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If they required masks for all supply chain jobs right now, most places would have to shutdown due to the lack of masks. People would go hungry. We need guar
by adrr 7y ago
If they required masks for all supply chain jobs right now, most places would have to shutdown due to the lack of masks. People would go hungry. We need guaranteed supply of masks and hand sanitizer at reasonable prices. This where the government could step in.
- rubidium 7y agoAnd they get it from...?
- adrr 7y agoThey could force companies to produce it.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoHand sanitizer will be solved in a couple weeks. Every single distillery in my small town is pivoting to making it, as well as Bacardi and others, and I know this is happening everywhere. N95 masks though, those can’t exactly be ramped up and made in your shop.
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- fragmede 7y agoThis crisis we are in has doctors wearing halloween masks so there are people making masks at home. They're not N95 rated in the slightest, but it's better than reusing a mask to see a non-covid patient after seeing a probably-covid patient.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoSource of doctors wearing Halloween masks?
- rasz 7y agohow about doctors wearing sex shop costumes? https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/28/medical-fetish-site-donates-entire-stock-scrubs-nhs-12469788/ https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/28/medical-fetish-site-donates-e...
- oski 7y agoMasks can be made from cotton fabric and still be quite (~70% effective) (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_the_Efficacy_of_Homemade_Masks_Would_They_Protect_in_an_Influenza_Pandemic https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_t...). You can improvise a mask from paper towel and tissues that is ~90% effective (https://www.bkreader.com/2020/03/07/heres-a-diy-way-to-make-your-own-protective-face-mask/ https://www.bkreader.com/2020/03/07/heres-a-diy-way-to-make-...)