Japan to ease face mask guidelines on public transport

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1. Long overdue… luckily those guidelines were never enforced

2. Spring is arriving and many Japanese will continue to wear mask just to avoid pollens.

3. “Masks will also be framed as an effective way to protect oneself if they are at high-risk of developing severe symptoms, or in crowded spaces.”

   That isn’t how masks work.

   [This is how masks work.](https://www.stlukesonline.org/~/media/stlukes/2020q3images/coivd-030-1140c.png?la=en&hash=9F51789F6847033CEB33F618C9421743006970BE)

4. funny how that is likely the leading place people contracted the virus… a hundred people packed in a metal box all breathing the same air and touching all the same handles. but sure… lets make that the place its ok to take off the mask….. what kind of idiots come up with these policies?

5. Japanese wore masks before Covid started. A larger amount of people will be wearing them after this is done with.
   I have to say , my house with 5 have had less colds and flu in the last 3/4 years.

6. What about the stupid plastic dividers? Any word on when they’re going to not require those?

7. Hahahaha guess the medical system isn’t busy enough?