Just to explain a 30-second DIY vid here last year, in April 2020: In the early part of the pandemic, in April 2020, there were no guidelines for elevators, crowd sizes, mask mandates. That week, i had to board an elevator for 30 floors in several trips so i improvised a face shield made from acetate. To help others cope with crowds, i made a video of a how-to, DIY face shield in five seconds minimal talkies just demo.
i didn’t think a month or so after that, the Duterte administration would require it, coerce people to buy faceshields (with law-enforcers haranguing those on the streets who weren’t wearing one), and make a killing at the cash register.