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COVID-19 prompts Stanford engineers to rethink the humble face mask

We've all gotten comfortable with the estimation of careful face masks in both forestalling contamination or, on account of a previously tainted individual, in forestalling additionally spread of the sickness. The masks basically channel the air coming all through the lungs, catching the infection and different particles in its work. Through the COVID-19 emergency, many have gotten comfortable with N95 masks, which channel out 95 percent or a greater amount of little particulate issue from the air – including the infection. Be that as it may, in separating those particles, the mask likewise makes it harder to relax. N95 masks are assessed to lessen oxygen consumption by somewhere in the range of 5 to 20 percent. That is critical, in any event, for a sound individual. It can cause tipsiness and wooziness. In the event that you wear a mask sufficiently long, it can harm the lungs. For a patient in respiratory misery, it can even be dangerous. How have you attempted to address