It is very interesting to watch the ‘single-use’ plastic bag becoming a warrior in the war on COVID-19. Here among the sensible folk at The BFD it has always been a given that reusable shopping bags were a health hazard. Never more so than now.
New York

San Francisco

Massachusetts

British Columbia

National Environmental Health Association study

This is not an exhaustive list, Chicago, New Hampshire, Maine and others are banning reusable bags or delaying bans on single-use bags.
New Zealand

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