“Seriously people-STOP BUYING MASKS!” began a 29 February
tweet from U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams. The World Health Organization and
U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have both said that only
people with COVID-19 symptoms and those caring for them should wear masks.
The worldwide shortage of masks has led to drastic measures.
Earlier today the Government of the Autonomous Basque Region in Spain has ordered
beret manufacturer Boinas Elósegui to immediately halt the complete production
of berets and focus on manufacturing face masks instead.
The cost per mask is relatively high, but individual masks
can be dry-cleaned up to 50 times in their lifespan, while the merino fibers
are a natural antiseptic.
Specifically for the Basque market, Elósegui developed a face mask with txortena (or cabillou).
When the production of berets can be resumed is an unknown; “we
expect to produce face masks only till at least the end of this year”, Elósegui
spokesman Tonto Gilipollas said.
If this isn’t an April Fool’s joke then you really should suggest the knit masks can be gently hand washed, rinsed, rolled in a towel then dried, which doesn’t require going to the shop and then subsequently inhaling toxic chemicals from the Dry Cleaners?
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DeleteIf this isn’t an April Fool’s joke then you really should suggest the knit masks can be gently hand washed, rinsed, rolled in a towel then dried, which doesn’t require going to the shop and then subsequently inhaling toxic chemicals from the Dry Cleaners?
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