During my 70 min walk to the office, I observed about 1 in 7 pedestrians wearing the face mask.
A thought crossed my mind. We have been told that the face mask should be used once, and then disposed off.
Maybe, it is OK for the user to wash the face mask in hot water and re-use it? Why?
The mask helps to some extent to prevent the wearer from catching the coronavirus that may come from an infected person and be floating in the air. I know that it is not perfect, but it help to some extent.
If the wearer is sick, the hot water could remove the virus. It may not remove the virus totally, but it does come from the body of the wearer, so it does not cause any further harm.
I am not talking about the masks that are used in the hospitals. They should be disposed after each use. But it should be approached differently for the ordinary users.
The manufacturer will like the masks to be used only once, so that they can boost their sales. Maybe, the masks can be re-used quite safely? What do you think?
A thought crossed my mind. We have been told that the face mask should be used once, and then disposed off.
Maybe, it is OK for the user to wash the face mask in hot water and re-use it? Why?
The mask helps to some extent to prevent the wearer from catching the coronavirus that may come from an infected person and be floating in the air. I know that it is not perfect, but it help to some extent.
If the wearer is sick, the hot water could remove the virus. It may not remove the virus totally, but it does come from the body of the wearer, so it does not cause any further harm.
I am not talking about the masks that are used in the hospitals. They should be disposed after each use. But it should be approached differently for the ordinary users.
The manufacturer will like the masks to be used only once, so that they can boost their sales. Maybe, the masks can be re-used quite safely? What do you think?
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Confirmed cases: 18
Suspected cases tested negative; 240
Pending results: 240
None of the 18 previously announced cases are critically ill. All remain in stable condition. Most are improving.
Pending results: 43.
Apparently they’re not effective anyway, as the virus is tiny?
Wearing mask?
Based on 2018 tourist arrival data, there are 3,416,475 from China. This excludes people on employment pass and work permits. So, there could be an average of 284,000 China tourists in the month of January 2020, or 142,000 during the last 2 weeks, before border control starts on 2 Feb 2020.
Questions:
How many of them are still here?
What proactive measures have been put in place for those who are still here?
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