Posted on 03/31/2020 9:26:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
There AREN’T ENOUGH MASKS!
Doing as the author suggests would have created toilet-paper like runs on them and people like my daughter the nurse would not have them available.
Exactly, that was why they did it
They should have been honest with the American people that there was a shortage of masks and that they needed to us to hold off while they obtained them for medical workers.
And they could have ordered the stores to pull them off the shelves and hold them for state and federal agencies to purchase.
But they didn’t. They lied, and now to get people to wear masks, which would help stop this pandemic, they’ve got to undo the damage they’ve done.
And the author is right. The next time they tell us not to do something, I’m going to question, should I not do that, or is that exactly the thing I should do.
There weren’t any masks available to wear, and what was available rightly went to healthcare workers.
Way back we got notices at work that they couldn’t obtain our N95 dust masks for us and we should try not to dispose of a mask unless it was totally gone. We had to make our limited supply last.
The should have told the truth, but none of the Democrats would have listened. Dems are stealing masks from Hospitals, they had to tell a white lie to protect America. Now that we are surging the production, they should sell the surplus masks at a discount on Amazon so people can buy them and get back to work.
Duh...no brainer.
We have already shown America has sold out much of its medical manufacturing capacity to China and elsewhere for the benefit of some short-term financialization and corporate debt service. So yes, there are not enough masks available for professionals.
For the general public, even a homemade cloth mask is better than nothing, as in casual social interaction, it will still somewhat reduce the chance of that random spray or droplet finding its way into your respiratory system. AND, if you are a carrier, it will certainly reduce the droplets you are emitting. Like social distancing, it has an increasingly greater effect with a higher participation rate.
But it will be a Golden Age for armed robbers.
Nope - efficacy of masks is very low for well people to keep from getting sick when compared to keeping sick people from making others sick...there was a mask shortage and they were better used to put on the sick and on health care workers to have the greatest efficacy...as more masks are available, they may have a small effect in helping the well, but those who wear them are either going to be taking the most effective other precautions....or having a sense of security that can bite them...
About 98% of Hong Kong residents wear a mask when they go out now. Most of the other 2% are Western expats. Assuming masks were available, they would be a key piece in reopening the economy. Still, I think the US adoption rate wpuld be small unkess mandated.
I imagine too that the Chinese government must be very conflicted. On the one hand, they want to limit spread of the disease, on the other, their ubiquitous facial-recognition cameras and software won’t work if everyone is wearing a mask!
Not enough masks for healthcare workers. They had two choices:
1. Tell the public the truth: masks are effective but we all have to sacrifice for the people on the front lines.
2. Lie in the most obvious way when they knew they would get caught out within a month or two.
They chose number 2 and they will make that choice every time.
Never trust them
Can you cite experiments or studies in a scientific or medical journal that demonstrate that? CNN and the Washington Post do not count as medical journals.
so hospitals and news media- knowing the truth, lied to folks and folks got sick and died as a result- Negligent homicide?
That technology has been around for a while now ...
Austria requires grocery store customers to wear masks.
Hopefully the customers have to wash their hands upon entering a grocery store and have access to soaped down shopping carts afterward.
MSM Lied- people died!
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