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Then why don't they have millions of masks stockpiled for an event like this?
by SteveNuts 7y ago
Then why don't they have millions of masks stockpiled for an event like this?
- owenmarshall 7y agoThey do. But they aren’t stockpiled for you: they are stockpiled for medical professionals. And the 30 million the US has stockpiled is short by a factor of ten: https://time.com/5785223/medical-masks-coronavirus-covid-19/ https://time.com/5785223/medical-masks-coronavirus-covid-19/
- allovernow 7y agoIn any case we need more than masks for this. Medical equipment like mechanical ventilators, intubators, and external oxygenation machines. Those will run out very quickly.