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Phuti Chelopo-Mgobozi, PhD

Puty_4Science

This video from Czech Republic captured the views of the positive effects of wearing masks in addition to social distancing and hygiene measures that helped flatten the curve for them. #Masks4All

Source: https://youtu.be/jZtEX2-n2Hc ">https://youtu.be/jZtEX2-n2...

Part 2: An increased campaign of homemade or DYI masks that took place. A simple homemade mask can protect you. Let& #39;s reserve medical masks to health workers who need them most.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart"> #Masks4AllSA #Masks4All #DYIMask #HomemadeMask #Covid_19 #Covid_19SA

& #39;25-50% of transmissions are from silent or asymptomatic infections... A major cause of the explosion

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Chart with upwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with upwards trend">in cases& #39; Dr Fair. There are lot of countries that have shown that they were able to lower their case numbers by the use of masks @TODAYshow
#Covid_19 #CoronaVirus #Masks4All

CDC is to issued a non-mandatory guideline to highly affected areas for the use of Face masks, which Dr Fair thinks should be national mandatory like other countries who managed to reduce cases by #Masks4All (Czech Republic & South Korea). Full Interview: https://youtu.be/H498mtMTQuQ ">https://youtu.be/H498mtMTQ...

Some of the hard hit states in the USA are now advising residence to use cloth (homemade) masks, given the fact the asymptomatic people are clearly infectious. & #39;It just makes common sense that it is not a bad idea to do that& #39; Dr Fauci
#CoronavirusPandemic #Covid_19 #Masks4All

Part 2: Any covering such as a scarf or bandana or other homemade mask. Not the critical supplies of professionally made masks like the N95 that healthcare workers need right now.
@TODAYshow report on the overwhelmed #NYC & has now recommended #Masks4All
#Covid_19 #CoronaVirus

Considering some of the recent data by other countries, which shows the effect of using homemade mask on the virus transmission, especially from asymptomatic individuals. How about DYI #Masks4AllSA? Pls see this thread for context @DrZweliMkhize @nicd_sa @GautengHealth @HealthZA

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