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If I have 6 cloth masks, and rotate them every day... giving days off... will the virus die off in the 3-4 days I don't wear them.
I don't have a mask on long... I'm sticking close to home.
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It probably would, but you have enough to hand wash them between wearing.
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2020
#4
That is what HCWs are doing w dry heat being key as the virus is definitely inactivated 65 C (149F)
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#9
Leave the one that you wear in sunshine. Use a glove to flip it to expose each side for 2 hours.
Blue_true
Aug 2020
#12
It should...but please consider washing them in sudsy water and allowing them to dry in the sun
Baltimike
Aug 2020
#14
If you wear the procedure mask, the blue disposable ones, you can reuse them a few times
mucifer
Aug 2020
#18
You won't catch Covid from reusing a mask in that rotation but their gonna stink.
herding cats
Aug 2020
#24