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nolabear

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3. No, it just says don't share them or use as ventilators.

Reply to intrepidity (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2020, 04:49 PM

Mar 2020

Does bring up a question re ionizers as cleaners though. I use one and it’s supposed to kill virtually all bacteria. Not sure re viruses. But if so can PPEs be cleaned ionically?

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Should CPAP use be curtailed during this pandemic? [View all] intrepidity Mar 2020 OP

Saw on the news Separation Mar 2020 #1

I guess if they were used in isolation/negative pressure rooms Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #5

My FIL's son died because he took a nap without wearing his CPAP. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #2

Agreed. intrepidity Mar 2020 #9

No, it just says don't share them or use as ventilators. nolabear Mar 2020 #3

The CPAP might filter the air before you inhale, but what you exhale ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2020 #11

Yeah, I guess. Though you do exhale into the chamber. nolabear Mar 2020 #12

I am only 53 and healthy. Slight high blood pressure since I was 35. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #4

Since I am single, I don't hafta worry. roamer65 Mar 2020 #6

They are life savers. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #7

As contagious as this virus seems to be, anyone in the same household is already exposed csziggy Mar 2020 #8

Not sure. Just bringing up the info. intrepidity Mar 2020 #10