Are you wearing a homemade mask?

[CL82]

I have not yet, but I may. About the only thing I can think of is either a handkerchief, which may be too small to utilize the non-sewing method, or a bandanna, which, to paraphrase Dave Barry, will make me look like a colorful bank robber.

What is everyone doing?

 

[BlueMAB]

Not yet.

 

[Waquoit]

I saw a guy in the store to day with a full ventilator mask, like you see someone in a paint booth wearing.

 

[J187Money]

No. Don't think I can go there.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Sister in-law made one for everyone in the family. She mainly did it for the attention seeking Facebook post but I’ll appreciate it if I have to go to the store.

 

[Palatine]

No. But I might wear a bandana if I go out.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I have started, but live in NYC so even when going out for a walk, it’s impossible to stay 6 feet away from everyone.

 

[Walker11]

Probably 80% of people in Whole Foods Greenwich were wearing masks today. If you have access to one and aren't using it, you are just irresponsible.

 

[Marat]

Wearing mask and gloves here in NYC.

I already know of multiple people who had/have it.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

No, but I don't leave the house/property unless I go for a walk. I live in a quiet enough neighborhood in Norwalk where it's easy to distance yourself from others. My wife and I are young for our neighborhood, so when we see people approaching, we just walk to the other side of the road. It's a dance my neighborhood has gotten down pretty smoothly.

With how it easy it is to get everything you need delivered, there's no reason for me to go out into public anytime soon.

However, whenever I need to go back into public for anything, I'll wear at as long as it is recommended.

 

[8893]

I’ve got a handful of surgical masks that I will wear if I have to go into a store or something like that. I was surprised today to see most people wearing them when I was just out walking around New Haven. There are not many people out, but the majority of those who are are wearing surgical masks. I will not wear one just walking around outside when I can easily stay far enough away from others.

On Saturday I went to go pick up pizzas and I wore a scarf in the event that I felt like I should have a face covering, but I never pulled it up and it didn’t seem expected by the other people there, who did not have masks, either. I never went inside, as they had the door open with a table in the entryway on which they placed the pizzas, so I never got closer than six feet from anyone.

 

[Deepster]

I saw a guy in the store to day with a full ventilator mask, like you see someone in a paint booth wearing.

I have one of these and wore it to the grocery store last time I went. I don't care how ridiculous it looked. Right now, grocery stores are one of the more dangerous spots you can still go to.

 

[HuskyFich]

When I go running I wear a bandana around my neck and cover up anytime I see someone coming. As far as going to the store...nah

 

[BlueMAB]

When I go running I wear a bandana around my neck and cover up anytime I see someone coming. As far as going to the store...nah

You're doing it backwards, but hey, do you.

 

[Sibeerian]

My old tighty whities would have been perfect, could put snacks through the slot

 

[Chin Diesel]

No.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

I have one of these and wore it to the grocery store last time I went. I don't care how ridiculous it looked. Right now, grocery stores are one of the more dangerous spots you can still go to.
[/Q Agree.

 

[HuskyFich]

You're doing it backwards, but hey, do you.

I can actively turn my head and avoid others, but can’t control my heavy breathing and baseball spitting habit when I run. So it’s more like me protecting others.
But hey, I’ll do me

 

[MuchoDogYears]

I like to wear my Zorro mask when in Walmart.

 

[browndog319]

I have not yet, but I may. About the only thing I can think of is either a handkerchief, which may be too small to utilize the non-sewing method, or a bandanna, which, to paraphrase Dave Barry, will make me look like a colorful bank robber.

What is everyone doing?

I had to start using smaller towels and ratty T-shirts for cleaning because no paper towels. I don’t have any handkerchiefs or bandanas. Lost my scarf on a train...

And everyone seems to think we all have string or elastic lying around. And it’s not like I can go wander around a store looking. And Etsy and all those places are sold out...

I have a lot of gift wrap and Scotch tape but that’s probably not useful.

I ordered these ski mask looking things from Home Depot. So I’ll look like a bank robber. It will be here Thursday. I’m not sure how I take it off myself safely. But we’ll see.

 

[tcf15]

Folks in Waterbury do it differently

 

[Chin Diesel]

I have one of these and wore it to the grocery store last time I went. I don't care how ridiculous it looked. Right now, grocery stores are one of the more dangerous spots you can still go to.

At grocery store today. A somewhat elderly lady, I'll say somewhere between 55-70, was in produce section wearing a mask which covered her mouth but not really her nose. I watched her lower her mask a bit so she could itch her nose near the nostrils and then put her mask back up to where it was. These are the people we live amongst.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I saw a guy in the store to day with a full ventilator mask, like you see someone in a paint booth wearing.

I passed a guy the other day on a park bench with one on. He was talking on his cell phone to someone and it sounded like he was trying to talk with a sock stuffed in his mouth. No idea how the person on the other end understood him.

 

[Mike Honcho]

I can actively turn my head and avoid others, but can’t control my heavy breathing and baseball spitting habit when I run. So it’s more like me protecting others.
But hey, I’ll do me

The mask strategy, as proposed, is to protect others from you.

 

[Zanzman]

Go to cdc.gov they show you how to make a mask even if you don’t have access to sewing material

 

[Dooooooomed]

No. But I might wear a bandana if I go out.

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Only wearing that if I go to a bank.

 

[mussels]

Everyone's trying to do their best here in Philly but people are still somewhat confused. Today for instance, two carjackers were wearing corona virus masks. Good, right? Wrong. They were wearing N95 masks, which should be reserved for medical personnel. Here is a quote from the inquirer article:

"The CDC stressed that people wear homemade cloth masks, instead of N95 or surgical masks, like the carjackers wore, that doctors and frontline workers desperately need. "

 

[HuskyHawk]

I have not yet, but I may. About the only thing I can think of is either a handkerchief, which may be too small to utilize the non-sewing method, or a bandanna, which, to paraphrase Dave Barry, will make me look like a colorful bank robber.

What is everyone doing?

Yes. My wife has been making them for several days now. She went to the post office and mailed several packages to people today.

 

[Hugo]

My daughter is a physical therapist and originally was neutral on me wearing one saying it will help in certain situations such as crowds, but her advice was simply to avoid crowds, wash my hands. and use wipes. I followed her advice. But this weekend she drove down to my place and gave us some hand made masks that her PT group put together. Now she strongly suggests that I wear it whenever I go out grocery shopping or even walking around the neighborhood. I am now wearing a mask whenever I go out, but really trying to minimize any leaving the house. Did a major shopping the other day and if we run low on food I'll do take-out which a lot of restaurants are doing in the metro Boston area.

 

[uconngb]

No