A doctor wore 6 face masks at once while testing his oxygen levels, and found he could still breathe
Despite overwhelming evidence that face masks effectively reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, some people still refuse to wear masks.
In Ireland, where mask-wearing last week became legally mandatory on public transport and in shops, general practitioner Maitiu O Tuathail saw an influx of patients panicking about wearing them. They had read false claims on social media that face masks can lower blood oxygen levels and even cause brain damage.
One patient (a mask-wearer) suggested O Tuathail post a video to counteract these claims, so he filmed himself testing his oxygen levels while wearing not one but six surgical face masks.
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His oxygen level remained stable at 99 percent as he donned as many masks as his ears could handle.
"That's consistent whether you wear six masks for one minute or for the entire day. The level of oxygen in your blood won't change,"
O Tuathail said.
Wearing a mask won't affect your oxygen levels, even if you wear it all day.
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election day if she can't vote remote, then guessing she'll do whatever works best for her.
Those who must go out all the time need to try to routinely protect themselves adequately, though.
This doctor probably used genuine surgical masks, the kind you can't make a candle flicker when trying to blow through. I double up the fake ones available these day, the pleated blue types that look like real surgical masks but aren't. But wearing two increases the number of layers, allows me to offset to cover lower under the jaw, and also makes them fit a bit tighter around my face.
I haven't tried six but will for fun, though our best protection since we're retired is the same as your MIL's.
for over a half year now. They know why. I had pneumonia in early June and their grandfather will be 80 before long. Sad.
That masks are believed better at preventing spread doesn't mean they don't play a limited but significant part in preventing infection, though. They help keep our hands away from our orifices and also unquestionably lessen the number of virus particles that get through to us. Not being made safe doesn't mean not being safer.
i'm guessing the number is just a wee bit lower than the 140k+ who have died from covid-19 so far....
But what does he know that trump doesn't?
I don't see nobody holding his beer. That proves this whole thing is fake!
