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What is industry-grade polypropylene and where can I get it?

How can we implement the 3 Nov 2020 updated guidance from Health Canada on including a third, middle layer, preferably of polypropylene. ...

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Fauci says that multiple lines of evidence support the effectiveness of masks

Catherine Clase

Oct 29
1 min

Fauci says that multiple lines of evidence support the effectiveness of masks

"Return to normalcy will require the widespread acceptance and adoption of mask wearing and other inexpensive and effective interventions...

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Why did we recommend 2 to 4 layer cotton for community cloth masks?

Catherine Clase

Oct 24
1 min

Why did we recommend 2 to 4 layer cotton for community cloth masks?

In this video, Catherine Clase and Edouard Fu discuss the body of evidence on cloth masks and explain where the 2 to 4 layer cotton recom...

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Here's our most concise explanation of the filtration properties of cloth!

Catherine Clase

Oct 24
1 min

Here's our most concise explanation of the filtration properties of cloth!

Thanks to Augusto Cesar Santos Jr @acssjr, Fernanda Arce-Amare @FerArceAmare and Rolando Claure of the ISN social media committee for cre...

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Why did we recommend the community use of cloth masks early in the pandemic?

Catherine Clase

Oct 24
1 min

Why did we recommend the community use of cloth masks early in the pandemic?

We now have studies showing the effects of mask mandates on growth of the pandemic in the US and in Germany; the Institute for Health Met...

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Tout savoir sur les masques de tissu anti Covid-19, en cinq questions

Catherine Clase

Oct 24
1 min

Tout savoir sur les masques de tissu anti Covid-19, en cinq questions

Le port du masque permet de minimiser la propagation du virus transmis par les voies respiratoires. Bien qu’imparfaits, la généralisation...

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Looking for the science behind our cloth mask recommendations?

Catherine Clase

Oct 24
1 min

Looking for the science behind our cloth mask recommendations?

Here is a link to our peer-reviewed summary of the literature on the filtration properties of cloth https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020...

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Catherine Clase

Oct 18
1 min

Cloth mask FAQs

https://theconversation.com/covid-19-masks-faqs-how-can-cloth-stop-a-tiny-virus-whats-the-best-fabric-do-they-protect-the-wearer-146822

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