Briana Danyele sews cloth face masks that say 'We Got This!' in her mother's living room in Greer, S.C., which will be sent to health care workers.

Masks for All?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 2, 2020

As calls mount for a change in official guidelines on masks for non-healthcare workers, science journalist Roxanne Khamsi discusses the reasons for (and against) everyone wearing masks to protecting themselves and others against COVID-19 and Amy Wilson, a Jersey City-based artist who teaches in the Visual and Critical Studies department at the School of Visual Arts and maker of "political crafts," talks about some of the patterns and considerations for making them at home.

→Roxanne Khamsi's blog and newsletter

→Amy Wilson's  “Coronavirus and Craftivism” blog

→The Washington Post article Brian referred to on which pattern to use.

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