As any economist worth his salt will tell you, government policies occasionally may have good intentions, but they always have unintended consequences. Case in point, the ecological disaster from discarded masks.
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Dead Masks: A Photo Essay
"According to one study, it will take 450 years for some of these masks to degrade. That’s a lot of dead baby birds and a lot of wasted energy, almost for naught. Great job, Homo personatus!" ~ Robert E. Wright
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