Is Home-made Mask recommendable?

Is Home-made mask recommendable? Is it reliable?

Well, it is not as reliable as surgical mask or N-95 mask. However, this time is health crisis due to COVID-19 Pandemic. There is no explanation why we are talking about home-made masks. THERE IS NO MASKS AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET due to high demand of it. Therefore, we should initiate to find alternative for surgical mask which is HOME-MADE MASK. It is not reliable but it is way better than nothing.
Now, is it recommendable? YES, it is. Again it us best alternative of surgical masks. It is better than nothing.

To support my statement, here are articles from the expertises:

5 sources the are reliable during health crisis: World Health Organization(WHO), Centers for disease control and prevention(CDC), Department of Health Philippines (DOH), General Hospitals, & research institutions. 


CDC | 

CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.


The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine | 

DIY Masks - Better than nothing at all?
DIY Masks can help reduce the amount of microbes expelled from a cough  or a sneeze, but its effectiveness is only 1/3 of surgical mask.

California Public Health Department | 

The Department has a guidance on Fave coverings (i.e. cloth masks). Here is the guidance  http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Face-Coverings-Guidance.aspx




Sources:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html


https://www.med.hku.hk/en/The-Latest-from-HKUMed-on-COVID-19/Tips-and-Tricks-from-Experts-at-HKUMed

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