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Patriots' plane ferries a million masks to U.S. from China
Yahoo.com ^ | 4/2/2020 | Jay Busbee

Posted on 04/02/2020 11:45:03 AM PDT by wastedyears

Get ready to root for the New England Patriots. Seriously.

In a remarkable story reported by the Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Beaton, the Patriots’ team plane—emblazoned with the team logo, Lombardi trophies and a gargantuan “6X” to commemorate the team’s Super Bowl wins—became the focus of a humanitarian effort that brought more than a million masks into the United States for the fight against COVID-19.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: chinesejunk; coronavirus; patriots; ppe
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Looks like the Wall Street Journal originally reported this, but they're always behind a pay wall, so I'm going with Yahoo.
1 posted on 04/02/2020 11:45:03 AM PDT by wastedyears
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To: wastedyears

Probably pre-infected.


2 posted on 04/02/2020 11:45:43 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: wastedyears

Uuuhhh... are we sure that’s what the masks are for?

I don’t want a Chinese mask on my face.


3 posted on 04/02/2020 11:46:26 AM PDT by chris37 (Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: chris37

I don’t want a Chinese mask on my face.

I know an hour later you want a new one


4 posted on 04/02/2020 11:47:57 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: wastedyears

Russia declined, saying they didn’t want Kraft looking around for his stolen ring.


5 posted on 04/02/2020 11:48:57 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: wastedyears

This much be the plane load of masks the frenches claim were theirs.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/france-us-coronavirus-masks-china


6 posted on 04/02/2020 11:52:20 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: cuban leaf
Probably pre-infected.

Hopefully they didn't buy from the worker cleaning his shoes with them the other day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7qLISxiYhI

7 posted on 04/02/2020 11:53:58 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: wastedyears

What sort of skullduggery did Kraft and Belicheat have to engage in to get these?


8 posted on 04/02/2020 11:54:34 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
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To: cuban leaf

“Probably pre-infected.”

Well that takes care of my “Would have been” comment.


9 posted on 04/02/2020 11:56:13 AM PDT by Revel
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What sort of skullduggery did Kraft and Belicheat have to engage in to get these?

Thank goodness they got masks not underinflated ventilators.

10 posted on 04/02/2020 11:56:41 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: redcatcherb412
Hopefully they didn't buy from the worker cleaning his shoes with them the other day.

I wonder if he’s still around. Not good PR for the ChiComs.

11 posted on 04/02/2020 11:57:14 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: wastedyears

maybe xyz air conditioning filter company down the street can walk some new American Made masks to the nearby hospitals..


12 posted on 04/02/2020 11:59:04 AM PDT by urtax$@work (The only kind of memorial is a Burning memorial !)
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To: al baby

LOL!

But wait, I thought that’s what happens with sushi, hungry an hour later. At least that’s how it works with me :D


13 posted on 04/02/2020 12:02:09 PM PDT by chris37 (Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: wastedyears

no way we dont want masks from china...


14 posted on 04/02/2020 12:03:47 PM PDT by angelcindy ("If you follow the crowd...you get no further ,than the crowd")
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To: cuban leaf

YES, Could be loaded with Virus this is verrry STOOPID.


15 posted on 04/02/2020 12:04:42 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: wastedyears

Was this escapade completed with the blessings of the US State Department?


16 posted on 04/02/2020 12:12:18 PM PDT by eeriegeno
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To: wastedyears

“...emblazoned with the team logo, Lombardi trophies and a gargantuan “6X” to commemorate the team’s Super Bowl wins...”

They won’t be updating that logo anytime soon.


17 posted on 04/02/2020 12:12:43 PM PDT by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: wastedyears

Why the hell would anyone trust anything made in China?


18 posted on 04/02/2020 12:33:33 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: Savage Rider
Agreed!
19 posted on 04/02/2020 12:33:56 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus aka CCP virus.)
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To: Savage Rider
Heck, even their coffee is untrustworthy.

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/luckin-coffee-shares-plunge-after-fake-sales-investigation

20 posted on 04/02/2020 12:37:03 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus aka CCP virus.)
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