Masking for a Friend99% Invisible

Masking for a Friend

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Here in the US, we're not used to needing to cover half of our faces in public, but if you look at the other side of the world, it's a different story. In parts of Asia, wearing a mask in response to the coronavirus pandemic was a totally easy and normal adjustment. Rebecca Kanthor is a reporter based in Shanghai who has lived in China for the past 17 years, and she tells us why the culture behind masks developed so differently there, and the doctor who started it all.

Plus, we look at the manufacturers who pivoted to make products that are in short supply because of the pandemic.

Masking for a Friend

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Dicaprixin
Dicaprixin
2020.7.16
26:13这部分好棒,口罩把我们联系起来
(来自播客一下的推荐)
僵尸二少:同播客一下来的😂😂😂
They had to nag their older relatives to wear masks with the same intensity that they were being nagged to get married.
KyleSun:Social interaction is just a so diplomatic, concerned approach.Naturally,people refuse to be pinned down on anything,they alwasy act as slippery as an eel.