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		scythe on March 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier? Is it really so outlandish to blame the masks? Relative to Westerners, East Asians seem to wear a lot more masks, and are willing to improvise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/25/national/japan-... >A tweet from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Disaster Response Division (@MPD_bousai) offers advice on how to wear masks and dispose of them properly, while a free DIY mask instruction manual is available in English, Chinese and Korean on the Oita Prefectural Government’s website Can you imagine that happening here?

hyperman1 on March 21, 2020 [–]

Belgium here. My wife is creating a mask right now, based on free internet instructions. She is not alone in our neighbourhood, and I see masked people at our bakery. I'd say we're not there yet, but learning very fast.

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