Arlington County Government, VA Emergency Management, 7 Apr 2020

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From YouTube: How To Make a Cloth Face Covering with Board Chair Libby Garvey

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Arlington County Board Chair Libby Chair demonstrates how to make a cloth face covering at home. This follows new guidance from the CDC, which now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies).

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Hi I'm libby garvey, I'm chair of the arlington county board. The cdc now says.

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That everyone should be wearing some sort of face covering over their face.

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Made of cloth, preferably cotton, now I've seen a lot of really interesting designs.

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Out there that people do with sewing machines, but I can't so, and we in.

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Arlington want everyone here to be wearing a face covering as well. So if.

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You can't sew it's okay, let me show you how you can do this.

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Take a bandana or a piece of cloth, pretty simple fold it in half and then.

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If you want a little extra protection, this is a coffee filter. I just folded. It.

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In half just to help filter the air a little bit, this is something that you're.

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Making for yourself not for anybody else, but it's easy to make and it isn't gonna.

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Protect you so much from germs, but it's gonna keep you from spreading germs in.

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Case, you might possibly have something so you fold it up. There's a coffee.

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Filter in there (you don't have to have that). Here you go and then you just fold.

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The ends in in by about a third- and that shows you where you need to put the ties.

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Now people use rubber bands sometimes., I like ribbons, because I've got them just.

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The right size for my ears and my face put it around the end here and just move.

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It in there. this one you put around in this side.

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Fold the ends in and then for neatness I like to just tuck it in just to make it.

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A little better and there you've got a face: mask. really simple,, really easy. done.

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And you can do it if you haven't, got a bandana, get an old t-shirt cut it up. I.

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Have a whole colored supply when you done with it for the day... into the wash and.

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Use a fresh, clean one when you go out, the next time. have fun with with it,.

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Continue to stay separated when you're outside in public, wash your hands, and.

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Take care.. Thank you.