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Viewsroom: Masks, masks everywhere; Tech breakups

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Reuters

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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The widespread covering of mouths and noses to stifle Covid-19 has spawned a mini-manufacturing boom, with some downsides, Sharon Lam tells Rob Cox. Yet the economic benefits of mask mandates are plentiful, Lisa Jucca argues from Milan. Plus, Congress targets Big Tech bigly.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Until the 2nd of February from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst it's last.

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The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters' news.

0:30.2

Welcome to the Views' Weekly Podcasts brought to you by Reuters' Breaking Views.

0:34.2

I'm Rob Cox, the editor of Breaking Views, coming to you from Zurich, Switzerland,

0:37.7

with the leaves are turning colors, and the ski shop seemed to be reopening. This week,

0:42.3

our journey starts in China and Italy as I chat with Sharon Lam in Hong Kong and Lisa Yucca in Milan.

0:48.6

Both wrote this week about the economics of masks. Sharon's feature on how the widespread adoption of mouth-to-nose

0:55.5

coverings has spawned a mini manufacturing boom was actually one of my favorite pieces that we

0:59.9

produced this week. In it, she points out that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

1:04.3

projects annual personal protective equipment sales will increase by a whopping 200-fold by the end

1:10.2

of this year to 166 billion.

1:12.8

But as she argues, the market is fraught with fraud, poor quality control, and creates a whole

1:17.4

massive environmental problem of its own. Around 75% of coronavirus-related plastic, including

1:23.6

masks used for single use, will pour into landfills, rivers, and oceans around the world.

1:28.8

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

1:34.0

with fines of up to €1,000 for violators.

1:38.0

Finally, I talked with Gina Chan in Palo Alto after a judiciary committee in the Democrat-controlled

1:42.8

U.S. House of Representatives

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