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Re:Doctors are tweeting about coronavirus to make facts go v... by kenhwang on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:12PM (#23196848)
Which is why many East Asian countries have big PR campaigns that focus on how stylish cotton masks are and how they're "more effective" than medical masks*

*more effective at slowing spread through the population, not more effective protection

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Re:Doctors are tweeting about coronavirus to make facts go v... by watwut on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:44PM (#23197173)
The opposite reaction was one surprising thing when masks came around. A groups of people getting angry on cool looking masks like "mask is not a fashion statement".
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Re:Doctors are tweeting about coronavirus to make facts go v... by catalogia on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:08PM (#23197423)
I think that was just sour grapes from the people who didn't have cool stylish masks.
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