Do-It-Yourself Face Mask Production Line
Public Health advice about wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted from not being recommended for those who have not shown symptoms of infection to being a good idea. We can minimize the transmission (both ways) through adopting several measures: staying indoors as much as possible, practicing social distancing, frequent hand-washing, breaking the habit of touching our faces, and wearing masks when in public.
"Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has new advice for Canadians: wear a non-medical face mask to help limit the spread of the coronavirus when you can’t ensure proper physical distance from others –that includes riding public transit and shopping in a grocery store. She said in a briefing today that wearing masks is now being advised to cut down on transmission by infected Canadians who may not be showing symptoms. She emphasized that masks do not better protect the user, but could help shield others."
There are many websites giving instructions on how to sew face masks, but I'm lousy at sewing. A YouTube tutorial by a medical doctor gives instruction on how to make non-medical face masks using commonly-available household items: paper towels, a ruler, scissors, stapler, and two rubber bands.
These masks are not guaranteed to block all droplet transmission and they are single-use only, but they seem better than nothing so I set about making a few for the family. I have not worn one outdoors yet, but they appear functional. They are pretty flimsy, but as the doctor who created them says "if you can make a paper airplane, you can make this." Hey, maybe paper airplanes will by my next housebound activity. :-)
Here is the tutorial:
m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2_PToMIOY3b1nLKclonnmH2tNl...
Do-It-Yourself Face Mask Production Line
Public Health advice about wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted from not being recommended for those who have not shown symptoms of infection to being a good idea. We can minimize the transmission (both ways) through adopting several measures: staying indoors as much as possible, practicing social distancing, frequent hand-washing, breaking the habit of touching our faces, and wearing masks when in public.
"Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has new advice for Canadians: wear a non-medical face mask to help limit the spread of the coronavirus when you can’t ensure proper physical distance from others –that includes riding public transit and shopping in a grocery store. She said in a briefing today that wearing masks is now being advised to cut down on transmission by infected Canadians who may not be showing symptoms. She emphasized that masks do not better protect the user, but could help shield others."
There are many websites giving instructions on how to sew face masks, but I'm lousy at sewing. A YouTube tutorial by a medical doctor gives instruction on how to make non-medical face masks using commonly-available household items: paper towels, a ruler, scissors, stapler, and two rubber bands.
These masks are not guaranteed to block all droplet transmission and they are single-use only, but they seem better than nothing so I set about making a few for the family. I have not worn one outdoors yet, but they appear functional. They are pretty flimsy, but as the doctor who created them says "if you can make a paper airplane, you can make this." Hey, maybe paper airplanes will by my next housebound activity. :-)
Here is the tutorial:
m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2_PToMIOY3b1nLKclonnmH2tNl...