This information was made on 02/28/2020 following the recommendations of the health authorities at that time. Nowadays, the recommendations about the use of masks and the manufacture and use of homemade masks have changed. If you want to know the latest guidelines, you can check out this video.
The fear of catching the new coronavirus has made many people consider buying a mask. However, there are already shops and pharmacies in which the masks have been sold out or have experienced a sharp increase in price.
To overcome these difficulties, some have decided to make their own mask at home. A video is circulating on Twitter in which a girl makes her own mask out of kitchen paper , two rubber bands and a couple of staples. He simply takes a piece of kitchen paper, folds it like an accordion and staples the two rubber bands to place it on his ears. That easy.
The South China Morning Post , Hong Kong’s main English-language newspaper, has broadcast, for its part, a video similar to the previous one that includes extra protections, more specifically a tissue, glasses and a plastic sheet of those used to save documents. The previous step in this craft is to wash your hands. The girl makes her mask and then fixes the plastic in front of the glasses with clips.
These cases of masks that are not masks remind us of the Emergency Bra. A few years ago, the Ukrainian scientist Elena Bodnar devised the Emergency Bra, a red underwired bra that, in an emergency, allowed the cups to be released to be used as masks since the straps allowed them to be attached to the ears.
Innovations aside, the recommendation in Spain is very clear: we do not need to wear a mask to protect ourselves from COVID-19, but rather follow certain preventive measures, among which frequent hand washing with soap and water or with alcohol disinfectant gel stands out . In fact, it is advisable not to wear a mask, as it can create a false sense of security by avoiding the rest of the precautions that we should take.
The only ones who should wear a mask are health personnel, those who are caring for infected people, infected people and people who suspect they have the disease, to avoid spreading the virus.
If in spite of everything or because your case is one of those mentioned, you have decided to wear a mask, remember that it is only effective if you wash your hands frequently with soap and water or alcohol gel. In addition, you will have to make sure that the mask you buy bears the initials FFP3 or FFP2 , as they are the only ones that protect against substances or pathogens such as viruses and bacteria. Forget about making your own mask, it doesn’t protect.
