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[SIZE=7]Hangzhou kids wear social distancing hats upon return to school[/SIZE]
[SIZE=6]Maybe we should all be wearing these?[/SIZE]
by Alex Linder

April 28, 2020

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To help remind kids of the importance of social distancing amid the coronavirus epidemic, one school in Hangzhou has its young students wearing some special headwear to class.
The hats were all designed and made by the students themselves (presumably with a bit of help from their parents) upon their return to school this week.
Made of cardboard, balloons, and other materials, they create a 1-meter buffer zone around each of the first to third graders.

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Watch footage from the classroom below:

The hats actually have a historical precedent in the headwear of Song dynasty officials.
Designed by Song founder, Emperor Taizu, those hats had long flats sticking out from either side to prevent officials from whispering to one another during court assemblies.
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They are also reminiscent of the “anti-cheating hats” worn once by Anhui middle-schoolers.
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good idea but if the wings are rigid it might pose a challenge to move around especially in some of our buildings corridors, toilets, lifts, stairwells as they are so squeezed.

I feel that by late May and into June things will be back to normal in many countries and especially Africa it will be as if nothing ever happened. (unless Corona starts killing more people before then)

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Amen. I like your faith.