A fabric face covering won't protect you from getting Covid-19, but it might help prevent you from spreading the virus if you must leave the house.
Whether you are wearing a face covering or not, the CDC still recommends that you:
- Wash your hands regularly. Use soap and water, and wash them for at least 20 seconds. Hand sanitizer is acceptable to use if you are unable to wash your hands.
- Cover your face when coughing with a tissue or the inside of your elbow.
- Avoid touching your face, because you could transmit the virus from your hands into your mouth.
- Stay at home, except for essential trips outside like trips to the grocery store or to see your doctor. This is also called sheltering in place.
- Practice social distancing by staying at least 6 feet away from other people. The White House also recommends avoiding gatherings of 10 or more people, which should be easy because you're staying at home.
- Clean and disinfect frequently-touched surfaces daily (here's our Covid-19 cleaning guide)
Some Mask Rules:
- Do not buy and hoard medical masks. Health care professionals are already facing a devastating shortage in supplies, and we should not use protective masks that ill patients and health care workers may need.
- Do not put a face mask on kids under 2 years old—or anyone who has difficulty breathing or might be unable to remove the mask themselves.
- Do not remove a mask by its mouth area. Grab it by the straps. Wash your hands after touching it.
- Do not just wear a standard bandana or scarf. Follow the instructions below to create a mask that has multiple layers and more tightly covers your face.
What You'll Need:
- Tightly knit cotton material, like a T-shirt. (A scarf can work. The fabric should be big enough to fold several times and cover your nose and mouth.)
- Two rubber bands or hair ties (also here)
How to Assemble It:
- Cut the bottom 7 to 8 inches off of a T-shirt (cutting horizontally), so that you have a strip of material.
- Lay the material out flat in front of you, and turn it 90 degrees so that what used to be the bottom hem of the shirt (it's usually double stitched) is facing left or right.
- Fold it from the bottom to the middle, and from the top to the middle. Repeat this step a second time.
- Loop a rubber band or hair tie around each end (left and right), leaving a few inches of fabric, so each side looks like a candy wrapper.
- Fold the excess material over the band, with each side meeting in the middle, adding another layer to the mask.
- Put a band over each ear, making sure the material fits snugly to your face. The pressure on your face should keep the material and rubber bands in place.
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