The time has come to ditch the face shield outdoors

A video posted online showed a female OFW at the Qatar airport saying they were being instructed to throw away their face shields. A passenger on a Tokyo flight onboard a Japanese airline noting the non-mandatory wearing of a face shield. A Pinoy student in Beijing wondering why there’s no one wearing a face shield in a park. If there’s an accessory in this pandemic that became so “polarizing” that even health experts couldn’t decide if it is really useful or not, it is the face shield.

At the start of the pandemic, the face shield was touted as an “armor” – a first-line defense against an unseen enemy. It was required to be worn at all times, whether you are seated inside a jeepney, doing transactions in a bank, or shopping for groceries.