The CDC has officially recommended that all Americans wear fabric masks in public. If you aren’t making your own, these designers have crafted “civilian masks” out of leftover fabrics, with proceeds going to hospitals and philanthropies.
has evolved rapidly over the past few weeks. In the early days of the United States’s coronavirus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention insisted that healthy civilians doneed to wear masks. By last Friday, President Trump was announcing the CDC had reversed its guidance. The institute is now telling all Americans to wearIt’s a night-and-day change, one that’s created confusion and incited debate.
But what changed the CDC’s mind on “civilian masks?” In addition to witnessing how widespread mask use helped “flatten the curve” in Taiwan, Japan, and other parts of Asia, the CDC found new data around asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. The findings suggest thatshow no symptoms whatsoever—meaning they’re likely to infect others without knowing it.
That’s useful information for anyone out there making DIY masks at home; you’ve likely seen crafty friends share their results on Instagram by now. It’s a humble and low-tech pivot from our Amazon-everything habit of just a few weeks ago, and it’s inspiring plenty of designers to help too. Last week, Vogue Runway published a
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