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Collected Item: “Buying KN95 masks”

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Buying KN95 masks

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text

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Today I bought a package of KN95 masks for the first time. Between my partner and I, we have more than a dozen cloth masks, and sometimes we double-up on them, but more than a year after the start of the pandemic, it is funny to think that this is the first time I have bought a package of medical-grade masks. The reason I did it contains another irony—I am vaccinated so I am considering going out slightly more often, when I do so, I want to be sure that I am still practicing as much safety as possible.

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mask, KN95, cloth mask, socializing, vaccine, HSE

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Seth Moller

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2021-04-04
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