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[cilein]

“An eye for detail” - a café case mystery... 

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[things-of-a-pediatrician]

[cilein]

We may be seeing a lot more masks in public in the coming months (and maybe years) until an effective vaccine for COVID-19 is widely available. I was only familiar with using surgical and N95 masks, so thought it might be interesting to look at what else is out there.⁠⠀

Some research on the protection masks may offer to wearers and those around them, which you might find interesting:

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24229526/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0843-2

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[cilein]

I am making these comics to explore the science of COVID-19 as it evolves in a friendly format. I hope to make a little more sense of the disease and strategies to beat it. 

If my caretoons help a single person avoid catching or spreading COVID-19, that could mean thousands fewer having to suffer, and a little less strain on the wonderful medics, couriers, police, shopkeepers, and others keeping our countries together at this time.

If you would like to help fuel my art, check out https://artibiotics.com/support. I'm going to release new COVID-19 comics for everyone as I finish them to get these messages out into the world without delay. I will continue to share peeks behind the scenes on their development, abandoned ideas, etc for my Patrons on Patreon.

If you want to share the comic, please credit, don’t edit, and link back to the source to preserve the context and help people find more.

Take care, stay safe, and look after each other. <3

[cilein]

A comic answer to ‘why should we stay 2 meters apart when socially distancing?’ 

The World Health Organisation recommends at least 3ft/1m and Centers for Disease Control recommends 6ft/2m; these numbers are based on the falloff distance of heavy droplets which carry similar coronaviruses to COVID-19.

A recent study reported that the cloud expelled in a cough or sneeze can carry such droplets up to 27ft/8m. It has not yet been confirmed if droplets can infect at this range, however.

Following the guidance of at least 2 meters should help us stay away from infective droplets being shed by people who may not even realise they are infected. For those experiencing symptoms, proper isolation is the best protection for those around you!

I hope you are all staying safe and looking out for one another (from a distance!).

Let me know in the comments if there is a question about COVID-19 you'd like me to tackle with a future comic!

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[cilein]

Pre-eclampsia is characterised by high blood pressure and protein leaking into the urine during pregnancy, which can become life-threatening for both mum and baby. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The blood supply to the placenta develops abnormally, limiting blood flow to the developing fetus instead of increasing it. This stunts growth, releases inflammatory factors, and results in rising blood pressure which can wreak havoc around the body.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Medics check blood pressure often during pregnancy to catch and manage pre-eclampsia early. It can be treated by good blood pressure control, and often an earlier delivery of the baby is planned.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ If anyone has experienced this - what might you want medics to know about what it was like? And medics, how might you explain the condition differently?⠀

[cilein]

Stay safe out there (at home), flatten the curve and save lives! <3 Thanks to my lovely wife for her input and pushing me to finish this!

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[cilein]

Submitting a paper to the editorial gods for judgement...

Wish us luck!