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Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
CDC ^ | Apr 13, 2020 | CDC

Posted on 04/28/2020 10:27:07 AM PDT by DannyTN

Pictures and better layout at link. And links to further tutorials.

How to Wear a Cloth Face Covering

...Cloth face coverings should fit snugly but comfortably against the side of the face be secured with ties or ear loops include multiple layers of fabric allow for breathing without restriction be able to be laundered and machine dried without damage or change to shape CDC on Homemade Cloth Face Coverings

CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.

CDC also advises the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure.

Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.

The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance.

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Should cloth face coverings be washed or otherwise cleaned regularly? How regularly? Yes. They should be routinely washed depending on the frequency of use.

How does one safely sterilize/clean a cloth face covering?
A washing machine should suffice in properly washing a face covering.

How does one safely remove a used cloth face covering?
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Sew and No Sew Instructions ...

Tutorial ...

(Excerpt) Read more at cdc.gov ...


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KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; facemasks; fearperswearmasks
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To: DannyTN

Nope. Nope. Nopeity nope

Most are not worn correctly. Most are never cleaned. All a mask really does is protect others from you...... maybe

Wash your hands.


21 posted on 04/28/2020 10:50:36 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: MichiganCheese
A lot like filtering sand through a chain link fence.

Yup. Some are making them out of old t-shirts. Some out of fishnet stockings. So all over the board as to be useless.


22 posted on 04/28/2020 10:51:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Nifster
Nope. Nope. Nopeity nope Most are not worn correctly. Most are never cleaned. All a mask really does is protect others from you...... maybe

All arguments the CDC made against them before they were for them.


23 posted on 04/28/2020 10:52:19 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I agree, it’s just virtue signaling


24 posted on 04/28/2020 10:52:24 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: CatOwner

The masks restrict O2 levels. You end up with more CO2 intake

People have gone nuts due to Panic Porn


25 posted on 04/28/2020 10:52:26 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I knitted several for my own use out of a lovely wool/rayon blend sock yarn. They are super comfortable, more breathable than woven cloth and very fashionable.

I will look great, while achieving nothing. This is the pinnacle of haute couture, so I am very pleased with myself.

PS, they are very stretch and clingy so they cover an N95 exquisitely should the need arise.


26 posted on 04/28/2020 10:52:43 AM PDT by Valpal1
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To: DannyTN

“Okay but how many cases do you have in your county?”

A bit over 1,000, with 25% of those in nursing homes. That would be roughly 1 in a thousand catching it, and the overwhelming majority of them surviving.

“New cases are what you need to focus on.”

Why? I want MORE cases, not less. As long as they recover - and a HUGE percentage of non-nursing home cases do fine!


27 posted on 04/28/2020 10:53:55 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Mr Rogers

How many total cases in your county?

Mr Rogers wrote:

“The CDC? I couldn’t be more impressed if it came right from the mouth of the WHO!

BTW - the county I live in has a population of 1,000,000. To date, we’ve had around 70 deaths, and 40 of those were in nursing homes. So outside of nursing homes? 30 deaths out of 1,000,000.

It ain’t “just the flu” but it sure as heck isn’t instant death!”


28 posted on 04/28/2020 10:54:57 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Look at this on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/193428244857

Trump 2020 face mask


29 posted on 04/28/2020 10:56:04 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; ClearCase_guy

Better yet, put “Trump 2020” on it.

Buckeye McFrog wrote:

“I strongly suspect that if each and every one of us wrote...

“F*** You, Governor [fill in the blank}”

...on the front of our masks, our elites would quickly lose enthusiasm for the idea.”


30 posted on 04/28/2020 10:56:17 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: DannyTN
“I think it was only the Surgeon General who was against them, and the immediate need was to stop the public from buying medical grade masks...”
people shouldn’t wear face masks to prevent the spread of the infectious illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Just sayin’

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-cdc-says-americans-dont-have-to-wear-facemasks-because-of-coronavirus-2020-01-30

31 posted on 04/28/2020 10:56:21 AM PDT by Yogafist
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To: WildHighlander57

I have a friend here whose doctor told her that his hospital had 1000 beds and respirators ready to go.

Up to this point they’ve used 25.


32 posted on 04/28/2020 10:56:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Yogafist

Back on 1/30 there wasn’t hardly any coronavirus transmitting in the US.

The first known case was identified on 1/20.


33 posted on 04/28/2020 10:59:04 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Boogieman
If you aren’t getting enough fresh air to the lungs, you will know it, because you’ll pass out.

https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2020/04/driver-wearing-n95-mask-for-several-hours-passes-out-crashes-into-pole-police-say.html


34 posted on 04/28/2020 10:59:11 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I have little faith in the CDC, as they are little more than a mouthpiece for liberal ideology. However, common sense (and a medical background) tells me that wearing a mask during a pandemic that is spread mostly through droplets, is an important step in preventing, or lessening the transfer of the virus. ANY mask is better than none, but, of course, the better the mask, the better the protection. If you make your own mask, make it out of the most closely woven material you can, (think those 800 thread count pillowcases) or as many layers of material as you can, and still be able to breathe normally. But, as I’ve said before, as a nurse, I spent years in and out of isolation rooms, with ordinary paper surgical masks, and never caught anything.


35 posted on 04/28/2020 11:01:58 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: DannyTN

https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/the-best-mask-material-according-to-scientists


36 posted on 04/28/2020 11:02:42 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: bert
That is, wearing the facemask does not protect you from the virus.

Yes, that is what we are told.

Of course, it logically follows that first-responders, who routinely come in contact with a substantially greater number of folks than the rest of us, are potentially "dead men walking" - and they wear the mask only to protect the patient.

Perhaps if the emphasis is placed on protecting first responders more people will be embarrassed into wearing a mask when shopping.

37 posted on 04/28/2020 11:02:47 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Pres Biden + VP Michelle or Stacy Abrams, backed up by Pelosi. What could go wrong?)
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To: DannyTN

The article indicates the masks are not effective in stopping the virus, does that mean that sometime between January 20 and Early April they became effective?


38 posted on 04/28/2020 11:04:30 AM PDT by Yogafist
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To: Mr Rogers
"Why? I want MORE cases, not less. Why? I want MORE cases, not less."

If you can't guarantee that you won't come into contact with any vulnerable people or other people who come into contact with vulnerable people, then wear the dang mask in places where it's hard to social distance.

It's not that hard.

39 posted on 04/28/2020 11:05:33 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: goodnesswins
"Anything to keep the populace freaked out."

Actually if everyone wore masks, it would go a long way to keeping the public from being freaked out. And the economy would likely recover faster.

But maybe you like lock downs. Lock downs will come back if cases go up.

40 posted on 04/28/2020 11:07:46 AM PDT by DannyTN
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