マスクパニック / The mask panic

 御多分にもれず、私も手持ちのマスクが底をつきそうです。近所のドラッグ・ストアでは、毎朝いくらかのマスクを売りに出していますが、長い行列ができる有様で、なかなか入手困難です。
 そんな訳で、そろそろ布製のマスクを使い始めようと思います。布製のマスクは何かと評判が良くないようです。確かに衛生的な効果は、不織布製の物ほどには期待出来ませんが、今となっては必要なエチケットです。
 何しろ、世界人口七十億人ですから、全員に使い捨てのマスクを毎日供給するのは無理なのは明らかです。当面布製マスクをなるべく清潔な状態で使いつつ、他にコロナ対策として手近で有効な手立てがないものか、考えたいものです。


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Like other people's, my masks will be exhausted soon. Though some masks are being sold at a nearby drug store every morning, we need to wait in a long line. We have quite a lot of difficulty getting them. 
This being the case, I will start to wear a cloth mask shortly. It seems that the cloth masks have a bad reputation in various ways. I suppose that cloth masks are inferior to nonwoven fabric ones regarding the hygienic effect, but , at least, that is needed as etiquette today. 
Anyhow, the world's population has reached seven billion, so, It's clear that we can not provide a disposable mask to everyone everyday. For the time being, we have to consider whether there is any other simple and effective measure against coronavirus, while trying to use the cloth masks hygienically. 

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