> "That said, if you don't have any other mask, I fail to see how viral material can survive a soak in alcohol for a few minutes and then drying overnight in a

> "That said, if you don't have any other mask, I fail to see how viral material can survive a soak in alcohol for a few minutes and then drying overnight in a warm spot away from flames (alcohol is flammable)." The linked NYT article points out "Of those methods, they did not recommend ethyl alcohol because although it killed the virus, it degraded the mask material."