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The COVID-19 panic has relatively subsided around the world but with new cases popping up in recent days, now is not the time to let our guards down. Apart from social-distancing and washing our hands, one of the best practices is wearing face masks while out in public. As local drugstores struggle to keep up with the high demand for masks, most people head to e-commerce platforms or turn to their friends abroad to help procure masks – especially ones in Japan since they are known for its high quality. However, with so many Japanese mask brands out there, it's difficult to know which ones to buy. So,...

The question that is often asked is do these badges protect against coronavirus? The simple answer is they have not been tested to be effective against the coronavirus. Most of these badges were made a few years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. And in the laboratory tests they were only proven to kill certain percentage of airborne viruses in a closed space environment and when the subject is not moving. Some of the badges, featuring a white cross design (made in China), appear to be of the type marketed as "virus stoppers" in Russia. Some members of the Russian parliament wore them at...