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This will be a funny one to explain to grandkids one day (startrek.website)

submitted 10 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They did! There was a a video by the US surgeon general showing how to make a mask out of a t-shirt and rubber bands. That was an unexpectedly spooky video.

https://youtu.be/PI1GxNjAjlw?si=nEKQbzqis8XQnKGq

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I remember that!

I should’ve been clear that I was referring to only the earliest days of the pandemic. Wikipedia's summary jives with my memory:

Federal officials initially discouraged the general public from wearing masks for protecting themselves from COVID-19. In early April, federal officials reversed their guidance, saying that the general public should wear masks to lessen transmission by themselves, particularly from asymptomatic carriers.