(1) Easily make homemade face coverings with no sewing
(2) Use a paper towel or coffee filter inside homemade cloth masks to greatly increase their effectiveness
(3) You’ll see more urgent new virus killing tips including quarantining groceries you bring in for a few days so the virus will become inactive!!
Here’s the 510 word intro to the face-covering video links and tips -
The CDC wrote 46.5 percent who were infected with COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess had no symptoms when they were tested !! They also wrote, “17.9 percent of infected persons never developed symptoms.”
Saliva comes out of our mouth every time we
speak so there are people with no symptoms infecting others. Everyone needs to
be wearing masks in public now. Some grocery and retail workers are in very close
contact with hundreds of people every day but many of them don’t have masks!!
The
first video linked below has a research scientist explaining that placing a
paper towel between your face and your homemade cloth mask will make the mask
much more efficient in stopping COVID-19!! He also shows how to make a facemask
using a T-Shirt and scissors.
In
the second video the Surgeon General shows how to easily make a mask with any
kind of cloth. He didn’t mention adding a paper towel (or two) between your
face and the mask.
Using
a paper towel is extremely important and it’s not being mentioned nearly
enough.
You’ll
see links to more types of face masks including an instructional video from Operation
Come Together in Clarksville Tennessee. They’ve made and donated thousands of
masks to medical and emergency personnel. They have a sleeve to insert a
protective shield which could include a paper towel. They urgently need more
volunteers to either sew or deliver and we’ll link you to them and their
instructional video
We’ll also link you to how to make 3D “ear
guards” to help take the pressure off health care workers ears from wearing masks
all day.
Our
eyes are a possible point of entry so when we’re around people who may be
infected we also need to wear wrap around glasses such as safety glasses or
goggles. I’ve read where any kind of glasses are better than nothing. Wrap
around sunglasses are probably more readily available now than wrap around
safety glasses or goggles.
Video
links are seen after these 189 words)
(I’m dyslexic
from removal of internal eye cancer so please forgive errors. I’m trying to get
this distributed quickly)
Later
you’ll see multiple tips to keep your household safe
including :
(1) Being in sunlight also greatly increases our
Vitamin D which is very important to our immune system
(2) You’ll see a list of steps to create a
clean zone in your home that begins by (a) either leaving your shoes at the
door or (b) sanitize them before you walk in your home after going anywhere the
virus may be.
(3) You can quarantine groceries (that won’t
spoil) for several days in an 18-gallon storage container and also quarantine
mail
(4) You'll see quotes from one doctor who says sunlight kills COVID-19. I've seen quotes from more doctors who agree with him and some doctors disagree with him.
(4) You'll see quotes from one doctor who says sunlight kills COVID-19. I've seen quotes from more doctors who agree with him and some doctors disagree with him.
!!!! We’re fighting a microscopic enemy so
always remember never touch your eyes, nose, mouth or face in general with
unclean hands !!!!
Here are the links to making masks, then
you’ll see the health tips and very urgent quotes about COVID-19 being found in
the air inside and outside of patients’ hospital rooms!! It was also found on
hard surfaces 17 days after infected persons left their cruise ship cabin.
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Making Masks and Face
shields
(1) This
video explains why using a paper towel is so important when wearing cloth masks.
It’s presented by Jeremy Howard who is a research scientist at the University
of San Francisco
I
used two paper towels between the mask and my face the last time I went
shopping. I did have to speak louder because the self check out cashier I
needed to speak to told me she could not hear me.
(2) Here
is the Surgeon General with an easy mask (that requires no sewing) that he
posted on April 3rd :
You’ll also need to use a paper towel between
the mask and your face. If available you can also use pony tail holders instead
of the rubber bands he uses.
(Additionally
to keep the mask from coming apart there probably needs to be a staple or a few
stitches on the last folds where he puts each thumb right before he puts the
mask on. That last fold will need securing or you’ll constantly need to push
those pieces into place. That could place virus on your hands onto your mouth
or nose.
(3) This excellent
instructional video is from Operation Come Together in Clarksville Tennessee.
They’ve made and delivered thousands of masks to medical and emergency
personnel. You’ll see an excellent video that shows how you can make them with
a sewing machine. They have a sleeve where a paper towel or any type of added
protection can be added. They urgently need more volunteers to either sew or
deliver them.
You can view
their Facebook page at this link or enter Operation Come Together Clarksville,
TN in Facebook search
They work
together with a group that makes face shields. They have an excellent video
that shows how to make them. It is seen in the March 29th post from Kelly Sal
seen on the Facebook page titled Face Shield Makers For OCT. If you’re looking
at this on a website and the following link won’t take you to them then in
Facebook search please enter Face Shield Makers For OCT
(4) This is my favorite homemade mask. After he ties the
mask to the back of his head I would not tuck the bottom into the top like he
does UNLESS this causes a better seal. He needs a paper towel between the mask
and his face.
(5)
This fascinating link shows how to use a 3D printer and make “ear guards” to
help take the pressure off health care workers ears from wearing masks all day.
(6) This article shows which materials work
best for face masks:
(7) That same article
wrote that “Friday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention updated its guidance on the matter, recommending individuals
use cloth face coverings "in public settings where other social distancing
measures are difficult to maintain,"
(Three paragraphs below is the link to the
CDC’s instructions. They need to use a paper towel too.)
Later you’ll see two studies that indicate
clouds of virus can be in the air many feet away from infected people who
sneeze or cough, and virus has been found in the air in hallways outside of patient’s
rooms. Because of this I respectfully believe the CDC needs to recommend that
we wear masks everywhere we go that has anyone other than the family that lives
in our home.
The CDC’s recommendation to use masks in “public
settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain” would
be fine except an MIT researcher wrote “gaseous clouds could carry droplets of
all sizes up to 27 feet.” (That report is linked later)
(I apologize for suggesting the CDC change
their wording, but later you’ll see I’ve had ideas used by national
corporations, and a suggestion I made last week to a national retail chain manager
regarding COVID-19 was utilized, so I very humbly present these now.)
Some people think all of this is a joke or
not necessary. Some of them don’t think it’s necessary to cover their coughs.
Here is the link to the CDC’s new guidance
regarding face coverings
(8)
This video shows how to put on an N95 respirator mask. I’m linking this because
it shows the importance of having a good seal around the mask. For the billions
of us who don’t have access to an N95 mask it shows one reason the use of a
paper towel with our home made mask is so important
(6) This
face mask video from JoAnn Fabrics also shows how to sew buttons onto a head
band so the ear loops can be attached. That will relieve pressure on the ears
of anyone who has to wear masks often.
(7) A
DIY face Shield made with a plastic bottle begins at 5:50 of this video
(8)
Here’s a mask similar to the Surgeon General’s example :
I saw
a link to a mask made with a HEPA vacuum bag but I’m not sharing it because I
saw a post that said some of these bags have fiberglass in them and they could
cause huge health problems if they get into our lungs. I talked with the source
and she read the contents of her HEPA vacuum bag and it had fiberglass listed.
Too many people are not being cautious. We
need to tell people who aren’t aware or don’t think this is important that:
(1) Anyone including you may have the disease
and spread it to someone who may die from it
(2) Even when you speak saliva is coming out
of your mouth and if you have CV you may infect someone.
(3) That’s why wearing masks and personal
distancing is so important when possible, and also doing everything we can to
be sure when we cough (even lightly) we try to do it in a way that will not
infect someone if we have CV!
We
need to flatten the curve and keep infections from increasing so fast that our
hospitals become overwhelmed.
Before we continue
please make a big note to remember to make and use one of the masks seen above
and please be sure to use a paper towel between your face and the mask!!
Important
Survival Tips
Tip 1 –
This video from WHO shows how to properly wash your hands - https://youtu.be/3PmVJQUCm4E . They emphasize washing the
tips of our fingers. Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s similar video mentioned cleaning behind our
nails. I believe we should also cut our nails as short as possible so the virus
is unlikely to remain under our nails when we wash.
Tip 2 - As
we know it's very important to not touch our eyes, nose, and mouth when our
hands are not clean. In general we should not touch our face. I also trimmed my
bangs so they wouldn't be tickling my face over my eyes.
Tip 3 Dr. Joseph
Fair, a virologist, epidemiologist and NBC News Science contributor called
sunlight “nature’s greatest disinfectant” because the ultraviolet light inactivates
bacteria and viruses. Higher heat and humidity, on the other hand, will help it
to stay active longer, he noted.
Disinfecting
surfaces can kill the virus. Which surfaces are the most infectious? Any
that are touched the most often, Fair said. That includes bathroom faucet
handles, doorknobs, elevator buttons, hand rails and touchscreens on phones,
tablets, and ATMs.
They’re
the dirtiest surfaces we come into contact with because so many people touch
them.
You
can view the full article at :
https://www.today.com/health/how-long-does-coronavirus-live-surfaces-how-disinfect-kill-viruses-t175738
Please remember I've seen quotes from more doctors who agree with him and some doctors disagree with him.
Please remember I've seen quotes from more doctors who agree with him and some doctors disagree with him.
While
I’m getting the sunlight mentioned in the next tip I also put my shoes where
the sun shines on the bottom and set my keys and other items on a chair so they
are in direct sunlight.
Different
articles I’ve seen indicate up to 80 percent of the suns UV rays reach us on
cloudy days.
Here are highlights from the article linked below:
Vitamin D is important to the body in many
ways. Nerves need it to carry messages between the brain and every body part,
and the immune system needs vitamin D to fight off invading bacteria
and viruses. Vitamin D is found in cells throughout the body. The
body makes vitamin D when skin is directly exposed to the sun, and most people
meet at least some of their vitamin D needs this way. Skin exposed to sunshine
indoors through a window will not produce vitamin D. Cloudy days, shade, and
having dark-colored skin also cut down on the amount of vitamin D the skin
makes. However, despite the importance of the sun to vitamin D synthesis, it is
prudent to limit exposure of skin to sunlight in order to lower the risk for skin
cancer.”
I
started taking a calcium supplement after I read that.
Getting
the recommended daily amount of Vitamin C and adequate sleep are very important
regarding maintaining our immune system.
Before
you see how to establish a clean zone in your home I’d like you to see the
following 12 brief paragraphs so you’ll know how important all of this is.
Here
are two different views of how long CV lasts on surfaces :
The CDC report quoted above included “The
virus was identified on a variety of surfaces up to 17 days after cabins were
vacated on the Diamond Princess.”
The National Institute of Health wrote these
specific details about CV’s longevity on different types of surfaces :
The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is
stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a
new study from National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA and Princeton
University scientists in The
New England Journal of Medicine. The scientists found that severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for
up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and
up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel. The results provide key
information about the stability of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 disease,
and suggests that people may acquire the virus through the air and after
touching contaminated objects.”
I’m linking the report for verification but
please view all of this summary before reading the article :
Here’s the link with all the CDC’s quotes
about the Diamond Princess :
An MIT researcher said gaseous clouds could
carry droplets of all sizes up to 27 feet.
COVID-19 has been found in air samples
outside hospital patients rooms – Please quickly scan these quotes from the
University of Nebraska Medical Center : “This rapid response research represents
the mission of the Global Center for Health Security to advance efforts to
respond SARS-CoV-2. The study found high levels of the virus contamination by
PCR on commonly used surfaces and in the air of rooms of COVID-19 patients. Air
samplers from hallways outside of rooms where staff were moving in and out of
doors were also positive. The study suggests that COVID-19 patients, even those
who are only mildly ill, may create aerosols of virus and contaminate surfaces
that may pose a risk for transmission. More study is underway
to determine if live culturable virus was captured in this study and additional
evidence is needed to determine the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via the
airborne route. PLEASE EMPHASIZE THIS in all stories generated from this
release.” (end of quote seen at :
I believe it’s likely the floors are also contaminated
anywhere an infected person has been.
It's
very important for our mental and spiritual well-being and our health for us to
find as much peace as possible in our lives. For
those of us who believe in God there are 365 times the Bible tells us to fear
not. One of my favorite verses is Philippians 4:7 which says “And the peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”.
I love Romans 15:13 which says “May the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound
in hope.”
I heard a radio interview with a believer who had cancer and
had lost a family member to cancer. She said sometimes God heals us here, and
sometimes he heals us after we have passed away and gone to heaven. I believe Romans
8:28 confirms this by telling us : “8 And we know that for those who love God all
things work together for good, for those who are called according to his
purpose.”
The Bible says seek and ye shall find. There
are multiple verses that tell us “everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be
saved.” I hope and pray you will all find comfort and peace in God
now and forever.
If you search Christian TV online or search
using the words Sermons online (and do similar searches) you’ll find a wide
variety of live and recorded sermons. I like watching the live ones because I
know there are many people watching with me and when we’re praying there are people
all over the world praying the same prayers at the same time. In addition to
reading the Bible I also love the audio Bible. You can click on each book of
the Bible and then click to read the Chapters. This link goes to the book of James
and from there you can see how to listen to the other books in the Bible :
Tip 5 –
Establishing a clean zone in our homes and disinfecting or quarantining items
we bring in from stores when possible (and mail and packages and things inside
packages people may have touched recently)
It may be difficult for some of us to do all
of the following all of the time, but hopefully especially during the peak
times of increased cases in the area you live in you’ll try some of this,
especially doing things like leaving your shoes at your homes entry door or
sanitizing them after you’ve been in areas that may have the virus on the floor
etc.
(I’ve been doing most of this for years
during flu season because I volunteer helping homeless cats and if I get sick
they will suffer if I’m unable to help them. Now we’re fighting a horrible worldwide
virus so I’ve greatly increased my diligence in this.)
(The bullet points begin 7 paragraphs below
and you can skip these if you prefer)
Before you see this complex detail I probably
need to tell you that when I worked for PIA Merchandising representing
BVHV/Disney Movies I won an award called Microscopic Dissector.
We all laughed at the convention and I
thought it was a fun joke. Then my managers explained it was a real award
because of my ability to quickly analyze, create, and problem solve, and
because I cared enough to do it. My managers also told me that an idea I
mentioned to them was used by BVHV/Disney to change the design of their
beautiful 3D character displays that were seen in retail stores all over the
U.S. In college Algebra I only missed one question out of all of the tests we
had in the semester.
I’m blessed to have many friends and most don’t
know anything about this. I’m only telling you now because I really hope y’all
will listen and utilize all the suggestions in this summary and do as much of
the preceding and following as you can. When time permits I may add a brief
resume regarding national teams I managed and I also wrote training manuals for
those teams.
I’m limiting my trips where infected people
may be so I don’t need to do the following but once or twice a week. That’s why
I’m able to try this much detail. This would be hard for people to do if they
have to go out often, but hopefully you’ll do some of it such as leaving your
shoes outside or at the door.
(I’m dyslexic from removal of internal eye
melanoma so please forgive errors. I need to get this posted ASAP.)
(The following is a good reason to leave
children home when possible so they won’t need to try to do this during times
we need to because of virus risks.)
Clean
Zone Details - When we go anywhere outside the area that
only members of our household live (and walk) we need to do as much of the
following as we can when we come back home :
(1) Use alcohol on cotton swabs or some form
of disinfectant to clean the bottom of our shoes or
(2) Take our shoes off at the door or in an
area that works for you and step into a safe zone within our house.
We need to establish a routine to maintain
that safe zone.
We also need to quarantine anything that has
been touched by anyone else outside of our house home.
When time permits on non-rainy days I take my
shoes off in the car and step out bare footed and place my shoes so the sun
will shine on the bottom. While I’m doing that I’m getting sunlight on my hair and
body as I slowly turn around and do some stretching exercises (or dance a
little to songs on the radio J
When I step into my house I step out of my
shoes one foot at a time and set that foot into the safe zone.
(The way my front entrance is set up I have a
line in my mind as to where the safe zone begins) I then go and wash my hands
according to what's in the video.
If I need to bring something in I either (1)
do it after I come in and wash my hands. (That is very preferable) or (2) I go
ahead and bring it in before I come in and wash my hands.
I have to be sure to change shoes again when I
go back outside.
When I bring any item in that's been touched
by anyone in a store, in the mail, or a package or inside a package I either
quarantine it in a storage container or something similar.
With the mail I throw junk mail away. The
junk mail senders need to chill out till this is over. If necessary to keep
mail I quarantine it or put in in a safe area or container (such as a Ziploc
bag) I know that until the quarantine time has passed after I touch that mail I
need to wash my hands. While you're doing this it's very important to not touch
your eyes nose or mouth.
After I get everything inside and in its
place where it's quarantined I wash my hands again. Then I take cotton balls
with alcohol on them and wipe both handles on the doors I used coming in and
out. I also wipe the door handles on my vehicle and the steering wheel. After
I’ve finished everything I use cotton balls and alcohol and wipe all sink
handles that I touched and then wash my hands for the final time of this round.
I've seen recommendations to take any credit
cards you need and your driver's license and keep it in a zip lock bag so you
don't need to use a wallet or purse that could get virus on it. Try not to use
cash because it may have virus on it.
I’m still working on how to keep my keys
virus free or quarantine them. Currently I put them on a chair in the sun but
it may not kill all the virus. And I keep them in a zip lock bag when I’m out
and dump the keys out when I’m back.
After I wash my hands the last time this
round I open another ziplock and use a paper towel to pick the keys up (so I
don’t touch them) and I put them in the new Ziplock. I have a friend who wipes
hers with alcohol. Newer car keys have a chip in them so we have to be careful
with that.
We’ve all seen where it's important to take
our clothes off and wash them after we've been anywhere where there may be
people that have virus. That’s another reason I like to stand in the sun a few
minutes after I get back home.
I’m still working on how to best keep my
pockets and anything I put in them virus free or isolated after I go anywhere that
infected people may have been.
Since it’s airborne it’s good to take a
shower and wash our hair when we get back home when possible.
For those who have gloves a different protocol
may be better than parts of what I mentioned above. Hand sanitizers are also
helpful and may change your protocol.
Some of you may have such busy lives that you
can only do some of this such as leaving your shoes at the door or sanitizing
them, and avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unclean hands
This is just to give you an idea how you can
create your own routine to create a safe zone in your house home. The good news
is once you finish you don't need to do it again until you go back to an area
where infected people may have been.
Here’s are additional quotes from the
NBC TODAY Show article that is linked in Tip 3 above.
The article
says “Since there’s no definitive data on the new bug yet, scientists have to
err on the side of caution about how long it can stay active, he added.”
“It’s
important to note there hasn’t been a documented case of a person getting
infected from a surface contaminated with the new coronavirus, according to the
CDC.”
“Transmission
usually happens when people come in direct contact with respiratory droplets
produced when a nearby infected person coughs or sneezes.” (end of quote)”
I wanted you
to see that because it hopefully allows us to not be stressed too much as we
try to do what we can to maintain a clean zone regarding surfaces.
But please
also remember this quote from the University of
Nebraska Medical Center report : “This rapid study suggests that COVID-19
patients, even those who are only mildly ill, may create aerosols of virus and
contaminate surfaces that may pose a risk for transmission.”
The clean
zone is important but some people may be too busy to maintain all of this so we
need to remember what is most important and how we can fit that into our lives.
Now please
look at these highlights from an important article from NPR about the
effectiveness of a homemade mask. I hope you’ll read the whole article after
you finish all of this document.
“Can face coverings
prevent the spread of the virus?
The primary benefit of covering your nose and
mouth is that you protect others. While there is still much to be learned about
the novel coronavirus, it appears that many people who are infected are
shedding the virus – through coughs, sneezes and other respiratory droplets –
for 48 hours before they start feeling sick. And others who have the virus – up
to 25%, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Director Dr. Robert Redfield — may never feel symptoms but may still play a
role in transmitting it. That's why wearing a mask even if you don't feel sick
can be a good idea.
How often do I need
to wash it?
Griffin says to think of a mask as like underwear: It
needs to be washed after each use.
"You don't take this dirty mask off, put it in your
purse and then stick it back on your face," he says. "It's something
that once you put on, is potentially either touching your coughs, sneezes or
the spray of your speech, or protecting you from the coughs, spray, speech of
other people. And now it's dirty. It needs to basically be either discarded or
washed."
So if you're wearing a cloth mask, put it into the
laundry basket immediately. If it's disposable, throw it away.
It's a big no-no to pull the mask down to eat a snack,
then pull it back up: You've just gotten whatever dirty stuff is on the mask on
your hands and into your mouth.
Masks are not a replacement for all the other steps we
need to take right now to protect ourselves from the coronavirus — especially
social distancing and good hand hygiene.
Later please see the full article at :
Here’s a
bonus tip since I’m not eating fresh greens picked and packed by others until
this is over. I haven’t done this yet but I knew that every part of dandelions
is edible, and as seen in the videos there are many more plants that are too.
If we put a good salad dressing on them we may not know the difference in taste
between them and store bought greens.
Edible
Plants
Foraging
plants
More edible plants
God
bless us everyone,
Sincerely,
Barry
Schmittou
Clarksville
Tennessee
