Twitter Thread Shares Knowledge On N95 Masks

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mattstaff
Mar 5, 2020 4:00 PM EST

Wonder if this thread on how to go about making sure an N95 mask will go viral. All in all, Leora Horwitz, has shared a helpful series of tips on how to navigate those N95 masks for people that aren't familiar with the process. 

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    Text - Non medical friends, let's have a chat about masks. So, you've bought yourself a box of N95 masks and you think you're good for #COVID19. Let me tell you what my hospital makes me do EVERY YEAR to make sure my N95 mask fits (yes, they come in sizes). Watch out: long thread ahead! 7:47 p.m. · 03 Mar. 20 · Twitter for iPad 2,765 Retweets 4,715 Likes Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d Replying to @leorahorwitzmd First, I have to put the right size mask on and have a big plastic hood put over
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    Text - Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d I have to nod my head up and down in the hood while aspartame is sprayed in. If I taste it, I fail. Then... /4 27 23 183 Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d I have to crouch to the ground and stand up several times while aspartame is sprayed in. If I taste it, I fail. Then... /5 27 24 175 Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d I have to read a ridiculous paragraph out loud about the science of rainbows and the pot of gold at the end or some such. It is hard t
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    Text - Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d I get the aspartame sprayed in the hood again, without the mask. This time if I DON'T taste it, I fail (to make sure I don't have some weird genetic immunity to tasting artificial sweetener). After all this, the hospital staff agrees that yes, I am still a size smal... /8 07 27 20 256 Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d I guarantee you that a) your mask doesn't fit properly b) you have no idea how to put it on and take it off safely and c) you are probabl
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    Text - Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d If you want there to be enough equipment at least in the short term for people who you may need to stay healthy to take care of you, *stop buying the masks.* So, what are masks good for? /11 27 58 348 Leora Horwitz @leorahorwitzmd · 1d Regular surgical masks are great for people who are sick. Stops them spreading disease by coughing far. (You should stop buying those too btw; they don't keep viruses out so they don't keep you safe, and I promise you don'
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    Product - Rupert Pearse @rupert_pearse · 23h Replying to @leorahorwitzmd ..my mask fit-test yesterday. 3 27 20 354 David Rouselle @DRouselle · 7h @Southlake_News a month ago DO MIT STRE 27 10 120
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