Make a Mask. Help a Friend.
The tide has turned, on the great mask debate.
We really should take a moment to celebrate. Who knew it would happen this fast? The CDC now recommends wearing “cloth” face coverings in public settings where social distancing is difficult to maintain, such as grocery stores and pharmacies, “especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.”
Despite the massive power of the media establishment, common sense seems to be all that is required to bring their engine to a halt. The more they pushed the narrative that masks didn’t help, the more people you saw in the streets wearing masks.
The U.S Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams was on Hannity on April 4th. He was quoted as saying:
“What’s changed? We found that there are a significant number of people who have asymptomatic spread of the virus, and so the CDC changed it’s recommendations today, and they now suggest that the general public consider wearing masks when going out in public, so as not to spread disease to other people, particularly in situations where they may be closer than six feet from each other.
Leave the N95s and the surgical masks to the healthcare professionals. They need them to take care of high-risk patients. A cloth covering, that is what the CDC recommends. That works just fine to protect other people from you. You wear it to protect me, and I wear it to protect you.”
PPE, like the N95 mask, is not being provided to employees by any airline. With the high-risk associated with being a flight attendant at this time, I would strongly suggest making your own mask using any other type of filter, such as a furnace or vacuum filter. While the cloth mask is a good idea, and a great start, it offers very little protection for someone who spends the entire day on an aircraft. With a little bit of effort, it can be upgraded to offer a lot more filtration.
We can take some comfort in this small, but important, victory. The media machine is strong and unrelenting, but it is no match for regular common sense. We won the narrative on this one, simply by refusing to buy the story that masks were ineffective and continuing to use them, regardless of what they said.
Project for Tomorrow: Learn to Make a Mask. You don’t want to be the last one wearing one. Not only will it help in your preparedness, taking charge, and doing something that can help you will do wonders for your morale.
Be nice, make one for a friend!
Who knows, maybe you’ll inspire someone…
Do you have a favorite DIY mask?
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