With the COVID pandemic going on a year old, New York Times reporter Tara Parker-Pope not only has plenty to say about mask wearing, but basically has turned it into a fashion statement, particularly when it comes to double masking.
Commenting on the new First Lady’s “colorful matching coat and mask” and the double masks worn by Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten Buttigieg, who had a “fashionable plaid cloth that coordinated with his winter scarf.”
Whether mask wearing is fashionable or not, the writer focused\s on double masks that seal out — or in — as much air as possible. “We should all be thinking about the quality of our masks right now,” the writer says.
Here are some ins and outs of mask wearing, she says: Single masks are out; singles masks are in. Well-fitted, two- and three-layer masks are in; whatever you had before is out.
SOURCE The New York Times January 21, 2021