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What do superheroes and the Natural Grocers Crew have in common? They show up when we need them most, they take care of each other, and they wear special attire—because now the good4u Crew is wearing masks for you! (And, to make it as safe as possible for them to carry out their daily acts of heroism.) Here’s the thing, before the CDC and local governments even started recommending it—our Natty Gs family was rallying to make masks so that all our in-store and manufacturing Crew could have one to wear. It’s been a real grassroots effort, between Crew members, family, and friends (since surgical masks are in short supply and needed for our healthcare heroes). Our band of volunteers has been busy with cotton cloth, ribbons, and sewing machines to deliver this superhero garb to the everyday benefactors keeping healthy food and supplies on our shelves.
The exciting news is, there’s evidence to indicate that even homemade face masks can help us all be champions in the fight against this villain of a virus. Here are some reasons why wearing a mask right now is good4u:
The rate of infections and death is significantly lower in countries where face masks are mandatory attire. Check out some of the numbers: (Due to the nature of the pandemic, actual figures may have changed since this posting, but the robust correlation between wearing a mask and reducing the spread of the virus remains significant).
At the end of the (very long) day, based on the evidence and now the CDC recommendations—Natural Grocers believes that homemade, washable, cotton masks are one more vital way that we can support our Crew and communities. Yes, the pandemic playbook demands that multiple measures be deployed together to help slow the spread. So making masks mandatory in our stores does not mean that we’re relaxing our vigilant standards of sanitization or social-distancing protocols. It does mean that we are employing one more strategy to defend our everyday superheroes and those they serve against the threat of this virus by doing everything possible to help flatten the curve.
i https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
ii https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
iii https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/04/why-wear-a-mask-m…
iv https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/04/04/benefits…
vii https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/pdf/pone.0002618.pdf (this is the reference for the entire section about the effectiveness of homemade masks)
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