In Hong Kong, people wear surgical masks quite frequently. Sometimes it's because they're sick and they don't want to spread their germs, sometimes it's because they don't want to inhale the city's disgusting polluted air, sometimes it's because they work with food and in that case, it probably goes both ways—they don't want to breathe in all that food cooking and they don't want to contaminate it. I snapped this photo at Café de Coral, which according to their website is Hong Kong's #1 fast food brand. I noticed that most people who work behind fast food counters wear surgical masks. An odd sight for an American, but completely normal for them. Now one thing I'm wondering is, were surgical masks common before the SARS outbreak, or did they become common after?
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Surgical Masks: Not Just For Surgeons
In Hong Kong, people wear surgical masks quite frequently. Sometimes it's because they're sick and they don't want to spread their germs, sometimes it's because they don't want to inhale the city's disgusting polluted air, sometimes it's because they work with food and in that case, it probably goes both ways—they don't want to breathe in all that food cooking and they don't want to contaminate it. I snapped this photo at Café de Coral, which according to their website is Hong Kong's #1 fast food brand. I noticed that most people who work behind fast food counters wear surgical masks. An odd sight for an American, but completely normal for them. Now one thing I'm wondering is, were surgical masks common before the SARS outbreak, or did they become common after?
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