[PGR88]

But it will be a Golden Age for armed robbers.

I imagine too that the Chinese government must be very conflicted. On the one hand, they want to limit spread of the disease, on the other, their ubiquitous facial-recognition cameras and software won’t work if everyone is wearing a mask!

[bankwalker]

their ubiquitous facial-recognition cameras and software won’t work if everyone is wearing a mask!

That technology has been around for a while now ...