agesilaus wrote:
If we all had billions of N95 masks then yes, more of the country could be opened. But lack thereof is a part of the inept federal response.
You are referring to the previous admin who depleted the emergency stockpile during the H1N1 epidemic, but then, despite being informed 5 times by his own task force over the years, failed to restock the supplies used.
Or maybe the prominent TV personality governor from a big NE state who was told multiple times, by his own task force, to restock supplies but bought 500 respirators instead of the recommended 10,000?
Or maybe the large western coastal state's preceding governor, who actually sold off emergency supplies at auction?
One of those certainly or more likely all of them.
One problem with stocking vast numbers of this stuff is that the masks and paper gowns have a actual shelf live that means something. They get pinhole leaks. So if you had a billion masks in stock you would be landfilling a billion masks down the road. I believe the hoses and such in the respirators also go bad.
Far better would be to make sure we have the production capacity in this country's borders to produce these materials. Not US companies, 3M for example, production capacity in China or any other country. In the event of a global emergency any country will take control of production in it's own borders to supply itself first.
One of Barr's boys?
You sir are terribly mis-informed -or- (politely)
no matter how *YOU* choose to slice it, you're full of baloney!
("Balogna" if you prefer)
As well as the other RV forums you post on..:R
Unfortunately, you are what & who you are - and welcome to your jaded opinions...:(
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