[henrygorner]

In Czech Republic everyone now has to cover their nose and mouth while being outside, on a public transport or in an office. Obviously there is not enough respirators/surgical masks, so people are just sewing ordinary face masks.

It will be interesting to watch what kind of effect it will have on new infections

[_9ijd]

I am so angry at the experts saying masks were not helpful at the beginning of all this.

Sewing Ordinary face masks should help! The lie was that only n95 rated masks help because the virus is so small it goes through ordinary masks, but its not about that. It’s about stopping infected from spreading large amounts of it through droplets.

It’s in Japanese but I found this website on recommendations on how to create a mask: (I had to use Google translate) https://www.cottontimemagazine.com/page/10

[greedo]

And technically, SARS-CoV-2 is smaller than the filter on the n95. It's just that the virus clumps with moisture, and that is too large to pass through.

[mekster]

If you would think for 2 seconds, you know masks can help reduce spitting in front of you and also stop some of the ones others spread near you to get in your mouth.

Easy to think it's better than nothing.