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n April 3, after new data was released showing that up to a quarter of people infected with the coronavirus are asymptomatic, the CDC announced new recommendations for wearing face masks. Its guidelines stipulate that everyone should cover their faces with a cloth mask while “in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain,” like the grocery store. This, of course, doesn’t mean we should rush to hoard the medical-grade masks desperately needed by health care workers. It means fashioning something yourself. The CDC specifically recommends using tightly woven cotton to make a mask. So those of...

It was concerning a physician who tested the efficacy of various types of masks in an epidemiological setting. Cloth and surgical masks were efficient for stopping 60% of infection. Three paper towels folded in half stopped 70%. Thanks.

Cut a sheet into one by two feet pieces. Place a two-foot long piece of string in the middle of a piece. Fold the piece over the string. Loop the string over your ears. Flop the outer half of the piece over your head. Tie(or knot) the string around the lower half of the piece and your throat. Fold the top half of the piece back down. Put on eyeglasses to close off bridge of nose openings. To remove, cut string if exposed to hazard and discard, or if not, slip string over ears for reuse.