Contentandwell, I have thought the same as you about use of masks being downplayed...the word could have gone out to make the "homemade ones" much sooner. I appreciate conserving the regulars for those 1st responders but have been seriously aggravated that "those in the know" were suggesting they were not effective....doesn't take a mental giant to agree with what you wrote: " Homemade masks are better than nothing".