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Pobeka

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11. They found within one minute of contact with the fabric, the virus lost the ability to infect a host

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2020, 02:52 PM

Jun 2020

I hate to break the news to these folks, but when you're inhaling the virus will be through that mask in a fraction of a second.

If you chose to use N100 material for the mask, then the virus would stay in the mask, but then you don't need the new technology anyway.

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Indiana University discovery could lead to virus-killing masks [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2020 OP

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major game changer rurallib Jun 2020 #5

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It's the devils work! BootinUp Jun 2020 #9

A virus isn't alive. Aussie105 Jun 2020 #10

They found within one minute of contact with the fabric, the virus lost the ability to infect a host Pobeka Jun 2020 #11