Ingabe Imaski Ye-N95 Ingakuvikela Ngempela Ku-Coronavirus?

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Lapho u-Philipps ematasa elahlekelwa imaskhi yobuso ayigqoka ezindizeni ukuze agweme ukugula, wasungula izinto.

Njengoba yonke ikhemisi aya kulo "lonke belithengisiwe" ngamaski obuso obuvikelayo, lo mlingisi ukhethe i-bandana eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka eboshwe ebusweni bakhe ukumboza umlomo namakhala esikhundleni sakhe, usanda kuhlanganyela ku-Instagram.

Hhayi ukubukeka kabi, TBH.

Ukude nosaziwayo kuphela othumele isithombe esibonisa ukuhluka komaskandi wezokwelapha muva nje. UBella Hadid, uGwyneth Paltrow, noKate Hudson bonke bathumele ama-selfies abo obuso obuso ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ngisho no-Selena Gomez wabelane ngesithombe sakhe egqoke imaskhi yobuso ngesikhathi sohambo lwakamuva lwendodakazi kamama oluya eChicago. (Qaphela: UGomez une-lupus, okubeka engcupheni enkulu yokutheleleka. Yize uGomez engacacisanga isizathu sakhe sokugqoka imaski ngenkathi esohambweni, lokho bekungadlala esinqumweni sakhe.)

Kepha ama-celebs akubona bodwa abantu abagqoka yonke into kusuka kumasikhafu kuya kumaski okuhlinzwa ebusweni ukugwema ukugula. Izimaski zobuso bezithengiswa emakhemisi azungeze i-U.S., Okungenzeka ukuthi ihlobene nezindaba nge-COVID-19, uhlobo lwe-coronavirus olufinyelele ngokusemthethweni ezifundazweni. Amakhemisi e-Seattle aqala ukuthengisa imaski yokuhlinzwa kungakapheli amahora ecala lokuqala eliqinisekisiwe lase-US le-coronavirus, futhi abantu bathenga inqwaba yamamaski eNew York naseLos Angeles, BBC kubika. Izinhlobo eziningi zamaski obuso obuhlinzekiwe zivikele amabala kuhlu lwabathengisi abathengisa kakhulu e-Amazon, futhi izifihla-mkhuba zokuphefumula ze-N95 (okuningi kulokho okukuncane) zibone ukuqhuma okusheshayo okufanayo ezinhlwini zokuthengisa kusayithi. I-Amazon isiqalile nokuxwayisa abathengisi ngokukhuphula amanani entengo yemaski yobuso, njengoba eminye imikhiqizo ingahle ifune ukusizakala ngesidingo esikhulayo, ngokusho kombiko. Inezintambo. (Okuhlobene: Imithi Engcono Kakhulu Yomkhuhlane Yazo Zonke Izimpawu)

Ngokusobala abantu abaningi banesiqiniseko sokuthi imaski yobuso ingukuthenga okufanelekile. Futhi njengoba okwamanje kungekho ukwelashwa okwaziwayo noma umuthi wokugomela lolu hlobo lwe-coronavirus, akumangalisi ukuthi abantu bafuna ukuthembela kulawa maski ukugwema ukugula. Kepha ngabe uyawenza umehluko?

Azikho neze izilima. Ngokugqoka isifihla-buso sephepha lokuhlinzwa, uzobe wenza nje wonke umuntu okuzungezile eqinile, kunokuba uzivikele, kusho uRobert Amler, MD, uDean weSikole Sezempilo seNew York Medical College kanye nowayengumphathi omkhulu wezokwelapha eCenters Yokulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo (CDC). "Izifihla-buso zobuso, njengalezo ezisetshenziselwa ukuhlinza, azenzelwanga ukuvikela abantu abazigqokayo, kepha kunalokho zigcina amaconsi abo, lapho bekhwehlela noma [bekhafula], ukuthi angahlali kwabanye," kuchaza yena.

Inkinga iwukuthi, imaski yobuso bokuhlinzwa ephepheni inezimbotshana ezithile futhi ingavumela ukuvuza komoya emaphethelweni, kunezela uDkt. Amler. Lokho kushiwo, lezi zimaski zokuhlinza eziyisisekelo zingavimba ezinye izinhlayiya ezinkulu ekufinyeleleni emlonyeni nasekhaleni, futhi zingasebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuthi ungabuthinti ubuso bakho. (Okuhlobene: Izindlela Ezi-9 Zokugwema Ukugula Ngenkathi Uhamba, NgokukaDokotela)

Uma uzimisele ngokugqoka imaskhi ukuze uzivikele, ungcono kune-N95 filtering facepiece respirator (N95 ffr mask), elingana kahle ebusweni futhi eqinile. Izimaski zokuphefumula ze-N95 zenzelwe ukuhlunga umusi wensimbi, izinhlayiya zamaminerali nothuli, kanye nama-virus, ngokwe-CDC. Ukukhushulwa kokuvikela kuza ngezindleko, nakuba–abakhululekile futhi kungenza ukuphefumula kube nzima, kusho uDkt. Amler.

Njengamaski wokuhlinzwa, imaski yokuphefumula ye-N95 iyatholakala ku-inthanethi, kucatshangwa ukuthi ayithengisiwe. Amaski angu-N95 agunyazwe yi-FDA ukusetshenziswa komphakathi jikelele (hhayi ukusetshenziswa kwezimboni) afaka i-3M Particulate Respirators 8670F ne-8612F kanye ne-Pasture F550G kanye ne-A520G.

Ukucaca, akukho buso be-N95 bokuphefumula noma izifihla-buso zobuso ezihlinzekwa ngokusemthethweni yi-CDC yokugqoka njalo, ne-caveat leyo buso be-N95 kungenzeka ube wusizo kubantu abasengozini enkulu yokuthola ukugula okunzima okuvela kuhlobo olusha lwe-coronavirus, umkhuhlane, noma esinye isifo sokuphefumula. Isitatimende esikumaski wobuso sithi: I-COVID-19 kwiwebhusayithi yeCDC iqonde ngqo: "I-CDC ayincomi ukuthi abantu abaphile kahle bagqoke isifihla-buso ebusweni ukuzivikela ezifweni zokuphefumula, kubandakanya ne-COVID-19," kufundeka isitatimende. "Kufanele ugqoke imaskhi kuphela uma uchwepheshe wezempilo ekuncoma. Imaski yobuso kufanele isetshenziswe abantu abane-COVID-19 futhi abakhombisa izimpawu. Lokhu ukuvikela abanye engcupheni yokutheleleka." (Okuhlobene: Ungashesha Kanjani Ukubamba Isifo Endizeni — Futhi Kufanele Ukhathazeke Kangakanani?)

Ekupheleni kosuku, kunezindlela eziningana ongahlisa ngazo ubungozi bokuthatha amagciwane, kufaka phakathi i-COVID-19, ngaphandle kokuzingela ikhemisi elisenamaski esitokweni. UDkt. Amler uthi: “Izincomo ziwukugeza izandla njalo nokugwema ukuthintana eduze nabantu abakhwehlelayo.”

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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