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Just so people understand this fact South Korea got people wearing masks after COVID outbreak pretty much within weeks. They did it because the 2002 SARS outbreak and the US under Bush recommend a national policy to wear medical masks and South Korea took it seriously and when COVID hit the masks went on and no one complained. South Korean death total during the COVID outbreak was around 12,000 vs US 1.2 million in the US though South Korea has 1/6th the population of the US but they did not understand why the US was not rapidly releasing N95 masks or some form of masks. They where the ones who recommended the masks but then not following up. Of course people will point to a mix of data on masks effectiveness many people I talked to explained their experiences with the masks . According to them they seen fewer cases of COVID and fewer cases of the flu as they worked at Home Depot and Stop & Shop grocery store chain. Home Depot founder was a major Republican donor but felt it was important to listen to the experts and required the wearing of masks by employees and faced all kinds of employee complaints but those I talked to had no problems wearing them. But we will see how South Korea and New Zealand respond to this new problem.