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Gov. Andrew Cuomo provides updates at his daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in New York.

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There are over 671,400 coronavirus cases in the U.S. and over 2.1 million worldwide early Friday, according to John Hopkins University data. COVID-19 has killed more than 33,200 Americans and 145,700 worldwide.

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  1. The decision to return to normal commercial activities must be premised upon the risk of virus transmission in the close quarters of public transportation and workspaces. The amount of risk depends on the quality of the respirator masks we wear and touch hygiene we practice but this is complicated because this virus is transmitted when the victim is asymptomatic and the respirators weren’t designed to stop viral transmission from a patient, in fact, most of our
    respirators will make the disease worse by forcing the wearer to re-breath
    virus. Our gloves also allow transfer from surface to surface. The solution is
    for PPE manufacturers to sell us gloves infused with disinfectant and
    respirators that filter the exhausted breath separately from the air intake.
    The best respirators are the full face HAZMAT Level C/B respirator masks that
    have a new type of P100 or N95 filter cartridge that has its flow reversed to
    operate properly on the exhaust valve. A N95 exhaust filter for specific
    respirators can be constructed from accessory parts that I’ve listed below. The
    typical N95 respirator mask with a valve, although very effective in preventing
    infection, does not filter the exhausted breath so it does not prevent
    transmission if you become infected. Moreover, both the N95 and surgical masks
    will trap the virus so that viral droplets are re-inhaled into the lungs of the
    victim where it could exponentially increase the viral load and severity of the
    infection yielding higher mortality rates. The N95 valve helps limit virus
    accumulation inside the mask so it should be augmented to exhaust the
    contaminated breath into a filter “pillow” attached to the outside of the
    exhaust valve to capture the virus laden spittle and airborne virus away from
    the inhalation portion of the mask. The exhaust filter can further protect the
    N95 filter from projectile droplets and reduce the potential for transmission
    to others or back to one’s own lungs. In the short term, you could add a
    surgical mask on top of your N95 valve or even add two cloth masks with a hole
    in the first one to allow breath vented from the valve to be trapped between
    the two surgical masks. This starts to get costly over time relative to the much
    safer full or half face respirator with and exhaust filter, so invest in the
    better mask now as a vaccine is a year away. EMTs and hospitals could better
    treat patients if a barbed hose bib were added to these respirators as it would
    allow external attachment of an oxygen supply tube for virus free ambulance transport
    and hospitalization. Removal of an inflow filter cartridge from the mask would
    allow attachment of a ventilator hose too. The Level C/B respirator
    modification is necessary to reduce the mortality rate in patients and to allow
    the medical staff to continue working safely, even if they get infected and are
    asymptomatic. I’m not a medical professional consult a respiratory therapist, but
    the exhaust filter part #s are: Honeywell NS76008A, Chinese ST S100-3 Full Face
    Respirators, Honeywell North 5500 & 7700, NASUM 8200 half face respirators or
    similar mask with a screw-on cylindrical valve guard; Weld On #3 acrylic
    solvent; NS80867 exhaust valve guard; NS750035 Piggyback Adapter; NS750015
    Filter Holder; NS7506N95 HEPA N95 Pre-filter. Just use a hole drill on the
    adapter to almost match the exhaust guard cylinder diameter, sand the adapter
    to fit the guard and fuse the joined surfaces with solvent. The Filter Holder must
    be hole drilled to an inside diameter of ~2” to relieve exhaust backpressure
    and add a bit of rigid mesh to keep the filter flat.

  2. Bet he wished that tweet never happened! Gov Cuomo was prepared for THAT question! THANK YOU for squashing that Orange tweet into thin, watery, juice, with no pulp !!!

  3. The New York governor is a dweeb !!!🇺🇸😡🛡🗡🏹🔫⚒⛏🪓💣💥

  4. Hey you, whether you are black, mestizo, broke, of the middle class, all without real social coverage, try to get “tonic water”: it has proven itself since 1850 (it’s a decoction of dried cinchona bark; native to Ecuador); otherwise you risk leaving your life there, given the figures I see every day on the web!
    Otherwise, do like me and drink at least 50 cl per day of Indian Tonic from Schweppes, flavored with quinine (it exists in 1.5 ℓ bottles, with 0% sugars) …
    May God help you and the good people in your country.
    Greetings from Paris. Saturday April 18, 2020 (today is the day of the Holy Perfect [which is the Holy Spirit]: it is one of the best occasions of the year, to make a sincere prayer).

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