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If you're not stupid this is clearly to avoid people hoarding on masks which the hospitals are in dire need of.

• echelon 7y ago
  > If you're not stupid this is clearly to avoid people hoarding on masks which the hospitals are in dire need of. Better "trick" the public then.
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• the8472 7y ago
  Non, the CDC already had a policy of advising against masks before this pandemic. https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/masks.htm https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/masks.htm
• m4rtink 7y ago
  One way to address mask hoarding in the Czech Republic has been a ban on selling any masks in the categories needed by medical personnel to anyone else than the state, which then bouth the remaining stocks a redistributed them to hospitals, first responders, etc. Similar thing has later been done also for some medicaments that looked promising for treating those seriusly sick with covid-19. Doing this really seem like a much better way to handle the situation than giving a really really dangerous false advice like this.
• gertlex 7y ago
  Everywhere's the same on this, back and forth about this need vs population at large. Obviously there's a need that's not being met, but it's nearly two months since masks became hard to acquire.[0] Can we not change the official recommendation to "make a cotton mask and wear it if you go out for groceries; here's a template. Don't use N95 masks, instead donate them"? It would be great to have numbers on this. [0] anecdotal, Bay Area. Looks like mask production has been ramping up since January, at least. But numbers of the big picture would be neat to see. https://www.wired.com/story/surreal-frenzy-inside-us-biggest-mask-maker/ https://www.wired.com/story/surreal-frenzy-inside-us-biggest...