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Imagine breathing through a face-hugging N95 mask for an entire eight-hour nursing shift on a hospital floor.
Properly fitted, it clings tightly to the skin, protecting the wearer from breathing in pathogens such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
But those filtered-out germs don't just vanish - the novel coronavirus can live up to 72 hours on surfaces, masks included. Just touching the outside of a contaminated respirator is risky, and it's considered the biggest danger of reusing them.
https://www.startribune.com/still-in-short-supply-n95-masks-used-over-and-over/571533522/
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