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Originally Posted by Akinari
Boggles my mind how different the west and the east is treating COVID-19 in regards to when to wear face masks.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/scie...tance-and-stay
Asian researchers are telling everyone to wear face masks based on their research, meanwhile people in the west who are wearing face masks are subject to racist banter or get the living shit beat out of them because public health officials continue to stress the importance of NOT wearing face masks due to their ineffectiveness.
Are Asians a different human species that are somehow more susceptible to airborne droplets, or is the west continuing to be as ignorant as ever? Mind you, those old Chinese uncles and aunties are still hacking away their phlegm in the middle of the street, on public transit, etc. etc. |
Actually the mask wearing thing in Asia is a societal thing only. So far, all guidelines by governments and scientists in Asia have been telling people they don't have to wear masks unless they're sick. Govt officials make a point not to wear them in public. I'd have to read the paper this article is referring to, but it's most likely that they are blaming the spread on the fact that the sick person was not wearing a mask, rather than the people who GOT it not wearing masks (because most of them probably were actually wearing masks)
Singapore specifically sent out masks to everyone, telling them not to wear them until they show symptoms.