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Jan 12, 2022Liked by John Skylar, PhD

You saw that CDC is considering issuing a guideline recommending high-efficiency respirators? I've been telling people I know to stock up, because supply will dry up just like toilet paper and chicken did in 2020 (which is to say, temporarily).

Folks should be aware, there are lots of counterfeit respirators around, especially KN95 and N95. According to tests by Aaron Collins, you can pretty much count on any KF94 mask out of South Korea--just confirm it was made in SK. Collins publishes his test data:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eE2BERAvRzs28kG87ft3a27FS9-gHvdC

CDC tips on spotting counterfeit N95s:

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/AdditionalTips.html

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Have you heard anything about cannabinoids and SARS-CoV2? - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/

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The article about reusing N95 respirators is paywalled. Could you summarize?

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