Face masks take on an entirely different meaning as the Venice Carnival clashes with the spread of the Coronavirus With the Venice carnival due to start in two weeks (8th February to 25th February 2020) there is a back drop of confusion over the search for face masks. Whether you are Googling it, or asking Bing or Yahoo, the term “face mask” has taken on a whole different meaning.

1. The Plague Doctor knew about face masks before for the
Coronavirus!
by tracy chandler (& paul parham)
Face masks take on an entirely different meaning as
the Venice Carnival clashes with the spread of the
Coronavirus
With the Venice carnival due to start in two weeks (8th February to 25th February 2020) there is a back drop of
confusion over the search for face masks.
Whether you are Googling it, or asking Bing or Yahoo, the term “face mask” has taken on a whole different
meaning.
If you are concerned aboutthe Coronavirus then search for N95 respirator masks,ifyou are going to the Venice
Carnival, or a Venetian Ball, then search for Venetian masks !
With the Coronavirus escalating,the press are reporting a run on face masks in the US, UK and China,with
many outlets reporting shortages ofthese N95 respirator masks.

2. In a move that Donald Trump would be proud of, Taiwan have introduced a month long ban on the export of
these masks after fears ofsupply shortages arose.With the virus accelerating this is a mega ugly health trade
war that no one wanted to see.
We, at JustPosh Masks,are also seeing a run on its face masks,butthis is because the Venice Carnival for
2020 is aboutto start. We are not, as yet, in a trade war with Italy, and we are hoping that, by the time the
Carnival starts,the full face Venetian character mask,with full Venetian costume,will still be the order of the day.
Plague Doctors were medical physicians who treated victims ofthe Plague.During the 17th century doctors
would wear a face mask with a long nose,which was filled with aromatic herbs and spices.It was thoughtthat
these sweetsmelling herbs protected the doctor from the spread ofthe plague,which was widelyconsidered to
be airborne.
The N95 respirator masks are simpler,and more advanced than the iconic Plague Doctor mask.These textile
masks are thoughtto filter out over 90% of particles in the air and are, currently, recommended for the recent
outbreak of the Coronavirus.
Those that know the history of this long nose Doctor mask will know thatthere are some similarities with the
current day Coronavirus and the Plague.Then, as now, the medical world did notknow how this virus was being
spread.It was thoughtthat wearing a mask would contain,and hopefullystop,this becoming a pandemic.
We now know that the Plague was not airborne and,at the time of writing,we still do not know if the Coronavirus,
like the SARS virus in 2003,is airborne,or how it is even being spread.
Whilstmask technologytoday far exceeds that of the 17th century, and no one would argue that the N95
respirator masks are better at protecting you than the plague doctor masks were,we can all be forgiven fo r
thinking that today there is a feeling of déjà vu.
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