Homemade face masks

Thought I could share this here.
In France the Grenoble town University Hospital Center has circulated a tutorial on how to make oneself a fabric face mask.
I will not argue here if this is safe or not for the Corona virus, it is obvious it not suitable for any medical staff, and the nanometric virus can of course pass this barrier, but it is generally accepted to say as well that the main vector being the droplets, a face mask is good at stopping them, in order to protect your interlocutors as to protect yourself from others.
(But always think of protecting the others first, it's more satisfying ;) )

Well, obviously, if you have nothing else, it's far better than nothing, and it can be useful when doing your quick and fast shopping during this confinement time here in Europe.

So here are the masks I've made for the family and I also provide a link to the pdf document giving the templates. It's in French, but the templates are self-explicative, and moreover, I give below the very clean video tutorial done by a nice youtuber woman called Cécile.

Here is the document : Triple_Fabric_Layer_mask_Grenoble_Hospital.pdf

Here is the video tutorial :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHUz...youtu.be&t=293

And here is my making :
Outer layer is made of Linen, inner layer is cotton, and the filter in the middle is some thick felt like synthetic material, I think it is polyester.
I made two sizes, for men and women.

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Keep safe, be prepared, protect the others, protect yourself, and let's wait for the end of this crazy period !
(And let's think that, afterwards, it will be able to serve as a dust filter in the shop ;o) )
Christophe

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Hello Christophe, well that will keep us incognito for sure good one from Cap. You look so stylish Christophe......

Well done, we saw on TV that Europeans and Americans do n’t like wearing masks. They think that only sick people need to wear masks. This is a very bad idea. Masks can provide two-way protection to prevent the virus from coming out of the patient's mouth. It can also prevent the virus suspended in the air from being inhaled by healthy people, so try to convince your family and friends to wear masks when going out. This practice has proven very effective in our country. Now that we have lifted the quarantine, people can Back to work, you can go for a walk or hold a small party, and life is gradually back on track. I hope all the epidemics will be brought under control as soon as possible and I wish you good health.

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Well done, we saw on TV that Europeans and Americans do n’t like wearing masks. They think that only sick people need to wear masks. This is a very bad idea. Masks can provide two-way protection to prevent the virus from coming out of the patient's mouth. It can also prevent the virus suspended in the air from being inhaled by healthy people, so try to convince your family and friends to wear masks when going out. This practice has proven very effective in our country. Now that we have lifted the quarantine, people can Back to work, y, what ou can go for a walk or hold a small party, and life is gradually back on track. I hope all the epidemics will be brought under control as soon as possible and I wish you good health.

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Thanks zz, what country are you from ? Continental China?
What you say about Western people and mask is exactly true.

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Hello Christophe, well that will keep us incognito for sure good one from Cap. You look so stylish Christophe......

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Thanks Captain, hope you're doing well and keep safe!

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Thanks zz, what country are you from ? Continental China?
What you say about Western people and mask is exactly true.

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yes，i come form china,And I noticed that our neighbor Japan, people there prefer to wear masks, so although there is close contact between China and Japan, very few of them are infected, I think this is the role of masks

Hello Christophe, Happy Saturday morning and best wishes to you and your family....Cap.

These are useful for medical personnel as a 'pre-mask' to be worn over the standard N95 type; extending the useful life of them...

Sadly there is still stupid advice coming out about not wearing masks for regular people' here in the US...

Yes, same here, at least at the begining. But it turned out it was more a government communication strategy to cope with the lack of mask supply, globally. Just to be sure that people don't rush towards medical masks and to reserve them for the medical staff. This is understandable, but it's more a question of transparency, and the trust people put in the official speech will suffer from it.
Obviously, these masks are better than nothing, and now we don't hear anymore messages to discourage wearing them.

My wife is in the medical profession here in South Africa and yes, sadly working during this crisis. Extensive testing has been done by a lab she has access to which, unfortunately, has found that masks made from everyday materials are actually aiding in spreading the virus.

People wearing masks tend to touch it and their faces far more frequently than those that don't. The warm moist air you breathe out contains the virus. This attaches to the mask and since it is being kept warm and moist, it thrives. Everyday materials allows the virus to penetrate the fabric, thus ending up on the outside of the fabric as well.

The mask wearer now touches the mask, to adjust it or whatever, and now has the virus on their hands. Whatever they now touch, receives a deposit of the virus. Whilst the mask certainly may curb the spittle, it does little if anything to curb the virus itself. It is in fact an excellent means of insuring that you get the virus transferred to your hands and in turn everything you touch.

"a lab". More than one study is going on with this. Experience with other respiratory illnesses, particularly the SARS outbreak some years ago is also informing these decisions.

The question isn't whether wearing masks does or doesn't aid in spreading the virus, it's whether the practice reduces transmission compared to asymptomatic spreaders not wearing masks. Based on the (admittedly thin, but growing) evidence we have today on the actual transmission rates, widespread use of masks does seem to lower the rates. If we can train people to properly wash their hands and not touch their faces, we'll be better off.

Interestingly, the same face-touching advice exists on the other end: that mask-wearing discourages face touching. Our best data seems to indicate for now that widespread mask-wearing is beneficial in a pandemic. Jughead's overall point is still valid though: laypeople approach mask-wearing very differently than trained healthcare professionals.

I just saw the Colorado governor give a press conference. He advised all Coloradans to wear homemade fabric masks when leaving their homes. He and a health official did part of the conference wearing masks themselves. It was surreal.

Another facet to society-wide transmission efficacy: the CO government advised people NOT to go out to retrieve any supplies to build masks, because that invites additional opportunities for infection.

Also, a good recommendation I heard from an infectious disease doctor: hold your breath when removing your mask. Definitely resist the urge to breathe in a deep breath the second you remove the mask.