A DEBATE IS BREWING OVER
WHETHER THE GENERAL PUBLIC
SHOULD WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR
LIKE MASKS WHEN RUNNING
ERRANDS.
"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER JAN
CARABAO FOUND MANY PEOPLE
WEARING MASKS THIS MORNING
OUTSIDE A SUPERMARKET IN
BENSALEM.
REPORTER: THEY ARE BECOMING
A SIGN OF THE TIMES, HERE IN
BENSALEM, BUCKS COUNT THINK
MORNING, A LINE OF PEOPLE WAIT
TO GO GET INTO A STORE, MOSTLY
WEARING FACE MASKS.
SEVERAL COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD ARE ALL READY
INSTRUCTING THE PUBLIC TO WEAR
SOME SORT OF PROTECTION, AND
IT IS NOW A REQUIREMENT IN LOS
ANGELES.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC ONE OUT
OF FOUR CARRIERS SHOWS NO
SYMPTOMS AND, AND, COULD BE
SPREADING THE VIRUS.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE
ALL RED ANY SHORT SUPPLY AND
HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON THE
FRONT LINES DESPERATELY NEED
THEM.
STILL DOCTOR ROB DANOFF FROM
JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
SAYS IT IS TIME, THAT EVERYONE
COVERED UP.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE SUPER
MARKET, PHARMACY, OUTSIDE,
WEAR THE MASK.
AGAIN IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
HOSPITAL MASK.
WE'RE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
YOU CAN BUY THEM FROM
DIFFERENT MAKE THEIR MAKE THEM
AND USE THEM OR MAKE YOUR OWN
AND THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVE.
REPORTER: WHAT ABOUT
GLOVES.
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS SAY
THEY CANDY CREASE YOUR RISK OF
CONTRACTING COVID-19 AND MAKE
YOUR SICK IF USED IMPROPERLY.
YOU SHOULD WASH, SANITIZED
YOUR HANDS BEFORE USING ANY
PROTECTIVE GEAR AND PUTTING
GLOVES ON IS BASICALLY FULL
PROOF.
THE TRICK IS TAKING THEM OFF.
WE HAVE CLEAN FINK THEIR
HAS NOT TOUCHED ANY SURFACE
THAT IS DIRTY.
UNDERNEATH, WHERE THE CLEAN
SIDE OF THE GLOVE AND THAT
GOES INTO THE TRASH CAN.
REPORTER: THIS PARKING LOT
IS PRETTY CLEAN, NO GLOVES ON
THE GROUND HERE.
UNFORTUNATELY THE SAME CANNOT
BE SAID EVERY WHERE.
MAKE SURE TO USE TRASH CAN SO
NO ONE ELSE HAS TO PICK UP
