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People need to stay home, but they also need to go to the grocery store, bank, or other essential activities. When they do, they should be wearing a mask.


I think we know that's just not going to happen in general. It's been impossible to buy masks for weeks.


You can make your own from a piece of clothe - there are thousands of people doing just that all over Europe, making masks for themselves, their family and friends.


A tea towel/dish cloth mask catches 70% of virus sized, a vacuum cleaner bag 85% particles as against 90% for surgical masks.

Professional and Home-Made Face Masks Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Infections among the General Population

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/




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