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Apr 5, 2020
3:01:26pm

Gigo Starter

Depends on the fabric

Sewing your own face mask? Some fabrics work better than others, finds new research

What is the best fabric to use to sew your own face covering? Here's how to sew your own face mask at home.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/making-your-own-face-mask-some-fabrics-work-better-others-n1175966

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Gigo

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Do most of these homemade masks even work? I'm seeing mask making parties everywhere. social distancing being used

BYUALWAYSNUM1 All-American

4/5/20 2:49pm

Do we believe CDC of a week ago, or CDC today? It's a tough nut to crack.

Plato

4/5/20 2:52pm

Homemade masks are meant to prevent asymptomatic Covid (+) people from spreading to others

SJS

4/5/20 2:54pm

I get that, but I still don't know if they actually work

4/5/20 2:56pm

Considering the wide range of homemade mask quality, it’s impossible to answer, but better than nothing.

SJS

4/5/20 2:56pm

helps you not touch your mouth and nose, where the majority of the transmission occurs. IMO

BlueFrog

4/5/20 2:57pm

I don’t think that’s where majority of transmission occurs

Memmo

4/5/20 2:58pm

Pray tell

cougarnerd

4/5/20 3:04pm

where do you think?

BlueFrog

4/5/20 3:06pm

According to Twitter, it is in volleyball pits.

ochobeeguy

4/5/20 3:29pm

Licking toilets

StantonMac

4/5/20 3:30pm

The majority of cases come from ingesting droplets from other people’s

Memmo

4/5/20 4:31pm

this article says its hand to face contact after your hand touches a driplet

BlueFrog

4/5/20 5:21pm

Depends on the fabric

Gigo

4/5/20 3:01pm

Masks worn by the public help protect others from you not you from them

LaserCoug

4/5/20 3:01pm

This!!!!

charles

4/5/20 3:06pm

Yes, when you consider something is better than nothing.

Mister P

4/5/20 3:07pm

My wife has sewn hepa filter material & other pressed fabric material (nothing

WDaddy

4/5/20 3:11pm

Same here.

NewMexiCoug

4/5/20 6:06pm

Yes they work! Lowers the viral dose you get

CallingDingo

4/5/20 3:27pm

No need for one. I just use the n95 mask that I have in my emergency prep stash.

kcca

4/5/20 4:24pm

They can't hurt. If nothing else, helps keep hands away from face.

Benfica1

4/5/20 5:30pm

They will help stop droplet transmission, both from the infected person wearing

BeardedSpock

4/5/20 5:34pm

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