Reusing N95 Masks, COVID-19 in Pets, & More

In this week’s episode of Eagle TV, our Chief Technical Officer, Dr. David Hussong responds regarding the reuse of N95 respirator masks in an emergency situation. He also discusses the issue of potential transmission of the Coronavirus to and from household pets, as well as the intriguing topic of asymptomatic carriers.

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Additional Resources:

CDC  – https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirators-strategy/index.html

FDA – https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/personal-protective-equipment-infection-control/n95-respirators-and-surgical-masks-face-masks

Genomic epidemiology of novel coronavirus – Global subsampling – https://nextstrain.org/ncov/global?dmax=2020-04-05&dmin=2019-12-08

Iceland Statistics for COVID-19 – https://www.covid.is/data 

Iceland lab’s testing suggests 50% of coronavirus cases have no symptoms – https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/europe/iceland-testing-coronavirus-intl/index.html