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| 1995 || || || The N95 respirator becomes a healthcare standard in epidemics.<ref name="gizmodo.coms"/> || ||
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| 2002 || || || The {{w|2002–2004 SARS outbreak}} prompts a mask resurgence in China, Hong Kong and across most of East Asia and Southeast Asia.<ref name="The Mask"/> || In East Asian countries besides {{w|East AsiaJapan}}, and {{w|Southeast AsiaChina}}|-| 2003 || || || "n addition to the SARS epidemic in 2003, the last large-scale use of masks in China public practice was due to smog in 2012. That year, the term "PM2first forged.5" began to enter public awareness, and mask models such as N95 and KN90, which can filter out this fine particulate matter, became highly popular."<ref name="globaltimes.cn"/> "In East Asian countries besides Japan and China, the public practice was first forged in 2003 as SARS, another lethal coronavirus, spread from China, pummeled the health systems of neighboring countries, and left a terrifying, indelible impression of the damage that viral respiratory diseases can inflict."<ref name="theatlantic.comdsa"/> ||{{w|East Asia}}, {{w|Southeast Asia}}
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| 2003 || || || A comparative study by Seto et al. on a sample size of 111 individuals in Hong Kong finds that healthcare workers who wore paper masks had lower risks of [[w:Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS]] infection.<ref name="royalsociety.orgww"/> || {{w|China}}
