Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba uyithenge imaski yobuso beCopper ukuze uzikhusele kwi-COVID-19?

Umxholo

• Into yokuqala yokuqala: kutheni ubhedu?
• Ngaba kukhuselekile ukusebenzisa imaski yobuso yobhedu?
• Kunjani ukugcinwa kwezi maski?
• Yintoni ekufuneka ujonge kuyo kwimask yobuso bobhedu?
• Uphengululo lwe

Xa amagosa ezempilo oluntu aqala ukucebisa ukuba uluntu ngokubanzi lunxibe amalaphu ebusweni ukuthintela ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19, uninzi lwabantu lwalukrweca ukubamba nantoni na abanokuyifumana. Kodwa ngoku sele kudlule iiveki ezimbalwa, kukho uluhlu olubanzi lwezinto onokukhetha ukuzenza: ukucenga okanye ngaphezulu kwemaski yesimbo sekhoni? Iipatheni okanye imibala eqinileyo? Intamo yentamo okanye i-bandana? Kwaye kutshanje: umqhaphu okanye ubhedu?

Ewe ufunda elo lungelo: ubhedu njengakwisinyithi. Kodwa fumana nayiphi na imifanekiso ye-Medieval-esque yokugubungela ubuso entloko-ezi maski zobuso zale mihla zenziwe ngelaphu elifakwe ngobhedu, oko kuthetha ukuba intsimbi ethambileyo ilukiwe, yithi, imicu yomqhaphu okanye yenayiloni. (Idibeneyo: 13 Iimpawu ezenza iingubo zobuso beMaski ngoku)

Amarhe okuba lukhuseleko olungcono ngakumbi kwi-coronavirus yenoveli, imaski yobuso belaphu lobhedu ziya zithandwa ngakumbi kwaye, akumangalisi ukuba unikwe iindlela zobhubhane zangaphambili (bona: izibulali-ntsholongwane, i-sanitizer yesandla, i-pulse oximeters), ithengisa kuyo yonke indawo ukusuka eAmazon nase-Etsy ukuya kwi-brand-specific. iisayithi ezinjengeCopperSAFE.

Oku kuphakamisa imibuzo ephambili: Ngaba oku kongezwa kukhuselo kwilaphu lobuso lobuso beemaski ezisemthethweni? Ngaba ufanele ufumane enye? Nantsi into ekufuneka uyazi malunga ne-coronavirus craze yamva nje, ngokutsho kweengcali.

Into yokuqala yokuqala: kutheni ubhedu?

Ngelixa kungacacanga ukuba yavela phi kanye kanye le nto yobuso obufakwe iimaski, umbono olula emva kwayo ulula kwaye usekwe kwisayensi: "I-Copper iyazazi iipropathi ze-antimicrobial," utshilo u-Amesh A.UAdalja, MD, umphengululi omkhulu kwiziko likaJohn Hopkins loKhuseleko lwezeMpilo.

Ukususela ngo-2008, ubhedu luye lwaqatshelwa yi-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo (EPA) njenge "arhente ye-antimicrobial yensimbi," njengoko inamandla amakhulu okubulala iintsholongwane. (I-FYI: Isilivere nayo ineempawu ze-antimicrobial.) Kwaye ngelixa oososayensi besazi kangangeminyaka ukuba ubhedu lunokunceda ukuthatha iintsholongwane-kubandakanya u-E. Coli, MRSA, staphylococcus-kunxibelelwano kuphela, uphononongo luka-Matshi 2020 olupapashwe kwi Ijenali eNtsha yaseNgilani yoNyango ifumanise ukuba ingatshabalalisa ne-SARS-CoV-2, intsholongwane ebangela i-COVID-19. Ngokukodwa, olu phononongo lufumanise ukuba i-SARS-CoV-2 inokuphila kuphela kubhedu kumgangatho webhu ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezine. Ngokuthelekisa, intsholongwane ingaphila kwikhadibhodi ukuya kwiiyure ezingama-24 kunye neplastiki kunye nentsimbi engenasici kwiintsuku ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu, ngokweNational Institutes of Health (NIH). (Jonga kwakhona: Ngaba iCoronavirus inokusasazeka Ngezihlangu?)

U-William Schaffner, MD, oyingcali yezifo ezosulelayo kunye nonjingalwazi kwi-Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. "Kodwa andinalo nofifi lokuba imaski yobuso efakwe lubhedu isebenza ngcono kunemaski yobuso yelaphu eqhelekileyo ekuthinteleni ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19."

Kwaye ayinguDkt.Schaffner ayinguye yedwa osese-TBD ekusebenzeni kwemaski yobhedu. URichard Watkins, MD, ugqirha wezifo ezosulelayo e-Akron, eOhio, kunye nonjingalwazi wezamayeza angaphakathi kwiYunivesithi yezoNyango yaseNortheast Ohio, uyavuma: “Ubhedu lunezixhobo zokulwa neentsholongwane kulebhu. [Kodwa] akucaci ukuba baya kusebenza na. kwiimaski. "

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, akukho datha yesayensi ifumanekayo esidlangalaleni yokucebisa ukuba iimaski zobuso zobhedu zisebenza ngakumbi, okanye ziyasebenza, njengeemaski zobuso zelaphu ekuthinteleni ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19. Akukho datha yokucebisa ukuba banakho ukwenza kwinqanaba le-N-95 yokuphefumla imaski, aka umgangatho wegolide wobuso buso xa kufikwa ekukhuseleni ngokuchasene ne-coronavirus. Kukho uphononongo olunye olusuka ku-2010 olupapashwe kwi I-PLoS Inye Ufumene iimaski ezifakwe ngobhedu zanceda ukucoca amanye amasuntswana e-aerosolized aqulathe umkhuhlane A kunye nomkhuhlane weentaka, kodwa ngumkhuhlane lowo- hayi i-COVID-19. (Kule nqaku, nantsi indlela yokuxelela umahluko phakathi kwe-coronavirus kunye nomkhuhlane.)

I-TL; DR-umbono weemaski zobuso zobhedu usamiliselwe kwithiyori, hayi inyani.

Ngapha koko, "kukutsiba kancinci" ukuthi iimaski zobuso ezenziwe ngelaphu elifakwe ngobhedu ziya kuba luncedo, utshilo uDonald W. Schaffner, Ph.D., unjingalwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseRutgers ophanda uvavanyo lobungozi obuncinci kunye nokuwela -ukungcoliswa. Uthi ezinye izinto, ezinje ngobungakanani be-mesh, amathuba okuba intsholongwane iwele kubhedu, kunye nendlela imaski elingana ngayo nayo kubalulekile ukuba uyiqwalasele. "Inzululwazi enzima ngasemva [kweemaski zobhedu] incinci kakhulu," wongeze watsho.

Ngaphezu koko, uphando ngobhedu nakwi-SARS-CoV-2 lujolise ekubeni intsholongwane ihlala ixesha elingakanani kwi umphezulu Ubhedu, kodwa hayi malunga nokuba isinyithi singayeka ngakumbi ukungena kwinto efana nemaski, utshilo uGqirha Adalja. "Ukuba ubeka i-coronavirus kwimaski yobuso yobhedu, kwaye ubeke i-coronavirus kwenye imaski engenabo ubhedu kuyo, intsholongwane isenokuphila ixesha elide kwimaski engenabo ubhedu kuyo." Kodwa, eyona nkxalabo inkulu nge-COVID-19 kukuphefumla ngamasuntswana entsholongwane-kwaye akukho nto ibonisa ukuba imaski yobuso efakwe lubhedu inokukukhusela kuloo nto, wongeza. (Eyeleleneyo: Yonke into ekufuneka uyazi malunga nokusasazeka kweCoronavirus)

Ngaba kukhuselekile ukusebenzisa imaski yobuso yobhedu?

Kwakhona akucaci. Ukuba uphefumla umsi wobhedu owoneleyo, unokujongana neziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezinje ngokuphefumla, isicaphucaphu, intloko ebuhlungu, ukozela, kunye nencasa yentsimbi emlonyeni wakho, ngokukaJamie Alan, Ph.D., unjingalwazi oncedisayo we-pharmacology kunye ne-toxicology e-Michigan State. KwiYunivesithi.

Kwakhona kunokwenzeka ukuba ilaphu elifakwe ngethusi lingakhokelela ekuphenduleni komzimba, kubangele ubomvu obomvu, ukucaphuka, kunye ne-blisters ukukhula ebusweni bakho, kusho uGary Goldenberg, MD, uncedisayo uprofesa wezonyango kwi-Icahn School of Medicine INtaba yeSinayi kwisiXeko saseNew York. "Akukho ndlela yokwazi ukuba uyaliwa ngaphandle kokuba wawusebenzisa iimveliso zobhedu kwixa elidlulileyo kwaye wawusele une aleji," utshilo. Oko kwathethi, ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuzama imaski yobhedu, uyacebisa ukuba uqale ngokunxiba ixesha elifutshane ukuze uqiniseke ukuba awunampendulo. (Jonga kwakhona: Abasebenzi bezoNyango bathetha phandle malunga nokuqhekeka kolusu okubangelwa ziiMaski zoBuso eziQinisekileyo)

Kunjani ukugcinwa kwezi maski?

Yonke into ephawulweyo yahlukile kancinci kodwa, ngokubanzi, ezi maski kufuneka ziphathwe ngononophelo ngakumbi kunelaphu lakho eliqhelekileyo lobuso. Umzekelo, iimaski zoCinezelo lweCopper kufuneka zifakwe emanzini ashushu kangangemizuzu emihlanu kwaye zifakwe xa zitshona ukunceda ukufumana amanzi ngeziqwenga ezine zemaski (ubhedu, isihluzo, ulwelo lokucoca ulwelo, umqhaphu) ngaphambi kokunxiba. IMask yeCopper ikwacebisa ukuba uhlambe ngesandla iimveliso zayo emanzini afudumeleyo ngesicoci "esingathathi hlangothi" (okt. esingaqholwanga) kwaye uvumele ukuba zome emoyeni emva koko. Nangona kunjalo, iVenkile ye-Futon icebisa ukuba uhlambe iimaski zayo ezifakwe lubhedu kumatshini wakho wokuhlamba ngamanzi ashushu kwaye wenze i-tumble dry enobushushu obuphantsi ukuya-bungekho kwindawo yokomisa. Zonke ezi nkampani zicebisa ukuba uhlambe imaski yakho emva kokunxiba. (Yinto ekufuneka uyenzile rhoqo yenza, nokuba lubhedu, ukubila, okanye imaski yobuso ye-DIY.)

Yintoni ekufuneka ujonge kuyo kwimask yobuso bobhedu?

Kuba kuninzi kusekho i-TBD malunga neemaski zobhedu kunye nokusebenza kwazo ngokuchasene ne-COVID-19, yehla ngokwenene kukubaluleka kweenkcukacha ezisisiseko, ezinje ngokulingana kwemaski. "Ingcebiso yam kukufumana ilaphu elihlala kamnandi, elilunge ngokwaneleyo-izithuba ezincinci ezijikeleze impumlo, isilevu, kunye namacala-kwaye emva koko uyihlambe rhoqo, ngokufanelekileyo yonke imihla," utshilo uDonald Schaffner. "Ngumbono olungileyo ukuba ube nezinto ezininzi ukuze ukwazi ukuzitshintsha." Kwaye ezi mpawu ziphambili zibaluleke kakhulu ukuba unomdla wokuzama iimaski zobuso zobhedu ezinje ngale Maski ePlated Copper Top (Yithenge, $28, etsy.com) okanye iCopper Ion Infused Mask (Yithenge, $25, amazon.com) .

Ekugqibeleni, iingcali zifuna nje ukuba unxibe imaski kwaye uziqhelanise nezinye iindlela zokuthintela ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19. "Ukunxiba nayiphi na imaski kubhetele kunenye," utshilo uGqirha Watkins. "Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukudideka kwezentlalo, nokuba unxibe imaski, ukunciphisa umngcipheko wosulelo."

Ulwazi kweli bali luchanekile ngexesha lokushicilelwa. Njengoko uhlaziyo malunga ne-coronavirus i-COVID-19 iqhubeka nokuvela, kunokwenzeka ukuba ulwazi kunye neengcebiso kweli bali zitshintshile okoko kwapapashwa okokuqala. Siyakukhuthaza ukuba ujonge rhoqo ngezixhobo ezinjenge-CDC, i-WHO, kunye nesebe lezempilo likarhulumente kwindawo yakho yokufumana olona lwazi lwanamhlanje kunye neengcebiso.

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