# Being w/ small groups of people not part of your household bubble? Y, N, maybe?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-w-small-groups-of-people-not-part-of-your-household-bubble-y-n-maybe/919705 "2020-09-03T12:06:22Z")\
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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> There are at least three active Kickstarter campaigns right now for facemasks that show your mouth clearly. They are all clear about sealing around the edges.

I started a thread about this back in July.

> [@Clear masks or masks with a clear window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-masks-or-masks-with-a-clear-window/916492/45):
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> This showed up in my newsfeed this morning. I believe these will catch on. [https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB17lqxo?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare](https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB17lqxo?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare) There are a bunch of links in the article.

I got those masks from amazon, but I haven’t worn any yet. They need to be bigger. As I said in that thread, this is an idea whose time has come. We can’t go for another year without seeing each other’s faces.

> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> SARS and MERS were contained before vaccines could be tested. The problems with testing them were “not enough people are being exposed any more”

That’s certainly not a problem any more!

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