It’s time again to play “is this parody or real life?”
Hey @TheOnion , this you?
— Courtney Helland (@CourtneyHella) June 4, 2022
I thought @TheBabylonBee was banned? Wait… this is real?!
— Judas Coyne (@JustinCowzynski) June 4, 2022
This particular story comes by way of a news station in Australia citing “new research” about protecting against the spread of Covid-19 while performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation:
As COVID-19 deaths remain stubbornly high in Australia, new international research has found it may be possible to perform mouth-to-mouth CPR while wearing a face mask to keep the virus at bay. #9Newshttps://t.co/2QCbdiMRJg
— 9News Australia (@9NewsAUS) June 3, 2022
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Say that one word loud and proud:
Science!!!!!
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) June 4, 2022
So it’s come to this?
As COVID-19 deaths remain stubbornly high in Australia, new international research has found it may be possible to perform mouth-to-mouth CPR while wearing a face mask to keep the virus at bay.
Mouth-to-mouth ventilation where a rescuer presses their mouth against the patient’s mouth and blows air into their lungs is an integral part of life support.
“At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CPR training in the Czech Republic and elsewhere was limited to either tuition in chest compressions alone (hands-only CPR) or schooling in bag-mask ventilation, due to concern about infection,” the study said.
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The study found more than 90 percent of the breaths resulted in chest rising.Dr Vaclav Vafek concluded performing mouth-to-mouth while wearing a face mask was effective more than 90 percent of the time.
Of course, if you’re the person who needs CPR, Covid would probably not be high on your list of concerns at the moment.
If someone needs CPR, and your concern is catching covid, you’ve lost the plot https://t.co/d6YdZB4x1p
— therealist100 (@therealist1001) June 4, 2022
Masks so good at preventing COVID transmission you can give CPR through them! https://t.co/JaNwPNFwEJ
— Andrew (@MitchRapp_) June 4, 2022
Oh, Australia … https://t.co/kKb9uSlixF
— Gracia Livie (@gracialivie) June 4, 2022
There’s been no shortage of “WTF” stories related to Covid-19 that come from Australia.
If this doesn’t show you how INSANE the cult of masking is, then you need help with your mental health. https://t.co/BckMKoMG8e
— janice (@chestnuthell) June 4, 2022
We’ve officially reached a new level on the stupidity charts with this one https://t.co/ycmDbJSaey
— Tyler Chowning (@TyChown33) June 4, 2022
Every time we think we’ve reached peak stupid, somebody comes along and moves the peak even higher.
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