On April 6, the face coverings of riders coming in and out of the Times Square Subway Station, the busiest subway station in NYC, were observed.

Here& #39;s a thread on what we found (1/5)

58% of subway riders were wearing commercially available masks, 12% of the total were the N95 respirators that healthcare workers are running out of

cc: @meganranney @EricTopol @ASlavitt

Read more about #GetUsPPE here: https://getusppe.org/ 

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11% of subway riders were wearing the homemade face coverings the @CDCgov & @Surgeon_General are recommending to slow #COVID19 spread:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html

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NYC is the best place to live in the world. We all need to do our part, especially in public places like the subway where social distancing is hard! 4/5

@NYCMayor https://twitter.com/darakass/status/1246790509898731526?s=21">https://twitter.com/darakass/...

We hope public health departments preparing for surge ensure that messaging regarding appropriate face-covering use is widely distributed. Healthcare workers are doing their best - we all play a role in #FlattenTheCurve! 5/5 https://twitter.com/tedtalks/status/1247970665573089282?s=21">https://twitter.com/tedtalks/...

Cc: @YogangiM @learn_remember @NYCHealthSystem @NYGovCuomo