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I often wear a mask during the Winter months in London too. Mostly because the majority of people on the tube are absolute disgusting pigs. They cough and sneeze without holding their hand in front of their face or making any other attempt to cover it up.
Here in Vietnam they also use it to cover their faces from the sun. Having a white skin is the beauty ideal.
Saigon and Hanoi can have very high AQI (it's no Beijing, but still dangerous)
Some anecdotal experience: I travel to Asia for vacations and majority of the time, I catch a minor cold. The endless coughing and runny nose can really sap my energy. A friend suggested wearing a mask. Once I did, the air I was breathing became warmer and my throat and lungs felt less dry. It really helped a lot. I was glad there were so many others around me wearing masks so I didn’t stand out at all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay_fever_in_Japan
If you are living in Tokyo and you have pollen allergy, you too will wear masks all day.
Surgical masks don't protect you against airborne viruses, but if you wear one when you have a cold it does help protect other people from viruses in your snot/water particles. The facts about this are fairly well known in Japan now (although there may still be people who wear masks in the misguided hope that they won't catch other people's colds despite), so it's not very accurate to try to imply that use of surgica…
People wear masks here during pollen season or handling dusty/dirty things, to indicate to others that they may be sick, or to soak up their runny nose drippings. But for the most part, like many aspects of society, they serve only a decorative purpose.
Here in Vietnam they also use it to cover their faces from the sun. Having a white skin is the beauty ideal.
Well also the dust particles everywhere, which literally give you lung cancer. Saigon and Hanoi can have very high AQI (it's no Beijing, but still dangerous)
The societal pressure on appearance is so high, that just going to the grocery shopping without makeup is seen a socially unacceptable. The simplest way around it is to hide your face, and the best way to do so is to wear a surgical mask.
On a side note, in Korea, this is not reserved to women, lot of men wear makeup as well.
Surgical masks don't protect you against airborne viruses, but if you wear one when you have a cold it does help protect other people from viruses in your snot/water particles. The facts about this are fairly well known in Japan now (although there may still be people who wear masks in the misguided hope that they won't catch other people's colds despite), so it's not very accurate to try to imply that use of surgica…
[0] http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=face+mask+fashion
I think they will go quite nicely with decorated AR glasses once those become commonplace, for a combination that would thwart mass face-detection once that's commonplace as well.
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Well also the dust particles everywhere, which literally give you lung cancer. Saigon and Hanoi can have very high AQI (it's no Beijing, but still dangerous)
Surgical masks don't protect from PM2.5 particles.
Some anecdotal experience: I travel to Asia for vacations and majority of the time, I catch a minor cold. The endless coughing and runny nose can really sap my energy. A friend suggested wearing a mask. Once I did, the air I was breathing became warmer and my throat and lungs felt less dry. It really helped a lot. I was glad there were so many others around me wearing masks so I didn’t stand out at all.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine#S...