So, you’ve effectively got three layers of protection. “We put an N95 filter between two sheets of the copper material. The copper-laden fabric is then shipped to Johannesburg to be made into masks. MedCu Technologies makes the fabric by impregnating cloth with copper oxide at a microscopic level. “It gives us great pleasure and pride to take part in protecting the South African people, especially given the vaccination challenge, with the world’s first and only active mask with impregnated copper-oxide fabric,” said Dr Gadi Borkow, MedCu CTO. This technology was created by an Israeli company called MedCu Technologies, which produces the fabric so that paramedics can dress wounds at accident scenes. To protect the environment and hopefully slow down the rate of COVID-19 infections, Copper Fresh began producing masks made from fabric infused with copper oxide.

Then we saw a sudden flood of KN95 masks, which aren’t as good as the N95 and has a short lifespan which would mean billions of masks going to landfill,” said Ash. We also saw there was a global shortage of N95 masks. “We saw the pandemic was going to be longer than a 3-week story. The metal has also been proven to be effective against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus. According to the University of Cambridge, copper and alloys that contain up to 58% copper are effective in killing microbes on furniture and equipment in hospital wards.Īccording to the Washington Post, when bacteria and viruses meet copper, the metal attracts electrons from the microbes, producing unstable molecules, which then kill the pathogens. It is made with copper.Ĭopper has been proven to be an effective killer of diseases like MRSA, E.coli, Influenza A, as well as norovirus. The reason the masks can kill viruses and bacteria is the same reason the mask has a reddish, pinkish hue. So, if you take your mask off and then put it back on again you are still carrying the virus with you.”. Whereas your traditional blue mask doesn’t.

This means every time you touch your face you are spreading new virus onto your mask and contaminating it,” said Miller, quoted by Business Insider.

“One of the problems with is that it doesn’t prevent you from touching your face often.

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