Wisconsinites From Professors to Stay- At-Home Moms Help Make Medical Masks

Ana Matéo Carrión sews surgical masks at Eder Flag in Oak Creek on Monday. Some employees at the company are making surgical masks to meet the increased demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Completed surgical masks are shown at Eder Flag in Oak Creek on Monday. Some employees at the company are making surgical masks to meet the increased demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Marie Mercado works in one of two rooms devoted to making surgical masks at Eder Flag in Oak Creek on Monday. Some employees at the company are making surgical masks to meet the increased demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ana Mateo Carrion sews surgical masks at Eder Flag in Oak Creek on Monday. Some employees at the company are making surgical masks to meet the increased demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Log Cabin Sewing Co. owner ‎Donica Lintner‎ holds up dropped-off face masks at Log Cabin Sewing Co. in Butler on Sunday. Lintner‎ created the Facebook group The Masked Sewists for SE Wisconsin to make face masks and also to collect masks made by volunteers from the community.

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Stephanie Walter, right, of Menomonee Falls drops off a bag of face masks she made from a safe social distance at Log Cabin Sewing Co. in Butler on Sunday. Log Cabin Sewing Co. owner ‎Donica Lintner‎, left, created the Facebook group The Masked Sewists for SE Wisconsin to make face masks and also to collect masks made by volunteers from the community.

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Log Cabin Sewing Co. owner ‎Donica Lintner‎ tries on a sample face mask at the company in Butler on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Lintner‎ created the Facebook group The Masked Sewists for SE Wisconsin to make face masks and also to collect masks made by volunteers from the community.

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Brooke Erlinder, a customer from Menomonee Falls, sews face masks at Log Cabin Sewing Co. in Butler on Sunday. Log Cabin Sewing Co. owner ‎Donica Lintner‎ created the Facebook group The Masked Sewists for SE Wisconsin to make face masks and also to collect masks made by volunteers from the community.

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Michael Lintner, son of Log Cabin Sewing Co. owner Donica Lintner‎, sews face masks at the company in Butler on Sunday. Donica Lintner‎ created the Facebook group The Masked Sewists for SE Wisconsin to make face masks and also to collect masks made by volunteers from the community.

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