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YouTube and TikTok creators pivot to DIY face mask tutorials
Apr 04, 2020 1 min, 34 secs
With everyone scrambling to find face masks to wear, DIY tutorials are thriving on YouTube and TikTok.

In a video that now has more than 450,000 views, he sewed 25 fabric face masks to donate to a local hospital while commenting on the American government's fumbled pandemic response to the new coronavirus. .

"And if the fact that you're watching a TikTok about resources being so depleted that hospitals are turning to civilians making fabric face masks doesn't make you realize the severity of the situation, that we're in," he narrated before turning directly to the camera.

Some are more rigid, and include nose wires to better shape the mask to the user's face.

Other creators are also tailoring mask tutorials to better fit the theme of their channels, like PierreG ASMR, whose video features intimate, frisson-inducing sounds of a scissor gliding through paper towels.

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise — more than 1 million people people worldwide have been diagnosed with it as of Thursday — there's still no consensus on whether people should wear face masks when they're out in public.

With many people trying to avoid buying up precious N95 masks that healthcare workers desperately need, they're taking precautions by making their own. .

"Wearing a fabric mask is better than nothing and we are at a point where...something is better than nothing," Sebastian told Mashable in an Instagram DM. 

In the comments of a mask tutorial he posted a few days later, he added that the masks will go to those in need of personal protective equipment. 

He added that by using TikTok to post the video, instead of Instagram, he had a better chance of reaching people who otherwise wouldn't see his content

To almost sugarcoat it while also making people realize the selfishness of what some of them were doing but doing it in a way where they didn't feel truly attacked." 

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