#Facemasks

Lawrence Gostin

Both @CDCgov & @WHO are revising guidelines for wearing #facemasks. The US is well behind many countries, esp in Asia in rec'ing pop-based mask use. I agree w/ #Fauci that

Laura Kuenssberg

No 10 says Starmer 'inaccurately + selectively' quoted the March 12th guidance - see it in full for yourself here -https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19/guidance-

Thread: great question from @LBC to @MattHancock and Prof Van Tam as to the differences between countries regarding their advice to citizens about the necessity (or lack thereof) of wearing

Motivating my guys as they roll out Facemasks for Nigeria and beyond.#MadeInAbia Shhh. Men at work. Oh, we have full PPE too.#MadeInAbia Should you consider the medical ones uncool, we

It is noticeable how, despite all the social distancing, mandatory use of face coverings & many still staying home, the influenza & pneumonia rate continues to track its 5-year average,

Emily Deans MD 👻

evolutionarypsy

Cloth masks can carry virus and in universal practice are meant to protect others from you. Here’s a simple design for one with added filter. Pull out filter, wash mask,

MSE Tine 🦸‍♀️

Facemasks - an opinion! Facemasks will now be required by law in shops. There are many conspiracies, complaints and moans about this. Ranging from "they said they didn't help so

One of the contracts that Government finally published last week was this £168.5m contract with tiny pest control specialist Pestfix for three different types of facemasks. https://atamis-1928.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/#0O000000rwim/a/4J000000k

1/3 US officials initially told us not to bother wearing #facemasks in #COVID19 epidemic b/c of low effectiveness. 'There's a model for that' is the new 'there's an app for

Yesterday I showed how, on Govt's own figures, it overpaid a politically connected PPE supplier by £36m+ for IIR facemasks. In fact, if you look at the contract as a

There is zero evidence that wearing a mask in a community setting reduces viral transmission.OTOH there is plenty of evidence they will do harm & if used improperly will actually

So someone sent this to me and challenged me to do the same with #MadeInAbia Facemasks to prove their efficacy. Easy breezy.

I'm worried that Vitamin D is the new facemasks.We have all of this suggestive evidence that Vit D might have a big impact on COVID19. An ordinary person hears this

Governor Kaduna

KADUNA UPDATE: Malam Nasir @elrufai has extended the quarantine orders in the state for another 30 days, effective from 26th April 2020. The decision follows a recommendation to that effect

You may remember Crisp Websites Limited, trading as Pestfix, the company with last reported net assets of £18,047. THREAD And you may remember that, notwithstanding that Pestfix had substantially no

Are you flying today? What percent of people are wearing masks? This Missoula flight is at 0% and I'm pretty proud of us. In Denver...still very few facemasks, but THE