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My concern is the rush to acquire PPE, rules be damned, a decent amount of counterfeit masks will make it into circulation, and will provide a false sense of se
by dillonmckay 7y ago
My concern is the rush to acquire PPE, rules be damned, a decent amount of counterfeit masks will make it into circulation, and will provide a false sense of security.
- adrianN 7y agoWe're not talking about FFP2/3 masks here, but simple masks that mostly prevent droplets produced by the wearer from spreading as far and slightly reduce the probability of inhaling the larger ones other people produce. Basically anything that covers mouth and nose.
- dillonmckay 7y agoWe have totally given up on obtaining N95 grade masks? The masks you are talking about, we already have citizens sewing them in a large-scale volunteer effort.
- adrianN 7y agoN95 masks, as far as I know, are fairly difficult to manufacture, so I think it's unlikely that we can scale up production to hundreds of millions per day. I'd be happy to be proven wrong though :)
- mrfusion 7y agoI bet someone could develop a simple mask test everyone could even do at home. (Let’s present solutions, HN. Don’t just tell people things won’t work.)
- hardlianotion 7y agoI think this is done in Czech Republic at scale.
- riffraff 7y agoThere are plenty of tutorials on how to make something like a surgery mask at home using basic sewing stuff or even oven paper. These help with droplets and with reducing face touching.
- bmn__ 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22626870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22626870