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Abstract
Many countries across the globe utilized medical and non-medical facemasks as non-pharmaceutical intervention for reducing the transmission and infectivity of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Although, scientific evidence supporting facemasks’ efficacy is lacking, adverse physiological, psychological and health effects are established. Is has been hypothesized that facemasks have compromised safety and efficacy profile and should be avoided from use. The current article comprehensively summarizes scientific evidences with respect to wearing facemasks in the COVID-19 era, providing prosper information for public health and decisions making.
Keywords:Physiology, Psychology, Health, SARS-CoV-2, Safety, Efficacy
Introduction
Facemasks are part of non-pharmaceutical interventions providing some breathing barrier to the mouth and nose that have been utilized for reducing the transmission of respiratory pathogens[1]. Facemasks can be medical and non-medical, where two typ
Abstract
Many countries across the globe utilized medical and non-medical facemasks as non-pharmaceutical intervention for reducing the transmission and infectivity of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Although, scientific evidence supporting facemasks’ efficacy is lacking, adverse physiological, psychological and health effects are established. Is has been hypothesized that facemasks have compromised safety and efficacy profile and should be avoided from use. The current article comprehensively summarizes scientific evidences with respect to wearing facemasks in the COVID-19 era, providing prosper information for public health and decisions making.
Keywords:Physiology, Psychology, Health, SARS-CoV-2, Safety, Efficacy
Introduction
Facemasks are part of non-pharmaceutical interventions providing some breathing barrier to the mouth and nose that have been utilized for reducing the transmission of respiratory pathogens[1]. Facemasks can be medical and non-medical, where two typ
1,5,6
there have been no confirmed cases of an infant contracting SARS-CoV-2 via breastmilk.
Even if it is possible for SARS-CoV-2 to pass into breastmilk, several studies have now demonstrated that Holder pasteurization inactivates SARS-CoV-2.
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Studies of other epidemic coronaviruses, such as the virus responsible for the 2003 SARS epidemic and the virus responsible for the 2012 MERS outbreak, demonstrate that
pasteurization is highly effective in inactivating these viruses. Two studies were done in diverse carrier media for plasma-derived products,
7,8 and another study was conducted using animal milk
9 in which the virus was found during epidemic infection.
Prolacta s Effective Pasteurization Protocol
As of now, evidence indicates that pasteurization inactivates SARS-CoV-2 should it be present in breastmilk. All of Prolacta s products are pasteurized using time and temperature profiles defined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in its Pasteurized Milk Ordinance