Dr Manny Alvarez was on fiox explaining that the % of people needing ventilators might be fewer than the 30K he was requesting...
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Heard that. I think Cuomo’s complaining is suspect. PPEs seem to be a huge critical need. Heard an interesting take on the supply issues this morning...
Veteran-owned shirt company shifts to making masks for doctors and nurses: 'This is not about money'
... Speaking via Skype from Savannah, Ga., Merritt said he wants to increase the supply of protective masks but needs help from the government on "testing procedures [and] FDA guidelines."...
“The commodity, the specific material that we used for that mask, it used to cost $6,000 a ton, it's now being treated as a commodity, almost $600,000 a ton,” Merritt said.
...He then went on to explain that there are two machines in the U.S. that “need to be running full speed” to help produce “the most critical masks.”
“They are in New Hampshire and they are at the University of North Carolina,”....
Fauci thought it might be the maximum he would need...