手術用マスクをつける日本人？

Japanese Surgical Mask Culture - Boing Boing

When I first came to Japan, I was shocked to see people wearing surgical masks in public. The first time was when I was on a train. I looked around to see if anybody was looking at the masked middle aged woman but spotted nobody. The only conclusion I came to was that she was a doctor - but she didn't look like a doctor and even if she was - why on earth was she wearing a surgical mask on the train?!

なるほど、日本のマスクは「手術用マスク」に見えるのね。

それにしても、ここ最近のマスク人口急増率には目を見張るものがある(気がする、なんとなく)。花粉症の人も多いんだろうけど、風邪引いてるわけでも内容に予防のためにマスク、っていう人もいるよね。個人的には「そこまで...」とか思っちゃいますが。