Experts advise that while the homemade alternatives can create a loose-fitting barrier that may mitigate the spread of some germs, they are not designed to block the spread of COVID-19.
, subject to increasing demand and even facing price gouging as local officials seek to bolster their stockpile through the private sector. In response, several companies are undertaking initiatives to replenish medical supplies at hospitals across the country.so that customers can make facemasks at home to donate to hospitals. The company even has a video tutorial on its website that shows the proper methods to assemble the masks.
. A Gilbert small business, My Little Homemade Shop, started sewing masks and giving them away for free after local health care workers reported not being provided masks because they were not considered “at-risk,” and after the owner of the shop heard that doctors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Staff were wearing bandanas instead.
Meanwhile, a number of companies and retailers have shifted their operation to help manufacture masks. The clothing company Hanes, for example, is retrofitting its factories to produce masks, though the company will not have the capabilities for them to meet N95 standards. “The masks we are making use 3-ply cotton fabric and are reusable and washable,” HanesBrands chief communications officer Matt Hall wrote in an email to USA TODAY. “They are designed to be used when N-95 respirator masks or formal surgical masks are not required or are not available.”
Fashion designer Christian Siriano, Los Angeles Apparel founder and former head of American Apparel Dov Charney and swimsuit designer Karla Colletto have also
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