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Mask Articles for Coronavirus
Here is a short selection of articles and masks and directions for making masks.
You will need fabric, thread and elastic. It appears that elastic supplies are running low and so you could use fabric to make bands/tapes that you could tie with a bow at the back of your ears or head. We make NO CLAIMS that these masks will protect you from covid19. Use at your own risk.
Some useful Articles on Masks and making masks:
University of Minnesota Mask - Tested
Olson Mask Directions and Pattern
Kaiser Permanente - Mask Directions and Pattern
New York Times article on Sewing a mask
The right mask for the task - an article from Johns Hopkins University on Choosing a mask
A simplified version of Mask from the New York Times
Study on fabrics for masks - which fabric would be good
A good tutorial on making masks SarahMaker and pattern
Pattern and directions from CraftPassion
A note about how much these masks might protect you
Remember these are fabrics masks and only protect big droplets and not the virus in the air. According to the Guardian...Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness).
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