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Ahead of her time

THE EAR - The Freeman
April 27, 2020 | 12:00am

SCHUTZMASKE. A Filipina who now lives in Germany said she and her German husband have been wearing face masks since February after news broke out about COVID-19. They always received funny looks and stares whenever they went.

But now the German government has required all its citizens to wear face masks when out in public.

“For one month we got weird looks from people. Even got laughed at. Now who is crazy!” she told her friends.

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