Coronavirus: Why attitudes to masks have changed around the world
Cases spike as nightlife returns in ArizonaEven as government policies have changed - there's a big gap in how willing people are to wear masks.
She says mask wearing can vary based on how vulnerable people feel about an illness, whether they believe the costs outweigh the benefits, and how readily available masks are. Finally, people in countries that experienced the 2003 Sars pandemic - or other respiratory outbreaks - were readier to start wearing masks.
However,"there have been no clinical trials of coughing into your elbow, social distancing and quarantine, yet these measures are seen as effective and have been widely adopted," it adds.A majority of countries now recommend or require face coverings in some situations. By contrast,"mask wearing is a little more complex - you have to find and purchase a mask, put it on and dispose of it a certain way, and they're uncomfortable to wear.
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