Re:Face masks considerably reduce Covid-19 cases in Germany
by regularfry on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:55AM
(#25301019)
I do wonder how much of that is because Japan (and China, to a certain degree) had normalised mask wearing well before this year.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Face masks considerably reduce Covid-19 cases in Germany
by geomark on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:00AM
(#25301371)
And Thailand and Taiwan (I think) and maybe a few other countries. I think that is certainly a factor.
But something seemed to change, at least here in Thailand. Although mask wearing was normalized in cities as self-protection against air pollution, many/most people seemed to come around to the notion that mask-wearing was a collective effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. Seems like a cultural effect - more collectivist rather than individualist thinking.