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would it be possible to survive 4+ hours a day in an indoor work environment with a mask on?
Not the blue surgical mask, but a more effective N95 or KN95 mask with a good seal around the perimeter. Wouldn't you suffocate?
8 Answers1 week ago - 2Upvotes of all answers to this question
Are covid vaccines not recommended for people with hypertension?
5 Answers3 weeks ago - 3Upvotes of all answers to this question
does wearing a mask mean you are breathing in carbon dioxide?
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I've been smoking cigarettes for 27 years how do I stop?
I tried medicine patches and gum but I keep smoking even through those cessation aides. I quit for a while in the past but that was partly because I was in the hospital and unable to smoke on premises. I was successful at quitting four years once cold turkey but have been smoking again for two and a half years now. I'm starting to have heart and lung problem but am addicted and have no self control. I have always known how stupid it is but I got addicted to somebody s second hand smoke and had trouble getting away from the abuser then I think it's psychological and started to smoke. I struggle with the fact I have gone against God and defiled the temple. I have prayed over and over but am not making progress. Should I get therapy... what can I do...
4 Answers3 weeks ago - 2Upvotes of all answers to this question
Why can't the "mask exempted" people wear a face shield?
5 Answers3 weeks ago - 4Upvotes of all answers to this question
Can wearing a face mask give you a fungal lung infection?
4 Answers3 weeks ago - 2Upvotes of all answers to this question
Why can't my 15 year old daughter get the COVID vaccine already?
We are travelling to Iran to visit family this summer in July but there has been no sign of 15 year olds being able to be given the COVID vaccine. I mean my daughter's birthday is literally in October. What difference does a few months make? When I got my COVID vaccine they didn't even check ID. Can I just sign my daughter up and see if they let her get the Pfizer shot?
4 Answers3 weeks ago - 6Upvotes of all answers to this question
Why do I feel light headed when wearing a mask and can hardly breathe ?
Favourite answer:Because you brain thinks it. There is no reason for this. Those masks do not block oxygen diffusing through. We in the med field wear then for over 12 hours a day with no loss of oxygen. Try a different mask. Sometimes the warmer moister air may feel different to you. You can also take quick mask breaks if that helps you
6 Answers4 weeks ago - 4Upvotes of all answers to this question
NY COVID cases up 10% this week, vaccinated people think they don't need masks anymore, and will infect everyone, T/F?
Favourite answer:The vaccines do not make people more asymptomatic.
The vaccine does stop disease progression to the severe illness level.
If you are infected, you can transmit the illness to others.
If you aren't, you can't.
There is a lot of issues with the vaccine:
- the effectiveness in testing doesn't match real life
- we still have no idea how long the immunity lasts for people who it provides protections. The information is still all over the board from 60 days on one study in the New England Journal of Medicine to so long that we don't know how long because the people who got it in July still have antibodies in the therapeutic levels.
We know that masks have never been much of a benefit:
- 70% of covid transmission occurs within your own home, where you don't social distance or wear a mask
- According to the FDA, masks that most people wear are ineffective, filtering less than 30% of covid viral particles.
Actually cases are up more about 40% in NY State in the last week
March 19 approx 6200
March 26 approx 8700
We need to "start" pushing vitamin D3. (we should have done this in March 2020, when there became the suspicion that it reduced infection rates and illness rates.
- We still don't know the exactly benefit, but the way the we ignore it simply because it doesn't invite big pharma to the party is stupid.
- If it works, it's GREAT. If it doesn't work... then it goes along with the rest that doesn't work (stay at home orders, mask mandates, etc).
4 Answers4 weeks ago - 6Upvotes of all answers to this question
i have a terrible respiratory problem and My job still makes me wear a mask to work?
Favourite answer:Contact your state labor board.
6 Answers1 month ago - 9Upvotes of all answers to this question
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Have you ever caught pneumonia from taking a cold shower?
Favourite answer:Impossible.
You can't get a cold or the flu that way either.
5 Answers1 month ago - 5Upvotes of all answers to this question
How dangerous is it to breathe in mold dust from food?
I was helping a friend clean out cupboards and found a bag of very moldy apples, I tossed them but a puff of mold dust scattered, I'm kinda freaking out now about what harm that could cause me.
5 Answers1 month ago - 0Upvotes of all answers to this question
Does wearing a mask make your lungs stronger like high altitude training?
Favourite answer:No, and higher altitude doesn’t make lungs stronger. It does increase red cells which carry oxygen bound to hemoglobin, you lungs do gas exchange the same as at low altitudes.
6 Answers2 months ago - 17Upvotes of all answers to this question
I'm a senior and live with my 92 yr old mom who is housebound. If I get the J&J vaccine can virus shedding from my shot give her covid?
My mom wouldn't be covid vaccinated.
9 Answers2 months ago - 1Upvotes of all answers to this question
I'm getting shortness of breath?
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of night unable to breathe. I have to sit up as I gasp for air :/ This has been happening more often and now I notice I feel the same shortness of breath in waking hours. I will just be sitting there and suddenly feel the need to take a deep breath. It doesnt feel like its enough so I have to keep taking several deep breaths to feel better. Anyone else feel this?
4 Answers2 months ago - 2Upvotes of all answers to this question
I got my first covid shot today. Would i he able to workout today?
Favourite answer:If you did not already have COVID, you're unlikely to get more than a slightly sore arm from the vaccine. It's perfectly safe to work out.
I assume you'd stop if you suddenly felt unwell during a workout, regardless of the cause.
If you did have COVID, you're likely to feel like you have it again starting anytime from five or six hours after the shot to the next day. It apparently lasts two or three days at the most. You wouldn't exercise if you feel like that.
(And if you're getting a two-dose vaccine, the second dose is likely to make you feel sick. Be prepared for that.)
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Lack of oxygen due to diabetes?
My dad recently went to the hospital because no oxygen was going to his leg and it was rotting. After he came out he can barely breathe now. We have gone to the hospital about 5 times for that fact and they send him back home saying he's okay, we've spend more than $1,000 just on visits. When I ask the doctors why he has a lack of oxygen, they say they don't and do nothing to help. Apperently the hospital is no help, what else can it be done? We've took him to the hospital way before he's conditions got worse and they had said he was fine until I saw it and took him the hospital which turns out he wasn't fine. Seems the doctors are making things worse.
8 Answers2 months ago