Ngaba i-N95 Mask ingakukhusela kwiCoronavirus?

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Xa uBusy uPhilipps ephulukene nemaski yobuso ayinxiba kwinqwelomoya ukunqanda ukugula, uye wayila.

Kuba yonke ikhemesti awayeye kuyo "yathengiswa zonke" kwiimaski zobuso ezikhuselayo, umdlali weqonga wakhetha ibhanti eluhlaza ebotshelelwe ebusweni bakhe ukuze agqume umlomo kunye neempumlo endaweni yoko, ebesanda kwabelana naye kwi-Instagram.

Hayi inkangeleko embi, TBH.

Ukude kuye kuphela usaziwayo othumele ifoto ebonisa ukwahluka kwemaski yonyango mva nje. UBella Hadid, uGwyneth Paltrow, kunye noKate Hudson bonke bathumele ubuso babo be-mask selfie kwimidiya yoluntu. Nditsho no-Selena Gomez wabelana ngefoto yakhe enxibe imaski yobuso ngexesha lokuhamba kuka-mama-ntombi eChicago. (Qaphela: UGomez unelupus, nto leyo embeka emngciphekweni omkhulu wokosuleleka. Nangona uGomez engakhange asichaze isizathu sokunxiba imaski ngelixa esendleleni, oko bekunokudlala kwisigqibo sakhe.)

Kodwa abantu abadumileyo ayingabo kuphela abantu abanxibe yonke into ukusuka kwizikhafu ukuya kwiimaski zobuso botyando ukunqanda ukugula. Iimaski zobuso bezithengiswa kwiikhemesti ezijikeleze i-US, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba zinento yokwenza neendaba malunga ne-COVID-19, uhlobo lwe-coronavirus olufikelele ngokusemthethweni kumazwe. Amakhemisi aseSeattle aqale ukuthengisa iimaski zotyando ngaphakathi kweeyure zokuqala kwecala lase-U.S. Le-coronavirus, kwaye abantu bathenga iimaski ezinkulu eNew York naseLos Angeles, I-BBC ixelwe. Iindidi ezininzi zeemaski zobuso botyando zikhusele amabala kuluhlu lwabathengisi bobuhle baseAmazon, kunye neemaski zokuphefumla ze-N95 (ngaphezulu malunga nokuba zithini na ezo zincinci) zibone ukugqabhuka okukhawulezayo okufanayo kwiirenki zentengiso kwindawo. IAmazon sele iqalile ukuthengisa isilumkiso ngokuchasene nokubamba amaxabiso obuso, njengoko ezinye iimveliso zisenokufuna ukuthatha ithuba lokunyuka kwemfuno, ngokwe Intambo. (Idibeneyo: Amayeza aBandayo aBalaseleyo kwiMpawu zonke)

Ngokucacileyo abantu abaninzi baqinisekile ukuba iimaski zobuso yinto efanelekileyo yokuthenga. Kwaye kuba okwangoku akukho nyango lwaziwayo okanye isitofu sokugonya kolu hlobo lwe-coronavirus, ayimangalisi into yokuba abantu bafune ukuthembela kwezi maski ukunqanda ukugula. Kodwa ngaba bayawenza umahluko?

Ngokuqinisekileyo azizizo iziphukuphuku. Ngokunxiba iphepha lokugquma ubuso, uya kuba usenza nje wonke umntu okujikelezileyo, endaweni yokuzikhusela, utshilo uRobert Amler, MD, uMlawuli weSikolo seZiko lezeMpilo laseNew York kunye negosa lonyango eliyintloko kula maziko. kuLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC). "Imaski zobuso, ezinje ngezo zisetyenziselwa utyando, azenzelwanga ukukhusela abantu abazinxibileyo, kodwa endaweni yoko gcina amachaphaza abo, xa bekhohlela okanye [betshica], ekumeleni kwabanye," ucacisa.

Ingxaki yile, iimaski zobuso ezenziwa ngotyando zinobuzaza kwaye zinokuvumela ukuvuza komoya macala onke, wongeza uGqirha Amler. Oko kutshiwo, ezi maski zoqhaqho zisisiseko zinokuthintela abanye amasuntswana amakhulu ukusuka ekufikeleleni emlonyeni nasempumlweni yakho, kwaye anokusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba ungachukumisi ubuso bakho. (Eyeleleneyo: Iindlela ezili-9 zokuthintela ukugula ngelixa uhamba, ngokutsho kooGqirha)

Ukuba ufile-usete ngokunxiba imaski ukuze uzikhusele, ungcono ngesixhobo sokuphefumla se-N95 sokuphefumla (N95 ffr mask), elingana ngokuqinileyo ebusweni kwaye iqinile. Iimaski ze-N95 zokuphefumla zenzelwe ukuhluza umsi wentsimbi, iiminerali kunye nothuli, kunye neentsholongwane, ngokweCDC. Ukhuseleko olwandisiweyo luza kwiindleko, nangona-abakhululekanga kwaye banokwenza ukuphefumla kube nzima, utsho uGqr. Amler.

Njengemaski zotyando, iimaski zokuphefumla ze-N95 ziyafumaneka kwi-Intanethi, ucinga ukuba azithengiswanga. Iimaski ze-N95 ezivunyiweyo yi-FDA ukuba zisetyenziswe luluntu ngokubanzi (endaweni yokusetyenziswa kwemizi-mveliso) zibandakanya i-3M Particulate Respirators 8670F kunye ne-8612F kunye nedlelo F550G kunye ne-A520G yokuphefumla.

Ukucaca, akukho maski okuphefumla e-N95 okanye iimaski zobuso zotyando ezicetyiswa ngokusemthethweni yi-CDC yokunxiba rhoqo, kunye ne-caatat yokuba iimaski ze-N95 UCanzibe luncedo kubantu abasengozini enkulu yokufumana isigulo esiqatha kuhlobo olutsha lwe-coronavirus, umkhuhlane, okanye esinye isifo sokuphefumla. Isiteyitimenti semaski yobuso kwakhona: I-COVID-19 kwiwebhusayithi yeCDC ithe ngqo: "ICDC ayicebisi ukuba abantu abanxibe kakuhle isigqubuthelo sobuso ukuzikhusela kwizifo zokuphefumla, kubandakanya ne-COVID-19," ifunda ingxelo. "Kufuneka unxibe imaski kuphela ukuba ingcali kwezempilo iyayicebisa. Imaski yobuso kufuneka isetyenziswe ngabantu abane-COVID-19 kwaye babonisa iimpawu. Oku kukhusela abanye emngciphekweni wokosuleleka." (Idibeneyo: Ungasifumana Kanjani Ngokukhawuleza Isigulo Kwinqwelomoya- kwaye Ufanele Ukhathazeke Kangakanani?)

Ekupheleni kosuku, kukho iindlela ezininzi onokuthi uwunciphise umngcipheko wokuchola iintsholongwane, kubandakanya ne-COVID-19, ngaphandle kokuzingela ikhemesti esasineemaski esitokhwe. UGqr. Amler uthi: “Izinto ezicetyiswayo kukuhlamba izandla rhoqo nokuphepha ukusondelelana nabantu abakhohlelayo.”

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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