Do you wear a mask in stores?

[Chuckanut]

Wonder why they didn't test with both cages covered.

Maybe they did. I only know what is in the podcast.

Maybe they got tired of making little masks for the hamsters. [emoji40]

 

[Turbo29]

Listening to the latest episode of The People's Pharmacy, they reported on a Korean study of the protection provided by masks (actually mask materials). They used two sets of hamsters, one infected with CV and the others uninfected. When they placed the cage of uninfected hamsters next to the infected hamsters the infection rate was 67%.

Then they [-]made little masks for the uninfected hamsters[/-] covered the uninfected hamster cage with mask cloth and placed the cages close together again. This time the infection rate was 33%. Finally, they covered the cage of the infected hamsters instead, and the infection rate went down to 17%. And the newly infected hamsters had a lower viral load.

https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/podcasts

Show 1213.

This podcast also contains an interview with a cardiologist concerning CV19 and its effect on heart health.

Well, we know that cloths over a hamster cage may protect hamsters in closely stacked cages. I'll keep that in mind if I ever get some pet hamsters.