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I know the "Make Your Own Face Masks" thread got closed, and I do agree with @Fox's points, but it looks like it might soon become part of official US guidelines:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#link-49768a75

C.D.C. is expected to advise all Americans to wear cloth masks in
public. The Trump administration is expected to announce as soon as
Thursday that all Americans should wear cloth masks or other face
coverings if they go out in public, based on a forthcoming
recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
that would mark a shift in federal guidance amid new concerns that the
coronavirus is being spread by infected people who have no symptoms.

Until now, the C.D.C., like the World Health Organization, has advised
that ordinary people do not need to wear masks unless they are sick
and coughing. Part of the reason was to preserve medical-grade masks,
including N95 respirators, for health care workers who desperately
need them at a time when they are in continuously short supply.

But according to a federal official, the C.D.C. will now recommend
that everyone wear face coverings in public settings, like pharmacies
and grocery stores, to avoid unwittingly spreading the virus. Public
health officials have stressed that N95 masks should be saved for
front line doctors and nurses, who have been in dire need of
protective gear.

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