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susanhi | 6 years ago

Sorry, this is bullshit. Government needs to contract 3m and the like to make as many masks as they can, as fast as they can, ASAP.

They needed to have done this months ago. Instead of running a propaganda campaign that masks are supposedly not effective against coronavirus and that we should not buy them anyway because we need to save them for the hospital workers who really need them. Completely disingenuous.

It’s beyond frustrating to be told to conserve face masks in the face of a pandemic rather than to purchase contracts to ensure companies produce what we need.

China is currently making 200 million masks a day. In addition, China and South Korea attribute much of their success at containment of coronavirus to the use of masks.

Making masks available for all (like South Korea who is giving every citizen and resident an allotment of 2 face masks/week) + a mandate for all to wear face masks would do so much to curb this pandemic. But instead we’re running this crazy experiment of in essence shutting down our economy via mandatory business and company closures. Not thinking through the real long term damage and consequences of such actions. Unemployment. Social unrest. Destruction of business.

Some more food for thought. Jack Ma was able to secure and send 1 million face masks to the US already. If government won’t act, private citizens and foundations (I’m looking at you Bill Gates Foundation) can.

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maldeh|6 years ago

That'd be fantastic in a week or a month. ICUs in Washington and New York are running low on supply as we speak, any help now could buy a medical professional in these areas precious days.

susanhi|6 years ago

That’s why they should have done this months ago. Still have yet to do so as far as I know.