Ingabe Kufanele Uthenge Imaski Yobuso Yendwangu Yethusi Ukuze Uvikele Ku-COVID-19?

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• Into yokuqala kuqala: kungani ithusi?
• Ngabe kuphephe ngisho nokusebenzisa imaski yobuso yethusi?
• Kunjani ukugcinwa kwalezi zimaski?
• Yini okufanele uyibheke kumaskhi wobuso bethusi?
• Buyekeza kwe-

Ngenkathi izikhulu zezempilo zomphakathi ziqala zincoma ukuthi umphakathi ugqoke izifihla-buso zezindwangu ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19, iningi labantu laphokophela ukubamba noma yini elingayithola. Kepha manje njengoba sekudlule amasonto ambalwa, kukhona uhla olubanzi lwezinketho ezitholakalayo: ukucela noma ngaphezulu kwemaski yesitayela sesigaxa? Amaphethini noma imibala eqinile? I-neck gaiter noma i-bandana? Futhi kamuva nje: ukotini noma ithusi?

Yebo, ufunda lokho kwesokudla: ithusi njengasensimbi. Kepha thola noma yiziphi izithombe zokumbozwa kobuso bensimbi bangeNkathi Ephakathi ekhanda lakho — lezi zimaski zobuso zanamuhla zenziwe ngendwangu efakwe ngethusi, okusho ukuthi insimbi ethambile iboshelwe ezintanjeni zikakotini noma zenayiloni. (Okuhlobene: Ama-13 Brands Owenza Izindwangu Zobuso Besikhumba Njengamanje)

Kunamahemuhemu okuthi kube ukuvikelwa okungcono kakhulu kwi-coronavirus yenoveli, izindwangu zobuso bendwangu yethusi ziya ngokuya zithandwa kakhulu futhi, akumangazi ukuthi zinikezwe izitayela zobhadane zangaphambilini (bheka: izibulala-magciwane, i-sanitizer yezandla, i-pulse oximeters), kuthengiswa yonke indawo kusuka e-Amazon nase-Etsy kuya kokukhethekile amasayithi afana ne-CopperSAFE.

Lokhu kuphakamisa imibuzo emikhulu: Ingabe lesi sivikelo esengeziwe kumamaski obuso bendwangu yethusi sisemthethweni? Ingabe kufanele uyithole? Nakhu okudingeka ukwazi mayelana nokuhlanya kwakamuva kwe-coronavirus, ngokusho kochwepheshe.

Into yokuqala kuqala: kungani ithusi?

Yize kungacaci ukuthi umqondo wamaski obuso obufakwe ithusi wavelaphi ngempela, umqondo osemuva kwawo ulula futhi ususelwe kusayensi: "Ithusi linezinto ezilwa namagciwane," kusho u-Amesh A.U-Adalja, MD, isazi esiphakeme eJohns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

Kusukela ngo-2008, ithusi liye lahlonishwa yi-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) njenge- “metallic antimicrobial agent,” njengoba inamandla amakhulu okubulala amagciwane. (I-FYI: Isiliva linezinto ezilwa namagciwane.) Futhi nakuba ososayensi sebeneminyaka bazi ukuthi ithusi lingasiza ekukhipheni amagciwane—okuhlanganisa i-E.coli, i-MRSA, i-staphylococcus—ngokuthintana nje, ucwaningo lwango-March 2020 olwanyatheliswa ngo- INew England Journal of Medicine ithole ukuthi ingabhubhisa ne-SARS-CoV-2, igciwane elidala i-COVID-19. Ngokuqondile, lolu cwaningo luthole ukuthi i-SARS-CoV-2 ingaphila kuphela ngethusi endaweni yelebhu kuze kube amahora amane. Ngokuqhathanisa, igciwane lingahlala ekhadibhodini kuze kube amahora angama-24 nakupulasitiki nensimbi engagqwali izinsuku ezimbili kuya kwezintathu, ngokusho kweNational Institutes of Health (NIH). (Bheka futhi: Ingabe iCoronavirus Isakazeka Ngezicathulo?)

"Umbono wesifihla-buso sobuso bethusi ukuthi, ekugxileni okuhlukahlukene, empeleni kungavimbela amabhaktheriya athile kanye nama-virus," kusho uWilliam Schaffner, MD, uchwepheshe wezifo ezithathelwanayo kanye noprofesa eVanderbilt University School of Medicine. "Kodwa angazi noma ngabe imaski yobuso efakwe ithusi isebenza kangcono ukwedlula imaski ejwayelekile yobuso bendwangu ekuvimbeleni ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19."

Futhi uDkt Schaffner akuyena kuphela oseyi-TBD ekusebenzeni kwamamaski ethusi. URichard Watkins, MD, udokotela wezifo ezithathelwanayo e-Akron, e-Ohio, kanye noprofesa wezokwelapha eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Ohio Medical University, uyavuma: "Ithusi linezinto ezilwa namagciwane ebhodini. [Kodwa] akucaci ukuthi zizosebenza yini futhi kumamaski. "

Kusukela manje, ayikho idatha yesayensi etholakala esidlangalaleni yokuphakamisa ukuthi imaski yobuso bethusi iyasebenza kakhulu, noma isebenza kahle, njengezimaski zobuso bendwangu ekuvimbeleni ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19. Ayikho futhi idatha ekhombisa ukuthi bangakwazi ukwenza ezingeni lemaski yokuphefumula engu-N-95, aka indinganiso yegolide yobuso buso uma kukhulunywa ngokuvikela i-coronavirus. Kunesifundo esisodwa sango-2010 esishicilelwe ku- Ama-PLoS One ethola izifihla-buso ezifakwe ngethusi zasiza ukuhlunga ezinye izinhlayiya ezifaka umoya ophethwe umkhuhlane A nomkhuhlane wezinyoni, kodwa lowo umkhuhlane — hhayi i-COVID-19. (Kulelo nothi, nansi indlela yokuhlukanisa phakathi kwe-coronavirus nomkhuhlane.)

TL; DR—umbono wezifihla-buso zethusi usagxile kakhulu embonweni, hhayi iqiniso.

Eqinisweni, "kungukugxuma kancane" ukusho ukuthi imaski yobuso eyenziwe ngendwangu yethusi izoba yinzuzo, kusho uDonald W. Schaffner, Ph.D., uprofesa waseRutgers University ocwaninga inani lokuhlolwa kwengozi ye-microbial kanye nokuwela. -ukungcola. Uthi ezinye izinto, njengobungako bemeshini, ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi inhlayiya yegciwane ihlale othusi, nokuthi imaski ingena kahle kangakanani nakho kubalulekile ukucatshangelwa. "Isayensi elukhuni ngemuva [kwamamaski ethusi] incane kakhulu," uyanezela.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo ngethusi nakwaSARS-CoV-2 selugxile ekutheni igciwane lihlala isikhathi esingakanani empeleni ubuso yethusi, kepha hhayi ukuthi insimbi ingavimba yini ukuthola okuthile okufana nemaski, kusho uDkt Adalja. "Uma ufaka i-coronavirus kumaskhi wobuso bethusi, bese ufaka i-coronavirus komunye umaski obengenabo ubhedu kuyo, leli gciwane cishe lizophila isikhathi eside kumask ongenawo ithusi." Kepha, ukukhathazeka okukhulu nge-COVID-19 kuphefumula izinhlayiya zegciwane-futhi akukho okukhombisa ukuthi imaski yobuso efakwe ithusi ingakuvikela kulokho, uyanezela. (Okuhlobene: Konke Odinga Ukukwazi Ngokudluliswa KweCoronavirus)

Ngabe kuphephe ngisho nokusebenzisa imaski yobuso yethusi?

Futhi akucaci. Uma uhogela intuthu eyanele yethusi, ungahle ubhekane nemiphumela engemihle njengokucasulwa ukuphefumula, isicanucanu, ikhanda elibuhlungu, ukozela, kanye nokunambitheka kwensimbi emlonyeni wakho, ngokusho kukaJamie Alan, Ph.D., uprofesa osizayo we-pharmacology kanye ne-toxicology eMichigan State Inyuvesi.

Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi indwangu efakwe ngethusi ingaholela ekungezwani komzimba, okubangela ukubomvu kwesikhumba, ukucasuka, ngisho namabhamuza ebusweni bakho, kusho uGary Goldenberg, MD, uprofesa osizayo wezifo zesikhumba e-Icahn School of Medicine at. INtaba iSinayi eNew York City. "Ayikho indlela yokwazi ukuthi awunalo igciwane ngaphandle kwalapho wawukade usebenzisa imikhiqizo yethusi phambilini futhi wawunokungezwani nezinto ezithile emzimbeni," usho kanje. Lokho kusho ukuthi, uma uthatha isinqumo sokuzama imaski yethusi, uncoma ukuthi uqale ngokuyigqoka isikhashana nje ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi awunampendulo. (Bheka futhi: Abasebenzi Bezokwelapha Bakhuluma Ngokuphuka Kwesikhumba Okudalwa Yizimasiki Zobuso Eziqinile)

Kunjani ukugcinwa kwalezi zimaski?

Yonke into ehlukile yehlukile kepha, ngokujwayelekile, la maski kufanele aphathwe ngokucophelela kakhudlwana kunemaski yakho yobuso bendwangu. Isibonelo, izifihla-buso zeCopper Compression kufanele zifakwe emanzini ashisayo imizuzu emihlanu bese zicindezelwa ngenkathi zicwilisa ukusiza ukuthola amanzi ngezingqimba ezine zesifihla (ithusi, isihlungi, ulwelwesi lokuhlunga, ukotini) ngaphambi kokugqoka. I-Copper Mask iphinde income ukuthi ugeze ngesandla imikhiqizo yayo emanzini afudumele ngesihlanzi "esingathathi hlangothi" (okungukuthi esingafaki phunga) bese uyeke ukuthi some emoyeni ngemva kwalokho. Kodwa-ke, iThe Futon Shop incoma ukugeza izifihla-buso zayo ezifakwe ngethusi emshinini wakho wokuwasha ngamanzi ashisayo futhi wenze isigaxa esomile esinokushisa okuncane okungashisi esomeni. Zonke lezi zinkampani zincoma ukuthi ugeze imaski yakho ngemuva kokugqoka kwakho konke. (Okuyinto okufanele njalo yenza, noma ngabe ithusi, ukujuluka, noma imaski yobuso ye-DIY.)

Yini okufanele uyibheke kumaskhi wobuso bethusi?

Ngoba okuningi kuseyi-TBD maqondana namaski ethusi nokusebenza kwawo ngokuqhathaniswa ne-COVID-19, kwehla impela ekubalulekeni kwemininingwane eyisisekelo, njengokulingana kwemaski. “Iseluleko sami siwukuba uthole indwangu ethokomele, elingana kahle—izikhala ezincane ekhaleni, esilevini nasemaceleni—bese uyigeza njalo, nsuku zonke,” kusho uDonald Schaffner. "Kungumqondo omuhle ukuba neziningana ukuze uzokwazi ukuzishintshanisa." Futhi lezi zici ezibalulekile zibaluleke ngendlela efanayo uma ungathanda ukuzama imaski yobuso bethusi njengale Mask Ephezulu Yethusi ePlated (Yithenge, $28, etsy.com) noma Imaski Efakwe I-Copper Ion (Yithenge, $25, amazon.com) .

Ekugcineni, ochwepheshe bafuna nje ukuthi ugqoke imaski futhi uzilolonge ezinye izindlela zokusiza ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19. “Ukugqoka noma iyiphi imaski kungcono kunokungayisebenzisi,” kusho uDkt. Watkins. "Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuqhela kwezenhlalo, noma ngabe ugqoke imaski, ukunciphisa kakhulu ingozi yokudluliswa."

Imininingwane ekule ndaba inembile njengesikhathi sokushicilela. Njengoba izibuyekezo ezimayelana ne-coronavirus COVID-19 ziqhubeka nokuvela, kungenzeka ukuthi eminye imininingwane nezincomo kule ndaba zishintshile selokhu kwashicilelwa okokuqala. Sikukhuthaza ukuthi uhlole njalo izinsiza ezifana ne-CDC, i-WHO, kanye nomnyango wezempilo womphakathi wendawo ukuze uthole imininingwane yakamuva nezincomo.

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