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I don't think people are against masks. The message is that we don't have enough masks for everyone. Because they are so limited, doctors and healthcare workers
by nojvek 7y ago
I don't think people are against masks. The message is that we don't have enough masks for everyone. Because they are so limited, doctors and healthcare workers are at the highest risk, since they are exposed to the virus the most. Please make masks available for them as they'll have the best use for masks. They can save themselves and other people having the biggest impact.
Singapore is a small country and had capacity to distribute masks to everyone. US is at a much larger scale. I'm sure if we have a billion masks, we'd be giving a couple to everyone.
Masks are definitely effective, but US is so grossly underprepared for this pandemic that we really have to make a tough choice. Our manufacturing economy has been going downhill as we've been offshoring things to China and other countries. This is a huge blow when we can't build things that are dire to save us.