COVID-19 is a serious virus and caution must be taken in order to prevent transmission. While we encourage working together to complete the steps to make sleeping mats, it must be done safely. Safe measures include:

1. Quarantining bags that you receive before you handle them. There are different views on how long coronavirus lives on plastic:

   1. WebMD: 2-3 days

   2. clearvuehealth: 2 days

   3. medicalxpress.com: 3 days

   4. health.clevelandclinic.org: 3 days

2. Regularly washing and disinfecting your hands, your work surface, and your tools.

3. Refrain from touching your face.