We are now living in the Age of the Mask. Seven states—Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island—are requiring residents to wear masks out in public and while patronizing essential businesses, and even in the other 43, the mask is becoming as common as, say, a baseball cap. And we’re no longer in the portion of the pandemic where, unable to find something sufficient, your only option is to tie on a bandana.
