to cover their faces in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and a growing list of places requiring it, millions of people are getting creative to try and do their part - pulling out sewing kits, ripping up T-shirts and repurposing everything from vacuum filters to old bras. Seriously.
Face coverings don't need to be works of immaculate engineering, health officials say. Save the surgical masks and coveted N95 masks for the health care workers dealing with the pandemic. For the rest of us, a simple piece of cloth covering mouth and nose will go a long way. Many people who have COVID-19 are asymptomatic and a cloth mask, worn properly, can help keep them from unknowingly spreading the disease.
But many NPR listeners and followers on Twitter and Facebook are not simple people. Some have gone to extraordinary lengths to protect themselves and the people around them. Others are channeling their inner artisan. I made these masks from fabric I had on hand . I gave them to my family members and four dozen were taken to a nearby hospital and clinic where my son-in-law is a physician.
I've been cutting bike inner tube into strips to make washable masks for friends and neighbors, cut them a little longer for guys with ever-growing quarantine beards.
Has anyone been shot yet for wearing a mask?
“I’m ....” well, you know.
Ask antifa.. they have covered their faces for years..
If you have a crafty wife, she can sew you one. lovemywife CoronavirusPandemic
We are truly on our own. Think how ridiculous it is to have no leadership from this Trump admin. Bumbling lies and anger towards the press and medical pros is what we get. T-shirts? Bras? Inept criminal negligence. trumpcovidfails
I do have some scraps of cloths, old T-shirts & scarves🧣... , thank God! 🙏
You can buy them on Amazon. N99 is better than N95 masks.
But there’s no need to wear one.
We spend nearly $800 billion a year on defense, yet we are making masks out of tee shirts.
'....and repurposing everything from vacuum filters to old bras.' The US is not a first-world country.
Yep 😁
So... when the brick and mortar department stores reopen, is there going to be a section devoted to masks, like there are for socks and underwear? Are masks going to be part of everyday wearing apparel from now on?
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Making masks using reusable shopping bags as the outer layer to provide a bit of water resistance
Vaccuum filters have fiberglass.
Mine...
here where I live, we are volunteering to sew face masks. SO far we've sewn 20,000 between us. Fabric stores have donated fabric and elastic.
But will I get arrested wearing this going the bank?
Because China hordes PPE..
If there is a mask shortage i would do the same.
There’s some using new under garments to cover their faces 🤣