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where the leaves are turning colors and the ski shop seemed to be reopening.

This week, our journey starts in China and Italy as I chat with Sharon Lam in Hong Kong and Lisa Yuka in Milan.

Both wrote this week about the economics of masks.

Sharon's feature on how the widespread adoption of mouth-to-nose coverings has spawned a mini-manufacturing boom was actually one of my favorite pieces that we produced this week.

In it, she points out that the United Nations Conference

on Trade and Development Projects Annual Personal Protective

Equipment Sales will increase by a whopping 200 fold

by the end of this year to 166 billion.

But as she argues, the market is fraught with fraud, poor quality

control, and creates a whole massive environmental problem

of its own.

Around 75% of coronavirus-related plastic, including masks used for single use,

will pour into landfills, rivers, and oceans around the world.

We were joined in our chat by Lisa as Italy's government imposed a nationwide outdoor mask

mandate with fines of up to €,000 euros for violators.

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