you know the social distancing
directives say stay six feet away from
other people but is that far enough not
according to one professor at MIT who's
been researching the science of sneezes
amber Cogley uh no has more on that and
Deborah there are questions today about
whether staying six feet apart is really
enough one more social distancing doubts
are being raised after an MIT professor
said sneezes and coughs can travel as
far as 27 feet dr. Anthony felt she was
asked about the new research there is a
professor from MIT dr. Patchi who
suggests that coronavirus can be carried
on droplets a distance of 27 feet do you
buy into that and if that might be the
case does that suggest the current
social distancing guidelines may need to
be extended this could really be
terribly misleading John if you go way
back and go on and go like that you
might get 27 feet but so you see
somebody do that get out of the way
on Good Morning America the Surgeon
General said all Americans may soon be
advised to wear a face mask in contrast
to what he said several weeks ago you
weighed in at first and he was saying do
not buy do not wear masks if you're
healthy and now the CDC and others are
changing their recommendation so where
do you stand right now on people wearing
masks that do not have symptoms we've
learned about this disease and we've
always said we're gonna learn more we're
going to adjust and we've learned that
there is a fair amount of asymptomatic
spread and so we've asked a CDC to take
another look at whether or not having
more people wear masks will prevent
transmission of the disease to other
people but here's the most important
thing now even if you do wear masks it
can't be at the expense of social
distancing president Trump says there
may be an alternative to conventional
masks for non-medical personnel you can
use a scarf scarf would be very good we
spoke to dr. oz could a scarf be used in
place of a mask it's not as good as a
mask a scarf is a nice piece of clothing
and it makes a fashion statement it's
not designed to start particles so it
won't work as well as the mask but it's
better than nothing
so since we need masks for the
cockers and nurses I actually think
wearing something new fashioned for
yourself as a face covering could work
fairly effectively bandannas work well
yesterday Deborah showed you a mask she
made for her 95 year old father-in-law
you're gonna cut nine by seven today
she's showing how to do it yourself at
home and you're just gonna sew a quarter
inch seam across the top she's using her
trusty sewing machine and a template
she's designed use your template to
place your folds and here's your mask
and this is washable and it just fits
alright and you can get a really good
secure fit you can go to inside
addition.com for info on how to get my
instructions to make your own mask
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