{"id":1404,"date":"2020-03-08T18:07:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T08:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2020-03-08T18:07:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T08:07:45","slug":"abc-when-swapping-roles-means-the-wrong-face-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=1404","title":{"rendered":"ABC &#8211; when swapping roles means the wrong face mask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is common to not comprehend the <strong>role of a face mask<\/strong>. In the cropped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-03-08\/coronavirus-quarantine-in-beijing-no-fun-bill-birtles\/12032244\">picture <\/a>below of China Correspondent Bill Birtles and camera operator Brant Cummings depicted in <strong>quarantine <\/strong>in Beijing on 8 Mar 2020 after reporting on the COVID-19 coronavirus in South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"297\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhaust-valve-640x297.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhaust-valve-640x297.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhaust-valve-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhaust-valve-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhaust-valve.png 887w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While masks appear to be P2 (the one on the left appears to be 3M brand and trustworthy), they have an <strong>exhaust valve<\/strong>. While this is fine if you are protecting yourself, they are<strong> totally the wrong mask if you as suspected of having the COVID-19 virus<\/strong>. The role of the mask has been swapped in quarantine and the wearer should be trying to <strong>protect others.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Masks with exhaust valves are far more comfortable to wear over an extended period, as the warm, humid exhaled air goes through the valve rather than the filter fabric. A more appropriate choice for the period of quarantine would have been a certified P2\/N95 mask <strong>without the exhaust valve<\/strong>. That would have given mutual protection to the two, plus others in quarantine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The choice of face mask can be very different if you are trying to protect yourself than protecting others. A face mask with an exhaust valve gives no protection to others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[288,25],"tags":[290,291,281],"class_list":{"0":"post-1404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-covid-19","7":"category-respiratory-protection","8":"tag-abc-news","9":"tag-choice","10":"tag-coronavirus","11":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1406,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}