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Yes: valvedAppears this machine is up and running in Sligo....as stated in his tweat less than an hour ago, STRILE PACKING MACHINE NEEDED FOR MASKS. They look like kn95's....Sands is on twitter engaging with Aerlingus and Covney in public tweats.
Obviously, public is down the waiting list, supplies to be focused elsewhere first.
EXTRACT FROM ARTICLE BEHIND UK TIMES FIREWALL BELOW
Mr Sands, co-founder of Answer Ireland’s Call, said he was working on creating a supply-line of masks in Ireland by producing them here. “We will be producing FFP2 masks for the front line, and beyond that we want to be able to create a supply chain and distribution line for every man, woman and child in Ireland to get masks in their door, delivered in a certain number, at cost, on a weekly or monthly basis,” he said.
Answer Ireland’s Call, a not-for-profit, was set up to support the HSE’s Be On Call for Ireland campaign. It has raised funds to fly Irish medics home from abroad, provide accommodation so they can self-isolate and also sources personal protection equipment.
Mr Sands, a former Silicon Valley technology executive who recently returned to Ireland from California, added: “We have been given permission by the HSE to import a mask-making machine. We are looking at Asia and Europe at the moment but we have some other options.”
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Appears this machine is up and running in Sligo....as stated in his tweat less than an hour ago, STRILE PACKING MACHINE NEEDED FOR MASKS. They look like kn95's....Sands is on twitter engaging with Aerlingus and Covney in public tweats.
Obviously, public is down the waiting list, supplies to be focused elsewhere first.
EXTRACT FROM ARTICLE BEHIND UK TIMES FIREWALL BELOW
Mr Sands, co-founder of Answer Ireland’s Call, said he was working on creating a supply-line of masks in Ireland by producing them here. “We will be producing FFP2 masks for the front line, and beyond that we want to be able to create a supply chain and distribution line for every man, woman and child in Ireland to get masks in their door, delivered in a certain number, at cost, on a weekly or monthly basis,” he said.
Answer Ireland’s Call, a not-for-profit, was set up to support the HSE’s Be On Call for Ireland campaign. It has raised funds to fly Irish medics home from abroad, provide accommodation so they can self-isolate and also sources personal protection equipment.
Mr Sands, a former Silicon Valley technology executive who recently returned to Ireland from California, added: “We have been given permission by the HSE to import a mask-making machine. We are looking at Asia and Europe at the moment but we have some other options.”
That's brilliant to see. I can't help wondering what's going on in that factory in Limerick that produce masks, are they increasing capacity to help in a similar way? Are they purely fulfilling orders for the health services staff? Seems to be sparse details on it so far0 -
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Yes: otherLuke O’Neill - Professor of Biochemistry at the School of Immunology at Trinity College Dublin
He is the so called expert who was on the Late Late Show saying that there was no evidence that wearing a facemask will protect you at all and people wearing them were getting carried away as they had seen too many horror films.
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He is the so called expert who was on the Late Late Show saying that there was no evidence that wearing a facemask will protect you at all and people wearing them were getting carried away as they had seen too many horror films.
Have you ever had an opinion or a stance on a topic, encountered new evidence or been exposed to a different way of thinking and then changed your mind as a result? This happens fairly often, at least with reasonable people0 -
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He is the so called expert who was on the Late Late Show saying that there was no evidence that wearing a facemask will protect you at all and people wearing them were getting carried away as they had seen too many horror films.
First time I'm seeing this but he clearly says in this video"Masks are effective if you're infected"
"It'll stop me coughing it on you"
"There's no evidence that wearing a face mask will protect you(the wearer) at all"
"The main reason is to stop you spreading it"
All of the above seems correct. However these below statements were made before we knew asymptomatic people were also spreaders. The upload date on this video is Feb 28th. I think news of asymptomatic spreaders was out on April 20th."If you're not infected no reason to wear a face mask"
"But if you don't have this, no need to wear a face mask"
It seems he's saying people wearing masks to protect themselves have seen to many horror movies.0 -
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Yes: valvedThe WHO noted asymptomatic spread in early February. It was being reported in a few of the main medical journals soon after. Germany had published info on one cluster tracked to an asymptomatic patient in mid Feb.
But let's forget that and imagine they didn't have basic search engines back then, we know today and have known for over two months that asymptomatic spread is quite the risk and nations that previously held the same position on masks are now rowing back on this, even the Americans are. And yet our bunch are still peddling the mantra of "Wearing a mask is unlikely to be of any benefit if you are not sick" with an added copypasta(and uninformative) sop of how to wear a mask if you choose too and have no intention of changing that. In fact they removed references to masks from their breaking lockdown plans in the last week.
As for masks not protecting "at all". Again we have the magical one way valve mask in action. They apparently will stop my cough getting to you, but completely fail at stopping your cough getting to me. And as for "just wash your hands", have a look at the studies and science behind how effective that is. It's not nearly so clear how effective that is. Handwashing and wearing a mask shows a much greater efficacy.
Clearly any filter material works in both directions and cotton acts as a filter through hydrophilic or wicking action. Cotton has excellent 'wicking' properties, just dip a corner of a handkerchief in some water and watch how quickly the water soaks up through the material due to 'wicking' or 'hydrophilic' action.
In the following tests they mimicked the virus with 100 nanometre fluorescent particles and we can see these clearly in the videos.
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Making a homemade COVID mask? Study explains best fabric choices
by University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFirst, most common household fabrics, such as T-shirt material, have 40% or higher droplet blocking when used as a single layer. In two layers, to our surprise, T-shirt fabric had a 98% droplet blocking efficiency—exceeding that of the medical mask, while maintaining better breathability.
Second, most common fabrics are hydrophilic, meaning they up soak water, whereas medical masks are hydrophobic, meaning they repel water. This tells us that common household fabrics use an alternative mechanism to hold droplets by retaining them.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-homemade-covid-mask-fabric-choices.html0 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7_P2RmrA6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7mYeL54g0A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I24bMb4vvOc
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