“The junk drawer in now called the mask drawer”

The 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in many requirements to wear face masks. The junk drawer in people’s kitchens became a mask drawer.
   
“We have moved on from having a junk drawer to now having a mask drawer” was posted on Twitter by Stacey Hood on May 24, 2020. “That ‘Junk Drawer’ is now my ‘Mask Drawer’” was posted on Facebook by TeQuilla Williams Holloway on July 9, 2020. “The junk drawer in now called the mask drawer” was posted on Twitter by Marc D’Amelio on August 11, 2020.
   
“Thanks to Covid, my glove box is now my mask box” is a similar saying.
   
   
Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.
       
Twitter
Stacey Hood
@StaceyHood
Replying to @Welcom2Cindylnd
We have moved on from having a junk drawer to now having a mask drawer.
11:42 AM · May 24, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Facebook
TeQuilla Williams Holloway
July 9, 2020 at 10:42 PM ·
That “Junk Drawer” is now my “Mask Drawer”.
It’s all about compartmentalization…🧐
   
Twitter
CR-M
@riehphy
Tired: Junk Drawer
Wired: Mask Drawer
11:49 PM · Jul 17, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
Marc D’Amelio
@marcdamelio
The junk drawer in now called the mask drawer.
11:28 PM · Aug 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Facebook
Paige Brennan
September 4, 2020 at 10:06 AM ·
So who’s junk drawer has become a mask drawer?
 
Twitter
Karen Howell
@karenehowell
Bye bye, kitchen junk drawer. Hello, kitchen mask drawer.
4:00 PM · Sep 13, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
The Kristin Newman
@PhysicalRevelry
Replying to @ruckerfoad
The junk drawer near the door has been repurposed to a clean mask drawer
10:55 PM · Sep 19, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Dorothy Pomerantz
@DorothyPWrites
Replying to @krmccoll
Junk drawer is now mask drawer.
2:20 PM · Nov 24, 2020·Twitter Web App