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BETHSADA, Maryland, February 25, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Researchers attached to an American national institute say they have evidence that masks are good for you: allegedly they keep your lungs hydrated, washing away viruses.
Joseph M. Courtney and Ad Bax of the Health and Human Services’ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) have published a mask study in the March 16, 2021 Biophysical Journal. It presents their theory that cloth masks might lessen the sufferings of their wearers if they were to contract COVID-19. In short, they conclude that breathing your warm, moist expelled air back into your lungs cleans germs out of your airways.
“We propose that the recently reported, disease-attenuating effect of generic facemasks is dominated by the strong humidity increase of inspired air,” Courtney and Bax wrote in the abstract of their study.
“This elevated humidity promotes mucociliary clearance of pathogens from the lungs, both before and after an infection of the upper respiratory tract has occurred,” they continued.
“Effective mucociliary clearance can delay and reduce infection of the lower respiratory tract, thus mitigating disease
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