I just saw a pic of POTUS in a black mask at the hospital when he went to visit the patients. It made me sad.
Me too, I was not impressed.
Here's another one I'm not impressed with -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3864121/posts
US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine
When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections.As part of its strategy to administer the vaccine as quickly as possible, the Trump administration has agreed to invest more than half a billion in tax dollars in ApiJect Systems America, a young company.
Its injector is not approved by federal health authorities and the company hasn’t yet set up a factory to manufacture the devices.The commitment to ApiJect dwarfs the other needle orders the government has placed with a major manufacturer and two other small companies.
“The fact of this matter is, it would be crazy for people to just rely on us. I would be the first to say it,” said ApiJect CEO Jay Walker. “We should be America’s backup at this point, but probably not its primary.”Trump administration officials would not say why they are investing so heavily in ApiJect’s technology.
The company has made only about 1,000 prototypes to date, and it’s not clear whether those devices can deliver the vaccines that are currently in development. So far, the leading candidates are using traditional vials to hold the vaccine, and needles and syringes in their clinical trials.
RELUCTANT SUPPLIERApiJect founder Marc Koska never intended to vaccinate the United States. For the past five years, he’s been working on his lifetime mission of creating an ultra low-cost pre- filled syringe that would reduce the need to reuse needles in the developing world.
Instead, the company’s biggest customer has become the U.S. government. ApiJect received a no-bid contract earlier this year from the Defense Department under an exception for “unusual and compelling urgency.”
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“We are hearing rumblings about the US inventory of needles and syringes … heading to other countries,” wrote Bright. “There is limited inventory in the supply chain, it could take 2+ years to make enough to satisfy the U.S. vaccine needs.”
Navarro said the U.S. would need 850 million needles.
Interesting...
But as somebody pointed out up thread, when the President does it, he makes that mask look GOOOD. Like Will Smith said to Tommie Lee Jones in Men In Black “you wanna know the difference between you and me? I make this black suit look GOOOD!”
RE: POTUS Mask
The mask was MANDATORY in the hospital - even for the President. Imagine if POTUS bucked the rule. Don’t be sad.