Does Plexiglass Prevent Covid Spread?
A maintenance worker wearing a protective mask inspects a newly installed polycarbonate sneeze guards.
Photographer: Bloomberg/BloombergHere’s the latest news from the global pandemic.
Plexiglass is everywhere. Retail stores, restaurants, schools and offices raced to erect clear plastic shields when the pandemic hit. U.S. sales tripled to roughly $750 million last spring, in the rush for protection from the droplets that health authorities suspected were spreading the coronavirus.