And this is not dangerous unless there’s something else wrong with you. And, you know, I could see that there were some of the people that I’m with almost had a palpable relief, that well, this isn’t happening to every kid. And at one point in time, one of the things I heard was that most of these kids in fact all of these kids that were in ventilators and most of the ones that were in the units were either unvaccinated or they’re people with other conditions, comorbidities, kids born with lung deformities and things like that. Looking at the parents, looking at the experience people going through the fear how awful it was. You can feel and walk into these hospitals in this hospital. Dramatic increases over the number that there usually are, I think, a tenfold increase in with the typically experiencing large chunks of nursing staff are out. 44 kids, they’re in the hospital in some form. And there were eight children in the hospital right now on ventilators. This morning, I went to the Children’s Hospital here in Los Angeles. This is some sort of nice philosophical emotion. And even if you’re generally empathetic, so seeing that what’s going on around us that maybe just tough to reach, but I’m serious. We’ve been through two years of this stuff. Stop being the, stop with this vague human empathy stuff. Okay, this is the time when you roll your eyes, say, oh, come on, Slavitt. What does that tool, that tool that I’m thinking about is human empathy. It’s a tool, that with it, amazing things can be done. Maybe it’s a tool that I find actually, in dangerously the lowest supply, perhaps more than any other tool right now. I want to discuss yet another tool that we have. So before we go on the conversation, that’s going to hopefully be very helpful to you. So I think the questions that are on people’s minds today, what kinds what’s the difference in these NASS and then difference between 95 and N94? What are all the differences? How much exposure do you need in order to get sick? Is it true, you can get it in an elevator by yourself? All that stuff and these tools. Whether you live in someplace that requires them or whether you live someplace that doesn’t, but you need them when you travel or whether you just want to stay safe. These are good things and they’re all around us. You need them, even if you’re vaccinated and boosted. These are tools that help us vaccines and boosters, save your life, but masks and filtered and well-ventilated air, prevent contagion and spread in the first place. And so that’s the approach we take today. As an analogy, in this episode to the episode we did last week, on testing, and how to use at home testing and other types of tests how they work, it just dawned on me that these topics are so complex, but that people are smart enough that they just want to know if you tell people how it works, they’ll be able to make better decisions on what to use and what to do. Rich Corsi, yes, the dean of the engineering school at the University of California Davis, he is really one of the best indoor air quality experts, and a really good explainer out there. How you make sure you’re in spaces that are either being filtered or have proper ventilation. He’s a mechanical engineer who’s got a background in aerosol science who doesn’t? He’s the guy who tests all these reviews masks and his YouTube channel. How do they work? Which one should you wear a lot of controversy related to the CDC on this topic? We’ll straighten that out for you today with the mask nerd. And today, knowledge can be coming at you in areas that people have a lot of interest in understanding and I think are more complicated than meets the eye. It’s knowledge that like a lot of things with the pandemic, none of us can really be expected to know on our own, unless someone explains it to us. Today, a whole heap of knowledge comes at you. We continue our Omicron 101 podcast episodes. Keep up with Andy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Rich and Aaron on Twitter. Today’s episode is a battle of the nerds, and we all come out winners in the end with practical information to help us stay safer during this Omicron wave and beyond. Aaron breaks down everything you need to know about the different kinds of masks out there, including what masks are best for kids. Fan-favorite Rich returns to talk about how to think about ventilation, ways to reduce our inhalation dose, and how that’s changed with Omicron. Andy enlists two experts - UC Davis Dean of Engineering Rich Corsi and “Mask Nerd” Aaron Collins - to better understand the importance of masking and indoor air quality during this Omicron wave.
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