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| 2018 || || || Medical anthropologist Christos Lynteris publishes article prompting readers to think about surgical masks as masks, bodily prostheses that transform the identity of the wearer. The gauze mask has both practical and performative significance. Practically, it creates a barrier against the inhalation of invisible airborne pathogens. At the same time, it performs symbolically the idea of a regime against airborne pathogens.<ref name="We share what we exhale"/> ||
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| 2018 || {{w|Influenza}} | | Study || " A 2018 study by Jin Yan and colleagues from the US Food and Drug Administration constructed a model based on assumptions from laboratory data. They concluded concludes that if only 20 percent of people use masks, it wouldn’t make a difference for the spread of {{w|influenza}}. At The effect is found to be substancial at 50 percent compliance, though, with the use of high-filtration surgical masks, the effect might be substantial."<ref name="dgyhy">{{cite web |title=The Face Mask Debate Reveals a Scientific Double Standard |url=https://www.wired.com/story/the-face-mask-debate-reveals-a-scientific-double-standard/ |website=wired.com |accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> || ||
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| 2019–2020 || {{w|Surveillance}} || || During the [[w:2019–20 Hong Kong protests|Hong Kong protests]], face masks are worn as both a political statement and as a tool for disguising identity from closed-circuit TV cameras. They would become so popular that the government would go so far as to try to ban them, immediately elevating them to a symbol of revolt.<ref name="The Mask"/> || {{w|Hong Kong}} || [[File:Watson queue for face masks 20200130 DSCF2199 (49464278376).jpg|thumb|center|150px|]]
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| 2020 (April 15) || || {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019}} || Scientists claim having developed a {{w|biodegradable}} material for {{w|face mask}}s which is effective at removing particles smaller than 100 nanometres including viruses and has a high breathability.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Layt |first1=Stuart |title=Queensland researchers hit sweet spot with new mask material |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-researchers-hit-sweet-spot-with-new-mask-material-20200414-p54jr2.html |accessdate=22 August 2020 |work=Brisbane Times |date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Technology (QUT) |first1=Queensland University of |title=New mask material can remove virus-size nanoparticles |url=https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=161468 |website=QUT |accessdate=22 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> || {{w|Australia}}
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