No, because masks don't inhibit O2 levels. They may affect how you feel, however.
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No, because masks don't inhibit O2 levels. They may affect how you feel, however.
Try rolling a round of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, or skating a fast ice hockey shift while wearing a cloth mask, and you may beg to differ.Quote:
No, because masks don't inhibit O2 levels. They may affect how you feel, however.
This AMA "resolution" has been posted about before. I don't think it has any significance at all. Doctors are allowed to prescribe medications for off-label uses. Nobody asks the AMA what they think when they are treating a patient, and the AMA does not have authority to dictate treatment. This looks pretty symbolic to me.
FDA has authority about how emergency stockpiles of drugs are used, and this had affected use of hydroxychloroquine in the spring, I think, as some hospitals were drawing on the emergency stockpiles that are under FDA influence. But aside from that, if you can find a pharmacy to supply it, and a doctor to prescribe it, you can pretty much get whatever you want, no matter what the FDA or AMA think (short of FDA taking a drug off the market, I suppose).
Thoughts on the results of this study? The participants are not walking on a treadmill.
http://scielo.isciii.es/pdf/neuro/v19n2/3.pdf
The main takeaway (if any, with n=20) is that, while walking at 3.4 miles per hour, wearing a mask consistently increases average heart rate by 10 BPM. (For the record, the participants did not feel much different.)
https://i.ibb.co/MkhS4Bb/3-E95658-B-...495-EA0724.jpg
That is worrisome - for anyone who actually cares about public health, not just their corner of the hospital. This is yet another misquoted article whose estimation of clinical significance was intended to selectively apply to 0.1% of the population.
I refuse to voluntarily enter these COVID-19 rabbit holes. They are not intellectually stimulating, they are not helpful in resolving what is a fundamentally political problem, and they fill me with a deep, unwavering pessimism.