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I recently ordered N95 masks from http://clinicalsuppliesusa.com/ http://clinicalsuppliesusa.com/ (no affiliation) I actually didn't know they were even availa

I recently ordered N95 masks from http://clinicalsuppliesusa.com/ http://clinicalsuppliesusa.com/ (no affiliation) I actually didn't know they were even available, after being told by officials to use cloth masks for 10+ months I stopped looking. I was surprised how easy and available they were. EDIT: As others have pointed out their website is down. It was working as recently as 1 month ago. Sorry!

MockObject 6y ago
I go there and I see "Only one step left! To finish setting up your new web address, go to your domain settings, click "Connect existing domain", and enter: clinicalsuppliesusa.com"
- josefresco 6y ago
  Ha! Good catch. It was working on Jan 4th which is when I placed my order.
ardy42 6y ago
> I actually didn't know they were even available, after being told by officials to use cloth masks for 10+ months I stopped looking. I was surprised how easy and available they were. Your link doesn't work anymore, but KN95-style masks have been quite readily available for at least 6 months now, if not more. Though most of them seem to be of iffy quality/fit in my experience. Sometimes they're marketed at N95, but I'm thinking that's usually fraudulent mislabeling.
- josefresco 6y ago
  I bought N95 NIOSH masks. Like most US consumers I searched Amazon occasionally to see if the market was again offering them to consumers but it took a post here on HN, for me to Google and find a US-based supplier. I'm happy to have them, and have given some to my elderly parents.
  - ardy42 6y ago
    > I bought N95 NIOSH masks. Like most US consumers I searched Amazon occasionally to see if the market was again offering them to consumers but it took a post here on HN, for me to Google and find a US-based supplier. I'm happy to have them, and have given some to my elderly parents. I did the same, but I managed to get them before the supply closed off (I have a box of US-made 3M 8210s that has literally been to China and back). I got some KN95s, but only use them when I'd have used an N95 previously (e.g. sanding). I had no idea about these new US manufacturers, but if their product is NIOSH approved then I think I'd be happy with them.

MockObject 6y ago

I go there and I see "Only one step left! To finish setting up your new web address, go to your domain settings, click "Connect existing domain", and enter: clinicalsuppliesusa.com"

josefresco 6y ago
Ha! Good catch. It was working on Jan 4th which is when I placed my order.

ardy42 6y ago

> I actually didn't know they were even available, after being told by officials to use cloth masks for 10+ months I stopped looking. I was surprised how easy and available they were. Your link doesn't work anymore, but KN95-style masks have been quite readily available for at least 6 months now, if not more. Though most of them seem to be of iffy quality/fit in my experience. Sometimes they're marketed at N95, but I'm thinking that's usually fraudulent mislabeling.

josefresco 6y ago
I bought N95 NIOSH masks. Like most US consumers I searched Amazon occasionally to see if the market was again offering them to consumers but it took a post here on HN, for me to Google and find a US-based supplier. I'm happy to have them, and have given some to my elderly parents.
- ardy42 6y ago
  > I bought N95 NIOSH masks. Like most US consumers I searched Amazon occasionally to see if the market was again offering them to consumers but it took a post here on HN, for me to Google and find a US-based supplier. I'm happy to have them, and have given some to my elderly parents. I did the same, but I managed to get them before the supply closed off (I have a box of US-made 3M 8210s that has literally been to China and back). I got some KN95s, but only use them when I'd have used an N95 previously (e.g. sanding). I had no idea about these new US manufacturers, but if their product is NIOSH approved then I think I'd be happy with them.