I went outside yesterday and noticed a lot of people with bandanas over their face.

It wasn’t an Antifa rally; it was a trip to the nearby dog park, where pooch owners have been asked to practice appropriate social distancing. There were a couple of those white medical masks but most people were going with the outlaw-chic type of look.

Apparently they were ahead of the curve, because today Governor Tom Wolf issued a new request (via KDKA):

Gov. Tom Wolf is asking all Pennsylvanians to wear masks anytime they leave the house.

He’s asking people to reserve N95 and paper masks for healthcare workers. He says you should use a cloth or homemade mask if you need to leave the house.

At a Friday afternoon press conference, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine says the health department has recommended that the general public not wear masks. However, they say that guidance is now changing.

“Your mask protects me from COVID-19, and my mask protects you from COVID-19,” Dr. Levine explained.

This is what it’s come down to. A global pandemic in which we’re asked to cover our faces outside of the home. This could be our “new norm,” as Doug Pederson once said.

This is the mask I’ll be wearing: