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CDC: How to make a mask in 45 seconds (Original Post) lillypaddle Apr 2020 OP
I haven't gotten weirder directions from my federal government jberryhill Apr 2020 #1
Really? lillypaddle Apr 2020 #2
What a bizarre question jberryhill Apr 2020 #3
You're a piece lillypaddle Apr 2020 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Raine Apr 2020 #5
That'd be the same guy who tweeted in March LisaL Apr 2020 #4
What's up with you guys? lillypaddle Apr 2020 #10
I thought that was more to give medical the chance to. xmas74 Apr 2020 #11
Chinese Man Uses Sanitary Pad as Face Mask in Coronavirus Goonch Apr 2020 #6
Did I post this in the lounge by mistake??? lillypaddle Apr 2020 #13
Not elegant, but better than nothing. nt Buns_of_Fire Apr 2020 #7
Sorry, not believing anything that guy says or claims. NightWatcher Apr 2020 #9
I first saw this method Habibi Apr 2020 #12
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. I haven't gotten weirder directions from my federal government
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:16 PM
Apr 2020

...since the time they told me that sitting cross-legged in the hallway would help me survive an atomic bomb attack.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
3. What a bizarre question
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:27 PM
Apr 2020

Why do you think I think it won't work, even if we had a definition of "work" as a reference point?

I'm not taking any chances. Even my avatar wears one.

Response to jberryhill (Reply #1)

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
4. That'd be the same guy who tweeted in March
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:29 PM
Apr 2020

that general public should stop buying masks because they are not effective for general public to prevent coronavirus.
Now he is teaching us how to make masks out of household items?
All righty then.

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
11. I thought that was more to give medical the chance to.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 05:29 PM
Apr 2020

Catch up with masks more than anything.

We're still way too short on masks. I'm at work right now with a cloth mask a friend made me.

Habibi

(3,598 posts)
12. I first saw this method
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 05:53 PM
Apr 2020

on a FB post featuring a video from Japan. I tried it myself, with hair ties, but it was just too much material against my nose and mouth, and the hair ties were too small to fit around my ears without major discomfort.

Might try the t-shirt method next. There are quite a few YouTube vids on how to make no-sew face masks.

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