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Is Your Homemade Face Mask Effective?

2020-04-03



Last week, when Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York called on businesses [to get creative" regarding ways to help during the coronavirus pandemic, NY-based fashion designer Christian Siriano answered his plea. [If @NYGovCuomo says we need masks my team will help make some. I have a full sewing team still on staff working from home that can help," the designer tweeted. Since then, dozens of brands have followed suit.


But, according to Erica Patel, MD, an Internal Medicine resident at L.A. County Hospital, [There are strict requirements on what is considered medical-grade to protect healthcare workers. Sometimes homemade supplies don't always make the cut." Because of these guidelines, many of the homemade masks that both designers and concerned citizens have donated to their local hospitals have been rejected.



Unless homemade masks are being produced using medical-grade material, it`s unlikely that they will properly protect medical professionals on the frontlines. Doctors and nurses need a very specific type of face mask known as an N95 mask, a highly protective respirator mask that keeps those closest to the virus from being infected. Unfortunately, they`re in dangerously short supply.


[To say that demand exceeds supply is a huge understatement," Dr. Patel told us. [Unfortunately, we haven't seen necessary action by the federal government to mass-produce the desperately needed PPEs."
The growing panic surrounding the spread of COVID-19 has led many people to begin purchasing N95 masks for personal use, something that both the CDC and healthcare professionals have explicitly said is not necessary. Amazon has since stopped selling N95 respirators to the general public, along with paper surgical masks, face shields, gowns, gloves, and more, according to Recode. [I can definitely say that non-healthcare workers do NOT need surgical or N95 masks outside of the home unless they have respiratory symptoms themselves, they're living with someone with COVID and are caring for them, or they have a medical illness that puts them at high risk, like cancer on chemotherapy," says Dr. Patel.
Upon learning this, many brands switched their focus from sewing homemade masks to raising money and/or donating funds to purchase CDC-approved N95 masks from manufacturers. Handbag designer Gelareh Mizrahi is one of many people who have pressed pause on their normal routines in order to focus on obtaining the necessary PPE products for healthcare workers nationwide. Using her supply chain contacts in China, Mizrahi was able to find a manufacturer with over 2 million N95 masks in stock. Now all she needs are the funds to purchase them. By donating to her Go Fund Me page, you can help to secure respirator masks for healthcare professionals in need. Mizrahi has also partnered up with Direct Relief, a large-scale organization to help with distribution and acquisition of emergency medical supplies, and Project N95, a New York-based organization working to get protective masks into the hands of doctors throughout the city.


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