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NPR Hack Says Wear Pantyhose Over Your Head and Mask

Summary by Cindy Olmstead

For anyone looking for one more way to confine your face during the pandemic, NPR suggests stepping up your game by wearing pantyhose over your mask. If it sounds silly, researchers found that they could increase a mask’s filtration efficiency to 80% with hosiery. The trick is to buy queen-size pantyhose and cut out an 8- to 10-inch tube from the thigh area of the hose and wear that. Other ideas for confining the coronavirus include battening down your regular face mask with a hair clip...