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Get Ready For a Long, Long Run With Masks
posted (May 21, 2020)

But, how about going to the gym in a mask?  Doesn’t sound like much fun at all, but if you’re patiently waiting for the day when the Government will lift the restrictions requiring a mask, the Director of Health Services says don’t hold your breath.

Here’s how he explained why the face masks rules will be around for an extended period of time:

Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Service
"Continue to be on the lookout for information, we are not - part of what we keep trying to address in the multiple interventions we do is understand there is a new norm, I know that eventually you might be a little bit more relaxed with the wearing of a mask if we don't find cases but understand that a mask you might need it down the road, so that whenever you have more cases it becomes more of a routine and I notice we are getting more creative with the masks, people are having more colourful, people have masks that match their shirt, hopefully their ties soon, that kind of thing. Maybe the analogy I had not wanting to talk about but it’s like when we start talking about condom use in Belize, I said condomize the country, consistent chronic use of condoms, that's where I think we will be heading with masks, it's going to be a consistent chronic and appropriate use of a mask because if we don't know how to use it properly, then we are defeating the purpose of using it."

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