What's really odd about the linked article is that it's supposed to be a summary of this paper: https://download.nap.edu/cart/download.cgi?record_id=25776 http

What's really odd about the linked article is that it's supposed to be a summary of this paper: https://download.nap.edu/cart/download.cgi?record_id=25776 https://download.nap.edu/cart/download.cgi?record_id=25776 The actual paper consistently says that homemade masks really DO work, at least to some extent.