Anyone can make a no-sewing face mask with a piece of cloth and some hair ties or rubber bands.
Individuals in everyday situations do not need N95 masks. A cloth mask will protect you from most of the mucus and saliva micro-droplets that you would encounter in a typical grocery store, etc. You are not leaning into a sick person's face, intubating them and getting aerosolized virus blown into your face. You're probably just walking through a cloud of someone's floating mucus blobs (think disgusted tongue-stick-out emoji here). Those blobs are lots bigger than the virus itself so a less effective mask still protects you.
Here is an article about how to fold cloth into an effective mask. Look at "Tutorial #3." You don't have to get the filter material -- you can put in another square of cloth, or just omit the filter. It's better to have some protection than no protection.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-make-fa...d9f5d628e8
You can also make the fancier sewn ones if you're the handy type -- lots of videos and patterns online.
If you have N95 masks, you might be saving a healthcare worker's life by donating the masks to a hospital. Check your toolkit and garage -- lots of the masks you might have for painting or woodworking or other projects are N95 masks.
I discovered I had half a dozen P95 and N95 masks (the P95 masks indicate that they also stop paint fumes -- they might be even better against this virus). I'm going to be dropping them by a hospital tomorrow.
Individuals in everyday situations do not need N95 masks. A cloth mask will protect you from most of the mucus and saliva micro-droplets that you would encounter in a typical grocery store, etc. You are not leaning into a sick person's face, intubating them and getting aerosolized virus blown into your face. You're probably just walking through a cloud of someone's floating mucus blobs (think disgusted tongue-stick-out emoji here). Those blobs are lots bigger than the virus itself so a less effective mask still protects you.
Here is an article about how to fold cloth into an effective mask. Look at "Tutorial #3." You don't have to get the filter material -- you can put in another square of cloth, or just omit the filter. It's better to have some protection than no protection.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-make-fa...d9f5d628e8
You can also make the fancier sewn ones if you're the handy type -- lots of videos and patterns online.
If you have N95 masks, you might be saving a healthcare worker's life by donating the masks to a hospital. Check your toolkit and garage -- lots of the masks you might have for painting or woodworking or other projects are N95 masks.
I discovered I had half a dozen P95 and N95 masks (the P95 masks indicate that they also stop paint fumes -- they might be even better against this virus). I'm going to be dropping them by a hospital tomorrow.
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