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Regular masks it is possible to ramp up production. N95 masks, it is not easily possible to ramp up production in a short time frame. This article explains it
by kjaftaedi 7y ago
Regular masks it is possible to ramp up production.
N95 masks, it is not easily possible to ramp up production in a short time frame.
This article explains it well:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/16/814929294/covid-19-has-caused-a-shortage-of-face-masks-but-theyre-surprisingly-hard-to-mak https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/16/8149292...
- fulafel 7y agoN95 just means anything that can filter out 95% of nacl in a specific test, the implementation is not constrained to this type of fabric. There are other ways of doing it.
- zzzcpan 7y agoRight. I'd say polypropylene spunbond-meltblown-spunbond design is just a safe choice for non-reusable medical masks. It's not necessary, and especially for general population, for that just spunbond alone should be enough which is in abundance and there are other polymers too. And the masks should be treated as reusable outside of hospitals, polypropylene is safe to boil.
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- pizzazzaro 7y agoYeah... Lets not forget that you actually need to get fitted for those masks. Simply producing a mass market variant that allows for gaps in the masks' coverage, air seepage? Defeats the purpose.