Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing ranging from helmets to goggles, surgical face masks, face shields, N95 respirators to hazmat suits and much more. PPE is designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. In times of pandemic, PPE is the first line of defense against deadly viruses for healthcare professionals. With the Covid-19 pandemic spreading like wildfire and mutating into different variants, PPE is more essential than ever. PPE is of utmost importance not only to healthcare professionals and front liners but to each and everyone of us.
We've been advised and encouraged to do double masking along with other PPE like goggles and face shield when out in crowded places and healthcare facilities. A recent CDC study found that when people wear a well-fitted surgical mask covered by a cloth mask, they can increase their own protection from aerosol droplets by 90% or more, and that possible transmission is significantly reduced when both parties wore masks.
PPE will be essential for healthcare staff and the general community for the long haul as Coronavirus is unlikely to be eradicated. It will however, become endemic but with decreased potency over time. Shopping for disposable face masks, N95 respirators, face shields and goggles will now be an inevitable routine for you and me and everyone else, just like shopping for other essentials like food and drinks. We will probably have to live with wearing a face mask whenever we are out for years to come.
It is the hope of everyone that as more of the world population gets vaccinated and acquires some immunity through exposure to the virus, the impact of the virus on the world in terms of mortality, severity and the need for social isolation will lessen.
Meanwhile, the best we can do to protect ourselves and our loved ones from Covid-19 is to mask up the correct way, dress up in proper PPE which you can shop online for at New York Microscope Company, practise social distancing and sanitize our hands and spaces regularly.
Stay safe and healthy, everyone. May we all persevere to stay strong and determined to fight this war against the invisible enemy together.