Wearing a mask in shops is a small price to pay
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Wearing a mask in shops is a small price to pay

Jane Bates Retired nurse

I hollered like an Alpine goatherd calling in the chamois from a distant valley, but still the man behind the counter couldn’t hear me. I was trying to buy stamps at the post office but, muffled behind my home-made face covering, I could not make myself heard.

Nursing Standard. 35, 8, 12-12. doi: 10.7748/ns.35.8.12.s8

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