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More Covid-19 Advice: Be wary of home-made face masks
5 years ago
Here's a twitter video that shows how only approved masks should be used.
(check the reply, and not the main post's video)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1246513910678683649
Most home-made masks will not actually protect you or others from sneezing or coughing.
The material is simply too porous.
So, no matter how easy and comfortable those how-to videos make it look for making your own face mask, be sure to test it, that it will actually stop sprays from getting through.
(check the reply, and not the main post's video)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1246513910678683649
Most home-made masks will not actually protect you or others from sneezing or coughing.
The material is simply too porous.
So, no matter how easy and comfortable those how-to videos make it look for making your own face mask, be sure to test it, that it will actually stop sprays from getting through.
I got the instructions for mine from a hospital website; I doubled up on the inner material. Not the best protection, I'll concede, but far better than nothing.
dalesql
~dalesql
Respirator and mask design is deceptively complicated and I'm not gonna get into the weeds. Yeah the home made masks are far from perfect, but they are better than nothing. Their purpose is mostly to reduce the amount of droplets from the wearer get out into the enviroment, and they slightly reduce the number of droplets from the enviroment that the wearer inhales.
