{"id":21547,"date":"2020-07-06T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/indian-man-wears-4000-gold-face-mask-during-coronavirus-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-07-06T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:33:00","slug":"indian-man-wears-4000-gold-face-mask-during-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indian-man-wears-4000-gold-face-mask-during-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"#Indian man wears $4,000 gold face mask during coronavirus pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Indian man wears $4,000 gold face mask during coronavirus pandemic<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        July 6, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 7:33am              <span>|<\/span> Updated <span>July 6, 2020 | 7:42am<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n                        This coronavirus protection is pure gold.<\/p>\n<p>An Indian businessman is going viral after paying $4,000 to have a face mask made out of the pricey precious metal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a thin mask and has tiny pores that is helping me to breathe,\u201d Shankar Kurhade, 49, of Pune, told Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are asking me for selfies,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are awestruck when they see me wearing the gold mask in markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kurhade, whose company makes industrial sheds, told the Indian Express that he \u201cdidn\u2019t do it for publicity\u201d \u2014 but said the mask probably isn\u2019t the best choice to fight the contagion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not sure if it will be effective to protect me from a coronavirus infection,\u201d he admitted to AFP about the mask that weighs two ounces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15940641\"><img alt=\"Shankar Kurhade shows his face mask made out of gold\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Shankar Kurhade shows his face mask made out of gold<\/span><span>Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The businessman said he\u2019s \u201ctaking other precautions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not the gold or cloth mask, but <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing and hand washing that will protect human beings from coronavirus,\u201d he told the Indian Express.<\/p>\n<p>India has made face masks mandatory in public places in a bid to control the pandemic. 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