This photo shows the hole in the chin part of the copper mask. PHOTO: MARTIN SAN DIEGO
This photo shows the hole in the chin part of the copper mask. PHOTO: MARTIN SAN DIEGO
The same warning was echoed by the Philippine College of Physicians in an advisory that shares the views of both the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the use of face masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus.“Face masks should cover your face from the bridge of your nose to under the chin. Masks with vents or exhalation valves are not advised because they allow the unfiltered breath to escape the mask,” the group of medical experts said on social media.But the copper mask maker pushed back against any warnings with press releases, promotional material in media outlets, and by calling the hospital’s advisory another “disease” known as “misinformation and panic.”
Large billboards along Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare promote the copper mask. PHOTO: MARTIN SAN DIEGO
Large billboards along Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare promote the copper mask. PHOTO: MARTIN SAN DIEGO
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar is frequently seen wearing the controversial copper mask during his public appearances often streamed on the government's social media channels. PHOTO: PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION OPERATIONS OFFICE
This couple illustrates the difference in appearances of copper mask and the more common cloth masks and surgical masks. PHOTO: MARTIN SAN DIEGO
PHOTO: MARTIN SAN DIEGO
The Food and Drug Administration said the copper mask is not registered with them. PHOTO: MARTIN SAN DIEGO
