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Thursday, 7 May 2020

US #Coronavirus - Why Healthcare Workers Are Catching COVID-19. What the difference between a surgical mask and N95? Violin MD 601K subscribers


Why are 10% of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases health care workers? Are we not protecting ourselves well enough? We’re going to tackle this question head on and I've asked Dr. Rishi Desai, the former epidemic intelligence officer for the CDC, pediatric infectious disease doctor and current medical director at Osmosis, to give us his opinion. 

What the difference between a surgical mask and N95? Is coronavirus spread by droplet or aerosols? For those of you who are new here, I'm Siobhan, a 3rd year internal medicine resident working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Canada. 

HUGE thank you to Dr. Desai for sharing his thoughts with us! Check out this link to see a the Osmosis COVID page to see more videos 



An N95 mask or N95 respirator is a particulate-filtering facepiece respirator that meets the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) N95 classification of air filtration, meaning that it filters at least 95% of airborne particles.medical mask or simply as a face mask, is intended to be worn by health professionals during procedures in ...Chinese health officials distinguish between medical (non-surgical) and surgical masks
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