If you bring up mask-activity around Germans.....one particular comment will come up about people who are using the simple paper-type mask, and use them over and over. A German guy might look over the mask and say that one-hour walk of the grocery store didn't really 'age' it in anyway, then store it for twenty more uses over the next month.
Well...in SWR news (public TV, Pfalz/B-W regions)....they sat down with the Mainz University folks and talked over a recent study. What they say....there are minor health risks in re-using the paper masks. They were built and marketed....for one-time use.
The chat? Fibers off the paper-mask get into the airways. You are creating minor issues for your respiratory tract.
Will this worry convince folks to go to a one-day only use for the paper-masks? I kinda doubt it.
Somewhere down the line, I expect some new lung disease to pop up and be named 'paper-mask-syndrome', and you need some kind of vacuum treatment to 'cure' your issue.
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