HoC Random COVID-19 Craft Corner of the Day - 04142020

I am expecting face masks to soon be mandatory for some stores and areas

This is all official CDC stuff!

They don't really protect you from catching Covid-19 but they do help you from spreading Covid-19. And STOP TOUCHING YOUR FACE!

You can read the full Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission at your leisure and also Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 which includes crafting instructions and no sew Bandana Face Covering methods.

Mine will quite obviously be in camouflage as I don't have any Herd of Cats fabric patterns.

Excerpts from Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission:

In light of this new evidence, 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.

It is critical to emphasize that maintaining 6-feet social distancing remains important to slowing the spread of the virus. CDC is additionally advising 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.