Wear a cloth face covering in public settings

John Bobel

April 5, 2020

CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.

CDC also advises the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others.  Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure. More from the CDC.

Cloth face masks can be made from materials at home. For example, this video shows how to fold a bandana into a face mask.

Here are some other ways, including just cutting up an old t-shirt.

If you can sew or have a sewing machine, here are some patterns to use.