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Homemade Masks. Don’t Breathe on Me.

Covid-19 droplets wreak havoc on your respiratory system. So, is wearing a homemade mask to block the virus the right thing to do or not? Is a bandanna mask useful or a wasted effort?

Hospitals and medical providers needed all available N-95 and surgical masks. Online vendors offering disposable masks appeared untrustworthy. Price gouging happened. But at least, Amazon did the right thing and booted nearly four thousand sellers from their online stores.

This is what happens when Amazon’s people are clocking you: Amazon suspends 3,900 sellers for coronavirus-related price gouging

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homemade mask by cheryl ragsdale

Making Masks

Eventually, people got busy with sewing machines, making masks using bandannas and scraps of material. The masks were appreciated, even if they weren’t exactly comfortable.

Breathing, wearing a mask, caused my glasses to fog.

So, what about you? Are you wearing a mask to protect yourself and others from the Coronavirus? Or are you convinced that the masks don’t help — they’re a nuisance and you can’t be bothered wearing one?

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