Are all of these handmade cloth masks people are making useful?

[Jirel]

37. No, and here's why.

Aside from technical issues with fit and materials, most people don’t wear them in any reasonably correct way. They just contaminate themselves and others while having the illusion of safety. Some examples from the grocery store yesterday:

- The woman in mask and gloves taking her son in mask and gloves into the bathroom, where they relieve themselves then don’t wash up (‘cuz gloves!). The kid then starts rubbing his eyes. Off they go shopping as the kid goes touching every chip bag in the aisle.

- Then there was the bozo wearing mask and gloves who the minute she walked out of the store partially undid her mask with dirty gloves, then hung the dirty mask right under her chin where it was rubbing everything into her face.

- The winner of the stupid-in-PPE contest of the day was the genius who had to sneeze (it’s hay fever season here, and it’s a doozy), so she pulled the mask down to her chin, sneezed into her gloves twice, pulled up the mask, then kept right on shopping with her sneezed-into gloves.

Bottom line: PPE is only as useful if it’s the right type and the person wearing it isn’t screwing up. With no PPE, people are wary and take precautions. Covidiots, however, act like PPE is magic, and engage in stupid behaviors that they wouldn’t, if they didn’t feel bulletproof.

Some articles about this problem:

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-02-05/how-to-prevent-coronavirus-wash-your-hands

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/coronavirus-homemade-masks-doctor-1.5510998

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article240780786.html

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/health/surgeon-general-coronavirus-masks-risk-trnd/index.html

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-face-mask-should-people-wear-who-recommendation/