Still, if you want to make a mask, here are simple, step-by-step instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to do just that, whether or not you know how to sew.

The fabrics and fabric layers tended to be more difficult to breathe through than N95 mask material, and this may make a mask made from them more likely to leak and/or more difficult to fit.

University of San Francisco researcher and data scientist Jeremy Howard showed ABC7's Kristen Sze two ways to make a simple mask or face covering. One method takes less than one minute, the other ...

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Layering a cloth mask on top combines the superior filtration of a surgical mask with improved fit. If double masking sounds uncomfortable, there are other ways to make a surgical mask fit better.

Fit and fabric are both important for the best protection against the coronavirus.But which is more important?