In an effort to encourage people to wear a face mask, Congressman Charlie Crist and people in his office came up with the idea for a Pinellas Homemade Mask Contest in July. Nearly 50 people sent ...

The current advice on what homemade face coverings do, how to wear them and how they can and can't help you prevent COVID-19 compared with other masks.

If the mask isn’t porous enough, you will be breathing around the sides of it rather than through it. Vacuum bags, for instance, can be tough to breathe through unless you are an actual vacuum.

A homemade mask is not considered personal protective equipment by any means, but there’s a growing consensus that face coverings might help prevent the spread of diseases like COVID-19 by ...

If you’re desperate for a surgical mask but you can’t get one, you can always try making your own. This is most likely only slightly better than nothing, but if you just have to do it a team ...

Is there one best mask design? There is little data so far on cloth or homemade masks in general — let alone data that dictates how many pleats to put on your home-sewn version. Sponsor Message ...

The best homemade masks in his study were as good as surgical masks or slightly better, testing in the range of 70 to 79 percent filtration. Homemade masks that used flimsier fabric tested as low ...

Create a homemade face mask by mixing the juice from one lemon with 1/4 cup olive oil or sweet almond oil. Or mix the juice of 1/2 lemon with a tablespoon of honey. Apply to your face, wait 15 ...

Homemade With Filters This is another homemade mask, made from 100-percent cotton t-shirts, with a pocket sewn in to hold an additional filter. We used a coffee filter in this mask.

IDPH advises medical facilities to mask-up, screen as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase. By SOUTHERN STAFF; Dec 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023 Updated Jan 20, 2024; Facebook; Twitter; ...

A basic clothing item that you likely already have tucked away in a drawer could make your homemade coronavirus face mask more protective, according to a preliminary study.

If you can find a mask to buy, it’s likely going to cost a bunch of money. The more reasonable option for most people will be to make one at home.