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To mask or not to mask?

caption: A face mask made by cosplayer Renee Spencer.
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A face mask made by cosplayer Renee Spencer.
Courtesy of Renee Spencer

How are social norms changing here in the US?

Seattle nurse and Doctors Without Borders field coordinator Karin Huster returned from Hong Kong a few weeks ago. Since then, she’s watched the city change: when she first arrived people were still hugging.

Norms have shifted completely since then – people are wearing homemade masks, grocery stores are getting serious about customer spacing. What do those social changes mean in the long term?

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