SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – As expected, people are rushing to procure their disposable surgical and N95 face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus.  Unfortunately, the masks are in short supply, or are sold-out in many retail outlets.

But it takes an epidemic to  bring out the creativity of the homo sapiens.

All over the world, people are turning to alternatives for the face mask — brown paper bags, jock straps, remnants of their last maquerade ball, even condoms!

Anything that works —- or doesn’t!