HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED

Yesterday, the Surgeon General tweeted:

" Seriously people - 
STOP BUYING MASKS! 

 They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, 

but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk."

 Really?  

Hospitals get their supplies straight from the distributors not Walmart or Home Depot! 

Besides, if masks aren't going

 to protect normal citizens, 

what good will they do the healthcare staff?

Surgical masks are worn by the infected to keep their germs to themselves.

 

N95 masks protect you from the infected.

 It is a respiratory protective device designed to achieve a very close facial fit

 and very efficient filtration 

of airborne particles. 

The 'N95' designation means that 

when subjected to careful testing, 

the respirator blocks at least 95 percent 

of very small (0.3 micron) test particles.

 The ghost of Mark Twain

wants me to let you know

that the coronavirus is .1 micron.

But the coronavirus piggybacks on water droplets

spewed out by sneezes and coughs.

And those water droplets are .3 microns.

So N95 masks provide substantial protection.

Just thought you might like to know.