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Will homemade masks stop coronavirus from spreading? Fact-checking Sen. Pat Toomey’s claim | PolitiFact

Last weekend, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey told his Twitter followers that wearing homemade masks in public would stop the spread of the coronavirus. But with masks in such short supply for health care workers, we wondered if that's true.

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) questions Federal Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in April 2019 in Washington, D.C. Toomey said "I'm not convinced we should switch to a gold standard anytime soon," of Judy Shelton's support for a return to that system.
Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) questions Federal Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in April 2019 in Washington, D.C. Toomey said "I'm not convinced we should switch to a gold standard anytime soon," of Judy Shelton's support for a return to that system.Read moreChip Somodevilla / MCT