You Chinese If You Wear Face Mask All the Time

You Chinese if you wear face mask all the time.

If you don't live in Asia, you probably aren't used to seeing people walk around with face masks. This, however, is a common thing in Asia. Normally, someone who is sick and doesn't want to pass their illness on to others wears a face mask. That's positively considerate, isn't it?

Otherwise, people in Asia might wear a face mask because they ride their scooter or moped all day through the polluted streets.

However, face masks made a big appearance in the West when SARS reared its ugly head. You started seeing who the Chinese (err... Asians in general) really were. What? You were too embarrassed to wear a face mask out in public? Then you not Chinese enough!!!

Now, with Swine Flu (H1N1) in full force out there... it's not just Chinese who are donning their face masks.