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March 2020 - Documenting everyday life early before COVID-19 lockdowns were instated in Oakland Chinatown: Early CDC guidance advised that masks were ineffective toward mitigating the spread of COVID-19( they corrected this guidance). Nonetheless, Asian-Americans were one of the first groups to employ masks to combat the risks of the pandemic.