Face Mask U-Turns: Jacinda Ardern

8 March, 2020 . . .

Dr. Michelle Dickinson, aka 'Nanogirl' speaking to Jacinda Ardern (Jacinda nods in agreement and says "yes")

"The virus can still get in through your eyes. There's a lot of people buying masks, thinking they’re being protected. The ones that people are buying from the supermarket, the surgical masks, the rectangular ones, have got gaps in the back, so they're not fully protecting you."

24 August, 2020 . . .

Jacinda Ardern:

"But we know masks protect you, and the people around you."

Sources:
Jacinda Ardern & Michelle Dickinson, 8 March, 2020:
https://fb.watch/dKPwjjYcSf/
Jacinda Ardern, 24 Aug 2020:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-on-auckland-s-covid-19-outbreak-monday-august-24.html
Dr. Gary Sidley, 29 Jan, 2022:
https://youtu.be/9_cdBwHlstY?t=511
BBC, Deborah Cohen, 11 July, 2020:
https://youtu.be/Bw51IudGNb8?t=262