The VA STILL requires them. I went in recently to turn in a broken hearing aid, and had to put one on to walk 10 feet to the desk and hand them the thing. Two weeks later, when I picked up the replacement, I had to don one to go see the audiologist. I refrained from asking the apparently intelligent doctor if she thought a leaky, ill-fitting, paper mask will stop a nanometer-sized virus, but I really wanted to.
