Making a cloth mask - instructions

[imastawka]

Instructions issued by DHHS Victoria

https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/202007/Design%20and%20preparation%20of%20c...

[icyfroth]

As I said, I don't mind wearing them.

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

The only problem is, they make my glasses fog up...

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As a bespectacled person, who has worn a mask for every work day for 30+ years, There are ways to prevent fogging. I rarely have fogging issues. Cloth masks are near impossible to stop the fogging due to how they are made. Surgical masks should be moulded to your face. Don't just shove the loops around your ears and hope for the best.

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As I said, I don't mind wearing them.

[*kazumi*]

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

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As a bespectacled person, who has worn a mask for every work day for 30+ years, There are ways to prevent fogging. I rarely have fogging issues. Cloth masks are near impossible to stop the fogging due to how they are made. Surgical masks should be moulded to your face. Don't just shove the loops around your ears and hope for the best.

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I find that wearing my home made cloth mask over the surgical one closes the gaps, and also helps to stop my glasses  fogging up.

I do not know where the further back comparative table comes from, but surely it all depends on what the cloth masks are made of.  Many tests indicate that the cloth masks do help, even just scarf tied around the face does.  The virus is spread by hitching ride on airborn droplets, when even some get stopped by the mask it is helpful.  Just because the virus is tiny and the fabric like a net does not matter; just like if you spray water through a sieve some of the water gets stopped on the way through.  Any reduction in the virus load is beneficial. 

[imastawka]

From the link in the OP, one of the layers is supposed to be of waterproof material.

[*kazumi*]

Every other instructions that i read actually said not to use anything waterproof, also not to use lycra or synthetics, as they will make you sweat.  Also it seems that the virus does not survive very long on textiles.  I wondered if it is because the textile will absorb the moisture from the droplets, and as they dry out they become nonviable.  It seems that the virus thrives in damp cold places like the abattoirs. 

[*kazumi*]

In America they now have number of babies under 1 year not only infected, but also dying.  Makes me think again about if some of the childhood vaccinations could be responsible for kids being somewhat resistant to COVID19

[davewil1964]

I can't see how that could be.

We are well aware that vaccinations CAUSE illness, they don't prevent it.

In fact, if smallpox ever gets loose again, I would not be protected just because I was vaccinated against it. Or polio. Maybe. That's what the loonie right says anyway.

[imastawka]

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@*kazumi* wrote:

Every other instructions that i read actually said not to use anything waterproof, also not to use lycra or synthetics, as they will make you sweat.  Also it seems that the virus does not survive very long on textiles.  I wondered if it is because the textile will absorb the moisture from the droplets, and as they dry out they become nonviable.  It seems that the virus thrives in damp cold places like the abattoirs. 

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I was quoting instructions from our DHHS

It was only for one layer - the outer layer, to stop the droplets entering.

[not_for_sale2025]

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@*kazumi* wrote:

In America they now have number of babies under 1 year not only infected, but also dying.  Makes me think again about if some of the childhood vaccinations could be responsible for kids being somewhat resistant to COVID19

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Babies have underdeveloped autoimmune systems. That makes them more vulnerable.

[icyfroth]

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

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As a bespectacled person, who has worn a mask for every work day for 30+ years, There are ways to prevent fogging. I rarely have fogging issues. Cloth masks are near impossible to stop the fogging due to how they are made. Surgical masks should be moulded to your face. Don't just shove the loops around your ears and hope for the best.

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I find that wearing my home made cloth mask over the surgical one closes the gaps, and also helps to stop my glasses  fogging up.

I do not know where the further back comparative table comes from, but surely it all depends on what the cloth masks are made of.  Many tests indicate that the cloth masks do help, even just scarf tied around the face does.  The virus is spread by hitching ride on airborn droplets, when even some get stopped by the mask it is helpful.  Just because the virus is tiny and the fabric like a net does not matter; just like if you spray water through a sieve some of the water gets stopped on the way through.  Any reduction in the virus load is beneficial. 

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omg all that masking up and there's still no end to the COVID cases...

[ambercat16]

This one seems very practical......