Omicron: What Type Of Mask Should I Wear?

In absence of an N95, in your view, if one were to combine a surgical mask with a cloth mask, would one get a reasonably good fit? We did this study that’s still in peer review, so it hasn’t passed peer review yet, but we did some experiments. What we found is that it can be quite effective. we mean, we’re not talking N95 levels of protection, but it can be quite effective at boosting protection. Surgical masks tend to have a poor fit, but good filtration. So, if you pick…

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Omicron May Make You Sicker

‘This virus may have more immune evasion capability and therefore, it may make you sicker. Why is Omicron causing such a panic? Have there not been all sorts of lethal variants that crept onto our horizons? Like Lambda that surfaced in Peru and Mu from Colombia, mid-2021, that scientists and medical experts have warned us about? But then finally nothing significant happened worldwide. Why is this B.1.1.529 variant of the COVID-19 virus — which can cause reinfection and be named Omicron by the World Health Organization so different? Since the news…

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