Popular Post rooster59 Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 Experiments with hamsters show effectiveness of masks in staving off infection By THE NATION Wearing medical masks can protect people from Covid-19 infection at least 75 per cent of the time, according to an experiment by a Hong Kong microbiologist, Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs, a Thai respiratory disease specialist, informed through his fanpage on Saturday (May 23). The doctor explained that Yuen Kwok-yung's experiment separated infected hamsters from healthy hamsters in two cages. The cage of the infected one was placed in the windward direction, while another one was in a direction that received air from the infected cage. The experiment with the two cages observed three scenarios: first, they allowed the wind from the infected cage to blow to the other cage with no obstruction; second, they obstructed between the two cages by surgical masks, and, third, they obstructed the cage of infected hamsters by using the masks. The experiment tried to recreate real life situations where Covid-19 infected persons live with healthy persons and all of them do not wear the mask, a situation when infected persons wear medical masks, and a situation when healthy persons wear medical masks. This experiment over one week showed that in the first case, without masks 66 per cent of healthy hamsters were infected with Covid-19 from the infected ones. In the second case, 33 per cent of healthy hamsters were infected. In the third case, only 16.7 per cent of the healthy hamsters were infected. Dr Manoon concluded that wearing medical masks amidst infected people reduced chances of infection by around 50 per cent, while wearing masks amongst healthy persons will decrease chances of infection by 75 per cent. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388376 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-05-24 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tarteso Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) But not social distancing? ???? Edited May 23, 2020 by Tarteso 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canuck1966 Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 Wonder how many hamsters wore filthy old masks for a month without changing them? 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonray Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Canuck1966 said: Wonder how many hamsters wore filthy old masks for a month without changing them? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck1966 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Just now, tonray said: That looks nice and clean. I'm amazed they didn't try to take them off with their paws 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 In a related story : If you hold a hamster up by its tail it will die. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Number Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, VocalNeal said: In a related story : If you hold a hamster up by its tail it will die. Me too after a night on Thai Whisky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneeyedJohn Posted May 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, rooster59 said: Yuen Kwok-yung's experiment sounds like something a group of 12 year olds would do in a Biology class at school. And this is 'news' 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck1966 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, VocalNeal said: In a related story : If you hold a hamster up by its tail it will die. Wonder how many died to provide data for this senseless experiment? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sungod Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 54 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said: sounds like something a group of 12 year olds would do in a Biology class at school. And this is 'news' It would be for the WHO, all of Europe and the US. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 hour ago, rooster59 said: Experiments with hamsters show effectiveness of masks in staving off infection Was this organised by Richard Gere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SooKee Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I have just sent my design off to a mask maker. Should be doubly safe: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, OneeyedJohn said: sounds like something a group of 12 year olds would do in a Biology class at school. And this is 'news' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmitch Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Any self-respecting hamster would gnaw through the mask in five minutes anyway. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 To have gained a more relevant result from their experiment they should've placed Anutin in the downwind cage. 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Rodents can carry and transmit Covid 19 now? So the rats could spread it like the plague in the city! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PETERTHEEATER Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 To verify this, I put a mask on my pet hampster. When I returned to his cage five minutes later he had converted the mask into a hammock and was sound asleep! Fail! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nauseus Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I'm glad this story was posted. Not rocket science but science nonetheless. Yes hamsters can contract and spread the virus. I can only assume that all the jokers here are those who believe that masks have no effect against Covid transmission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancid Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 If you want protection from covid, or any flu for that matter, attend to your immune system. For those that have no comprehension of human microbiology and the amazing ways in which it functions then get a mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Rodriguez Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 because vit D (sun), vit C (fresh fruit), zink (meat) is too much to ask and to avoid sugar, right... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nauseus Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Rancid said: If you want protection from covid, or any flu for that matter, attend to your immune system. For those that have no comprehension of human microbiology and the amazing ways in which it functions then get a mask. Anything that helps stop transmission helps the cause and that includes masks. Easy enough to comprehend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 You could double your protection with one of these ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieter1 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 what does it proove: the news for the masses are at kindergarten-level. "informed through his fanpage on Saturday" why not have his findings at The Lancet" ? because these kind of "research " is kindergartenlevel and is no science. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 12 hours ago, rooster59 said: Experiments with hamsters show effectiveness of masks in staving off Freddie Starr .? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rucker4012 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 When was the last time you saw a hamster cough??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 55 minutes ago, rucker4012 said: When was the last time you saw a hamster cough??? It was the day after I saw an elephant fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony125 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 CDC: The coronavirus 'does not spread easily' from contaminated surfaces https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-coronavirus-does-not-spread-144200632.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starmocihc Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hopefully they'll do a similar collegiate experiment regarding prophylactics. The ones sold at 7/11 ought to fit the hamsters as is. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodga Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I've been wearing a hamster for over a month now and I haven't caught covid 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodga Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 12 hours ago, jak2002003 said: Rodents can carry and transmit Covid 19 now? So the rats could spread it like the plague in the city! Stay away from the beach in Pattaya then!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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