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Same here in Japan. When I leave home, I put on mask and keep it on until I return home. Only time I take off mask is to eat and drink. Most people do the same.
by akg_67 5y ago
Same here in Japan. When I leave home, I put on mask and keep it on until I return home. Only time I take off mask is to eat and drink. Most people do the same.
KISS, We have kept it simple. There is no discussion about when to wear or not wear, who need to wear or not, what type of mask to wear or not.
- fomine3 5y agoWearing mask is pretty basic so no discussion, but mask type is a bit controversial topic in Japan. At the beginning of pandemic, gov sends cloth mask all house. I think this was good try at the time, but finally the mask isn't used well because non-woven mask become available soon. Now gov still has huge cloth mask stocks. After that, some research suggests that nonwoven mask is the best for protect, cloth mask isn't the best, urethane mask is relatively bad. But because the gov sends and still has cloth mask, gov don't want to say avoid using other than nonwoven masks. Anyway over 80% (I assume) of people wear non woven mask so totally fine.
- akg_67 5y agoWhile government initiative to supply masks was a fiasco, I don’t believe that mask type is a controversial topic here. Majority of people are wearing whatever type of masks they want. There is no controversy about mask type. Even at several hospitals that I have visited, majority of doctors are wearing regular surgical masks, only a few wear N95 or double up on regular surgical mask.