> And in pretty much every country except the US, people wear masks when they're sick. This isn’t true. Wearing masks when sick has only been common in East As

> And in pretty much every country except the US, people wear masks when they're sick. This isn’t true. Wearing masks when sick has only been common in East Asia since SARS and that’s the only region it was common in. It’s not universal there either. There was an irritated comment in my office Friday about someone sneezing who didn’t never his mouth, never mind wearing a mask. Possibly wearing a mask will be normalized in Western countries after this is over but I sincerely doubt people in the Congo or Malawi or Guatemala are wearing masks while sick. Lots of people and countries are dirt poor.