Immigrant Volunteer Network Launches to Help Citizens During this Corona Virus Pandemic
Immigrant Volunteer Network Launches to Help Citizens During this Corona Virus Pandemic A group of immigrants and immigrant organizations have banded together to help the larger population to deal wit the Corona virus pandemic. Millions of people are losing...
Guidelines for using respirator masks
Guidelines for using respirator masks The World Health Organization agreed, in a set of guidelines (PDF) published in January 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US has published the following article about respirator masks -...
Why are facial masks important to protect against the Corona Virus?
Why are facial masks important to protect against the Corona Virus?“Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks....
Materials for making masks
Materials for making masksA 2013 study (PDF) by Cambridge University, which studied how aerosolized bacteria and viruses passed through DIY mask materials inserted into a testing device, indicates that only vacuum cleaner bags came close to matching surgical masks’...
How to make hand sanitizers
How to make hand sanitizers PDF from the World Health Organization – 9 pages – at: https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Guide_to_Local_Production.pdf
Mask Design and Making Instructions
Mask Design and Making Instructions Instructions for FABRIC Homemade Face Mask (with elastic) Materials needed (with elastic) Tight-weave cotton fabric (i.e. quilting cotton) Fabric must be newly purchased within approximately the past year and never used. Wash and...