I have been fairly frustrated by how indefinite many articles are on the
recommended mask fabric. Like "tea towels." I have seen tea towels made
of rather loosely woven coarse linen, of lightweight terry cloth, of
waffle weave cotton, of a duck-type cotton fabric (not very effective as
a tea towel, BTW), of rather thin cotton, of %100 polyester, %100 linen,
100% cotton, and various blends. Don't get me wrong, even if "cloth
masks" (not well defined as to style either), are only "57% effective,"
that is better than nothing. I ended up using some medium-weight linen
from Dharma Trading that I had around for dyeing--and which would
probably make good tea towels.
I cannot see how those gauze masks of 1918 would provide any protection,
especially as loosely as I see them worn in some old photos. Some
photos show women wearing them as a veil around the hat, really quite open.
I have been thinking of switching to a style with a filter. I just tried
to order the Hoover bags. As with a few other items, Amazon says they
cannot deliver them to my address. They deliver to my address all the
time. I bought Amazon Prime in the hope of faster delivery of packages
and in the hope of qualifying for Whole Foods pickups. Amazon is
delivering still everything slowly (equally slowly, they are not
prioritizing "essential items" as they claim), and is not allowing the
Whole Foods pickups either. So if anyone wanted Prime for those reasons,
save your money.
I'll look for the Hoover bags elsewhere, thanks for the tip.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
Seems this is an appropriate place to share Dr. Anne Bissonnette's article. She
teaches at the University of Alberta. She has researched the history of masks
and the current medical literature on them
.
https://clothingtextiles.ualberta.ca/clothfacemasks/?fbclid=IwAR17L9lU753U4iasqCim2LewyTwQACe_no5BvXzKAir1bLywKFtNNIluOQY
Ann Wass
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