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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 \u201cface
mask\u201d has taken on a whole different meaning.

If you are concerned about the Coronavirus then search for N95
respirator masks, if you 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 of these
N95 respirator masks.

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 of supply shortages
arose. With the virus accelerating this is a mega ugly health trade war that no
one wanted to see.

We, at Just Posh Masks, are also seeing a run on its face masks, but
this is because the Venice Carnival for 2020 is about to 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 of the
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 thought that
these sweet smelling herbs protected the doctor from the spread of the plague,
which was widely considered to be airborne.

The N95 respirator masks are simpler, and more advanced than the iconic
Plague Doctor mask. These textile masks are thought to 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 that
there are some similarities with the current day Coronavirus and the Plague.
Then, as now, the medical world did not know how this virus was being spread.
It was thought that wearing a mask would contain, and hopefully stop, 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.

Whilst mask technology today 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 for thinking that
today there is a feeling of déj vu.

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