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Where are these mythical masks available? Been wearing my last one for a week BamaRefugee Mar 2020 #1
They're easy enough to make, there's insructions all over the internet. marble falls Mar 2020 #6
you can make them or buy the handmade ones online Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #82
Yes greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #2
it only works if everyone wears it AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #3
Whatever greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #4
Yes. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2020 #5
should all essential businesses that remain open provide masks AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #7
Yes. LisaL Mar 2020 #47
yes Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #84
Yes, a mask will protect you Meowmee Mar 2020 #8
Would a tshirt strip and coffee filters work to some degree? Captain Zero Mar 2020 #39
Yes Meowmee Mar 2020 #41
re: "If it protects others if you sneeze etc it protects you as well" thesquanderer Mar 2020 #80
Not true Meowmee Mar 2020 #85
it will restrict the travel distance of the virus AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #86
Yes. In those respects, both kinds of masks significantly help prevent transmission. thesquanderer Mar 2020 #94
Wearing one I would find easy getting one Raine Mar 2020 #9
Make one... BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #16
I'm going to give it a try Raine Mar 2020 #17
Get creative or just have fun with it. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #19
I started sewing masks by hand today. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #10
I don't have a sewing machine, and don't really know how to sew besides BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #13
Me too that's the kind of sewing I do, basic by hand Raine Mar 2020 #18
My son Mossfern Mar 2020 #24
That's a pretty good idea. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #26
Hey Moss, yer son's a dadgum genius!!! Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #29
Thanks Mossfern Mar 2020 #30
Aaaaahhhhhh! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #32
That is clever & easy. Appreciate your smart son! TY appalachiablue Mar 2020 #72
All you need to use is a running stitch csziggy Mar 2020 #58
Do you have a pattern? EllieBC Mar 2020 #21
I've been looking at youtube how-to's for about a week now. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #23
My sister said she found one that was made from paper towel, staples, rubberbands. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #65
I saw one like that too--wonder if it would be better BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #66
The tighter the weave the better... MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #71
Yeah at the very least, gives us something to do sitting at home.. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #73
Here are two I bookmarked, there are lots on Youtube- MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #64
WHO says yes if you're sick or taking care of someone who is sick. mwooldri Mar 2020 #11
everyone must assume they are carriers AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #31
Exactly. LisaL Mar 2020 #48
We are. Greybnk48 Mar 2020 #12
YES...here's why... BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #14
I haven't, but they have to help, even if only marginally effective. Hoyt Mar 2020 #15
The ones I'm making are designer . . . Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #37
Cool. How long will it be before America's wealthy will appear with Louis Vuitton surgical masks? Hoyt Mar 2020 #50
I was looking for something in garage today marlakay Mar 2020 #20
I found a few also Steelrolled Mar 2020 #56
Safety Glasses are also good if you have them. Normal glasses can also offer a bit of protection JCMach1 Mar 2020 #22
I saw someone with swimming goggles on today! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #33
Those would be good. LisaL Mar 2020 #46
We have some safety glasses, I'm planning to use them BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #70
I have my mowing glasses which form a shield on all sides JCMach1 Mar 2020 #77
Thanks for the suggestion! musette_sf Mar 2020 #87
Yes budkin Mar 2020 #25
I wore mine to the Post Office today... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2020 #27
Yes. bamagal62 Mar 2020 #28
I am not convinced that's necessary. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #34
Better to wear it and not need it than to need it and not wear it hangaleft Mar 2020 #38
+1, I've been saying for years my parents generation had a gift of toughness. Every generation has . uponit7771 Mar 2020 #74
did you grow up on a farm far from mcdonald's Captain Zero Mar 2020 #40
Well, I did spend part of my childhood, from age 7 to 14 out in the country. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #42
When I posted a thread here about parents deliberately exposing their rzemanfl Mar 2020 #55
I'm 71 and grew up in Manhattan HockeyMom Mar 2020 #57
Everyone needs to be responsible for their own safety. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #35
welcome to pandemic 101 AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #36
So as someone with zero underlying conditions, who is easily PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #43
For me, as a healthy (so far as I know, don't go to doctor very often) 50 year old BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #69
Yes, it's a no brainer Cicada Mar 2020 #44
Yes. LisaL Mar 2020 #45
We should wear masks to protect others, not necessarily ourselves. kentuck Mar 2020 #49
I see it the other way. If you protect your self you are protecting others mitch96 Mar 2020 #60
Or cut up a HEPA vacuum bag into filters. Clean bag, obviously. LisaL Mar 2020 #68
I think so Generic Other Mar 2020 #51
I found a box of painter's masks Freddie Mar 2020 #52
'Mask countries' vs the 'no mask' countries - graph PunkinPi Mar 2020 #53
The mask countries also do massive testing & track you w/ cell phone apps. CottonBear Mar 2020 #54
Agree...just found the graphic interesting in light of the OP's question. nt PunkinPi Mar 2020 #59
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #76
I went absolutist on masks after reading accounts and data JCMach1 Mar 2020 #78
It's probably ideal MissMillie Mar 2020 #61
You can make a cotton mask or you can purchase on-line. LisaL Mar 2020 #67
Yes we all should duforsure Mar 2020 #62
Without question. The more people who wear them, the more people WILL feel obliged to Alex4Martinez Mar 2020 #63
I have a rubber trump mask. Wonder how that would work. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #75
I have a rubber Beavis mask musette_sf Mar 2020 #88
heh heh...heh heh...n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #89
I NEED TP musette_sf Mar 2020 #91
Beavis knew this day was coming. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #92
A coronavirus particle is 70-90 nm. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2020 #79
yes, we should Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #81
Yes, I belive so shanti Mar 2020 #83
I wear mine outside the home DenverJared Mar 2020 #90
Yes! Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2020 #93
that's terryfing AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #96
Yep, it's a win win. LisaL Mar 2020 #97
We should wear masks if we have them to help protect elderly and immunocompromised people. roamer65 Mar 2020 #95
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