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morrobay:
good article on what type of mask to wear...
What would happen if every American wore an N95-type mask for four weeks in risky settings like being indoors?
"It would stop the epidemic," Dr. Abraar Karan, an internal medicine physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
The most common mask in use among the general public today is a fabric mask, often homemade. Effectiveness depends on the type of fabric used and the number of layers of cloth. These masks can be as little as 26% effective.
"A surgical mask with a cloth mask on top of it can get you over 91% removal efficiency for particles," Allen recently told Dr. Gupta's team.
Whatever the fabric, look for a tight weave, according to studies. Use the light test to check the weave: If you can easily see the outline of the individual fibers when you hold up the mask to the light, it's not likely to be effective.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/health/covid-19-masks-which-is-best-wellness/index.html
morrobay:
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: morrobay on January 31, 2021, 07:56:35 pm ---I'm originally from the Philadelphia suburbs, now stuck in Austin TX, but I'm watching the storm heading towards Philly, on the Weather channel website...
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY...
WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation. Total snow and sleet accumulations of 7 to 14 inches and ice accumulations of a light glaze. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.
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Nothing worth mentioning happening in Center City. Not like the Blizzard of '96. Different story in the Lehigh Valley, I believe.
morrobay:
No kidding? The way they're talking about it on the news sounds like the end of the world...but I guess that's what the news usually does. Glad to hear you're not seeing much accumulation. Do you work from home, Jeff?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: morrobay on January 31, 2021, 07:16:38 pm ---Hi Lee (IIRC)
thanks for the welcome back!
As for the maple leaves, will they ever fall? Glad it saved you raking. I have 8 big pecan trees that drop tons of leaves. This year I paid to have the leaves in the front yard bagged (40!), but the back is too big, so they'll just have to be mulched when mowing season starts.
Nancy
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You want raking? In her front yard my grandmother had what was supposed to be a flowering crabapple tree. Only flowering. Right. ... The ground underneath that tree became solid crabapples. Guess who ended up having to rake them?
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