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Brad Pitt advocated use of face masks months before deadly coronavirus pandemic

Brad Pitt questioned why we were not wearing face masks months before the coronavirus pandemic and advocated their use long before they became mandatory in some places.

The 56-year-old Hollywood actor was pondering why masks were not being used as a matter of course after finding them being used daily during a trip to Japan.

Brad found the widespread use of face masks when he went to the Far East for a press conference in September 2019 and began saying that they were a good idea, especially in the prevention of the spread of infection, some seven months before coronavirus brought the world into lockdown.

Brad has seen his fellow Americans struggle with the concept of using masks to prevent coronavirus spreading but he was way ahead with

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Brad Pitt advocated use of face masks months before deadly coronavirus pandemic

Brad Pitt questioned why we were not wearing face masks months before the coronavirus pandemic and advocated their use long before they became mandatory in some places.

Brad Pitt calls face masks 'considerate' during a pre-coronavirus trip to Japan

Brad Pitt proved to be ahead of the curve in arecently resurfaced video from a 2019 Tokyo press conference, in which he talks about the benefits of face masks.While promoting his filmAd Astra, the two-time Oscar winner praised audience members for being 'so considerate' for covering their mouths and noses when sick. 'When I first came here and I saw all the people in the faces masks at the airport, I thought, "That’s a bit paranoid," the actor admitted in theinterview from September.

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