Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba unxibe iMask yobuso ukulungiselela ukubaleka kwangaphandle ngexesha lesifo seCoronavirus?

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• Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba ndinxibe imaski ngelixa ndizilolonga ngaphandle?
• Zeziphi iimaski zobuso ezilungileyo zokubaleka?
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Ngoku ekubeni amaZiko oLawulo lweSifo (CDC) ecebisa ukunxiba iimaski zobuso esidlangalaleni, abantu bebenobuqhetseba kwaye bajonga i-intanethi ukuze bakhethe okungayi kuthatha iinyanga ukuba baphume. Ukunxiba imaski ayiyongxaki enkulu ekuqhubeni igrosari ngamaxesha athile, kodwa ukuba ubaleka ngaphandle, isindululo esitsha sibonisa ukuphazamiseka okukhulu. Ukuba ufuna ukwenza eyakho indima ukunceda ukucothisa ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19, kodwa uyithiyile ingcinga yokubaleka nelaphu ebusweni bakho, nantsi into ekufuneka uyazi. (Ehambelana: Ngaba ndingabaleka ndiphume ngaphandle ngexesha lesifo seCoronavirus?)

Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba ndinxibe imaski ngelixa ndizilolonga ngaphandle?

Okokuqala, izikhokelo ze-CDC malunga nokukhuselwa kwe-coronavirus azibizi ukuthintela umthambo ongaphandle, ucinga ukuba awuziva ugula. Musa ukubetha umhlobo wakho obalekayo, nangona kunjalo. Iarhente ibigxininisa ekubeni wonke umntu kufuneka aziqhelanise nokuhamba ekuhlaleni ngokuphepha ukudibana kweqela kunye nokuzama ukuhlala ubuncinci iinyawo ezintandathu kude nabanye abantu.

Ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuya ekubalekeni ekuhlaleni, nokuba uyafuna okanye akunanto yokunxiba imaski yobuso kuya kuxhomekeka apho ukhoyo. Isikhundla se-CDC sesokuba iimaski ziyimfuneko "nanini na abantu bekwindawo yokuhlala, ngakumbi kwiimeko apho unokuba kufutshane nabantu," njenge "venkile zegrosari kunye neekhemesti." Ke ukuba awuthambekeli ekugqithiseni abantu xa ubaleka, kuvakala ngathi ungabaleka ngaphandle komnye.

"Ukubaluleka kwemaski kukuzikhusela [kunye nabanye] kwindawo apho abantu bahlala khona," utshilo ugqirha wezinto eziphilayo uDean Hart, O.D. “Kwindawo yokubaleka, nangona kunjalo, awuhambi phakathi kwezihlwele zabantu okanye kwindawo egcweleyo,” uyacacisa. Akuyomfuneko ukuba ubaleka kwiindawo eziyinkangala kwaye ugcine umgama wokuhlala, kodwa ukuba uza kurhangqwa ngabantu, ndingacebisa ukuba uthathe inyathelo lokhuseleko kwaye unxibe imask efanelekileyo. (Eyeleleneyo: Ngaba kufuneka uqalise ukwenza kunye nokunxiba iimaski ze-DIY ukuze ukhusele ngokuchasene ne-coronavirus?)

Nokuba uthatha sigqibo sini, sukukuphatha ukunxiba imaski yobuso endaweni yokuhamba kude ekuhlaleni. Ukugcina umgama ovela kwabanye kuselona nyathelo libalulekileyo lokucothisa ukusasazeka kwe-coronavirus, uAnthony Fauci, umlawuli we-MD weZiko leSizwe le-Allergy kunye neZifo ezosulelayo, kutsha nje ukucaciswa Fox & Abahlobo.

Zeziphi iimaski zobuso ezilungileyo zokubaleka?

Ngokuma kwayo kobuso obutsha, i-CDC icebisa uhlobo lwesigqubuthelo sobuso esinokuhlanjwa kukusetyenziswa kwemihla ngemihla. (I-FYI: Kunqande ukuthenga iimaski zotyando okanye ii-N-95s, ezifuna ukhathalelo lwempilo emsebenzini.)

I-CDC ikwabonelela ngeeseti ezimbini zemiyalelo yobuso engathungwanga kunye nenketho ephambili ye-DIY. Ngamnye ulungile ukubaleka, utshilo u-Alesha Courtney, CPT, umqeqeshi kunye nengcali yezondlo. Nangona ukubaleka ngemaski kungathatha ixesha lokuqhela, kuba kunokuchaphazela ukuphefumla kwakho, uyaphawula. Ucacisa esithi: "Iimbaleki ezisakhasayo zinokuba ngumceli mngeni kwaye ukuzilolonga ekhaya kunokuba yeyona nto ubheja ngayo." "Soloko umamela umzimba wakho. Ukuba ufumanisa ukuba uphelelwe ngumoya okanye awukwazi ukuphefumla ngokulula, yehlisa isantya, uhambe, okanye okwangoku ncamathela ekusebenzeni ekhaya." (Idibeneyo: Aba baQeqeshi kunye neStudiyo Banikezela ngeeklasi zokuSebenza eziSimahla kwi-Intanethi phakathi kwesifo sikaCoronavirus)

Ezinye ii-gaiters kunye ne-balaclavas (iimaski zokutyibiliza ezinje nge-ski) nazo zinokusebenza ukuba ziyalingana kwaye zigqume impumlo nomlomo wakho, njengoko kunconyiwe yi-CDC. Qaphela nje ukuba iarhente icebisa ukusebenzisa izambatho ezininzi zelaphu lomqhaphu kwimiyalelo yalo yemaski eyenziwe ekhaya. Ngokwemveli, i-gaiters yenziwa ikakhulu nge-spandex ngenxa yokuqina kwayo. Kodwa izinto ezingezizo ezomqhaphu, ngokubanzi, azilungelanga iimaski ezenziwe ekhaya; zinokukwenza ubile ngakumbi, zimanzise ilaphu, kwaye, ziyenze ibenemingxuma ngakumbi kwiintsholongwane ezifana ne-SARS-COV-2 ukungena, uSuzanne Willard, Ph.D., unjingalwazi wezonyango kunye nomncedisi wezempilo wehlabathi kwiSikolo iRutgers. yoNesi, exeliwe ngaphambiliUbume. Ukuba ufuna ukuthenga iicotton gaiters, zikhona iindlela ezimbalwa onokukhetha kuzo kwiAmazon naseEtsy, njengale 100% yeCotton Knit Neck Scarf kunye nale Cotton Face Mask.

Ukuba ukubaleka kwangaphandle yeyona nto ibikusindisa kwi-cabin fever, qiniseka ukuba uhlaziyo olutsha lwemaski yobuso ayithethi ukuba kufuneka uyeke. Nokuba kufuneka unxibe enye iya kuphelela ekubeni ixinana kangakanani na indlela yakho.

Ulwazi kweli bali luchanekile ngexesha lokushicilelwa. Njengoko uhlaziyo malunga ne-coronavirus ye-COVID-19 luqhubeka nokuvela, kunokwenzeka ukuba ezinye iinkcukacha kunye nezindululo kweli bali zitshintshile ukusukela ekupapashweni kwayo. 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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