This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In March, Seattle was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the parents of Yooni Kim, a retail worker, were worried about her. They sent her a package of disposable masks, and she began wearing them to work.
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