Confusion between the different mask standards and their effectiveness is also a point where I think people are talking past each other. NIH has a study on the

Confusion between the different mask standards and their effectiveness is also a point where I think people are talking past each other. NIH has a study on their website that says basic surgical masks are roughly equivalent in protection or N95's in practical real word settings when respiratory illness is involved. [0] There is also supposedly a huge supply of the Chinese N95 standard equivalent "KN95" masks available. They are said to be made in the same way but the factories that make them haven't gotten regulatory approval from the US Government. Why not import KN95's and give them out to the public since healthcare can't / won't use them. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868605/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868605/