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I've been considering knitting my own mask(s), but haven't been able to find anything on whether it would actually work - like, would it be too porous to do anything? (Plan was 1-1 ribbing wide enough to not stretch, so the layers would kinda double-up on their own)



Jeremy Howard has done a ton of research. Depending on the material, it's around 50% effective, which is incredible given the current situation.

https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1242894378441506816




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