Raina McIntyre

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And basically the people in the cloth masks fared the worst out of all three arms.

They had higher infection rates than the people in the surgical mass group.

And even in the control group.

Well, we don't know exactly.

We did collect some data on

uh washing and cleaning of the masks, but I suspect that

Possibly people didn't wash them enough or not adequately.

You know, cotton masks can get quite damp.

And anything that's warm and damp obviously is a good um breeding ground for

bacteria and viruses, so that could be the answer, but we don't actually know.

From the research that's been done on fabrics.

different fabrics perform differently and

Seems like cotton blends are probably better than pure cotton.

it's yeah.

Yeah, or cotton polyester.

Yeah.

Possible, um, but not just people coughing in your face, but sort of aerosolised pathogens that are just

they're in a in a dirty um work environment like an emergency department or an intensive care.

But you know, the bottom line is we wouldn't recommend a cloth mask for a healthcare worker.

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