CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell January 19, 2022 20:43:00
>> on behalf of victor, and his masks that he's reusing, can these be washed? >> no, medical masks are not made to be washed. at the beginning of the pandemic when we didn't have many n95s around, hospitals went to great lengths to work out ways to sterilize them, and it took specialized machines and things like that to do it. they should absolutely not be washed. if you want to be able to feel more comfortable about putting it on after wearing it, dash board of a car with sunlight hitting on it and giving heat, those type of things, not microwave, not steaming but sunlight and time will do th...