It Can’t Hurt to Mask
Since the early days of this crisis, we’ve been advised against wearing masks, and to focus instead on hand-washing and social distancing. But, Experts Increasingly Question Advice Against Widespread Use of Face Masks. Of course, there’s a problem with the updated advice. There aren’t even enough masks for health workers.
+ Here are some tips on how to make an effective face mask at home.
+ Axios: Inside the start of the great virus airlift. “A plane from Shanghai arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Sunday morning carrying an extraordinary load: 12 million gloves, 130,000 N95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks, 50,000 gowns, 130,000 hand sanitizer units, and 36,000 thermometers.”