dealing with the less sick patients just had surgical masks. Unfortunately, the less sick ones were up and about, coughing everywhere, not connected to machines to regulate their breathing and so those coughs are going into the air. Sadly lots of NHS staff have died.