Hey there, Just a comment on the safety of wearing different kinds of face masks. The N95 ones are used by health care workers because they are exposed over and over again to virus, whereas those of us who are not on the 'front lines' may be exposed to one person coughing, so one "dose" of virus is much less likely to infect. Cloth face masks help considerably in reducing the infection rate of the person wearing it TO an uninfected person. If both people in an encounter are wearing homemade masks, they are pretty much safe. Do you see the difference? One reason health care workers get so very sick is because they've encounter lots and lots of virus.
There's a british professor who does a daily covid-19 briefing on youtube, including holidays and weekends, and he did a superb explanation of why masks are so important. https://youtu.be/zhQw7vLNsDA That's the link to that particular talk. He is adorable and earnest, and gives a view that isn't just for the USA.
Take care, and wear that mask,
Jane
who has to clean out the cat hair from inside her mask every darn time...
