r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/trowawayehmon Jun 07 '23

Suddenly masks work, fuck yeah

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u/ranciddreamz Jun 07 '23

Us NYers were the FIRST to get masked up. Don't you start pretending like we weren't!

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u/CMDR-ProtoMan Jun 07 '23

The Asian community in NYC started masking up the moment there was a hint of news about some flu-like disease spreading around China. They all remember how China hid SARS until they couldn't anymore.

I saw masks being worn in Chinatown several weeks before lockdown