Agreed—I can’t seem to article focusing on the surgical masks—so I don’t know how long it will take for those to be readily available for all Americans.
The homemade mask option will be the best short-term one.
Feds should consider telling people to wear masks in areas of epidemic spread. But supply chain for hospitals is crushed. All resources must go to providers. In the interim - for consumers who don’t already have masks - CDC can fashion proposal on how people make cotton masks.
https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1243931750989955072
I think the surgical masks are now starting to become available.
Just today I had a relative offer me some for $1 a piece. These are from her workplace. I took 20.