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FDA to allow imports of KN95 masks from China amid PPE shortage
theHill ^ | 04/02/2020 | J. Edward Moreno

Posted on 04/03/2020 7:08:51 AM PDT by granada

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer block the import of KN95 masks, due to a shortage in personal protective equipment, or PPE, in the United States, an agency official first told Buzzfeed News.

The masks have been described as the Chinese equivalent of an N95 mask which U.S. health care workers use to protect themselves from airborne bacteria and viruses. Though they are allowing imports of the KN95 mask, the product is not FDA-approved, meaning those who use it do so without legal protections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has included the KN95 mask as an alternative to other certified masks that should be used on an emergency basis.

The FDA has not authorized models of KN95 masks made in China under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) previously due to concerns of fraudulent products.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinafacemasks; facemasks; kn95
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To: madison10

Yeah....I wouldn’t trust ANYTING coming from the ChiComs.


41 posted on 04/03/2020 8:01:34 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: ought-six

Remember their drywall back in the 1990s? It was beyond crappy, and ruined countless construction projects.

= = =

Yep...and, remember their melamine tainted dog food? That we wouldn’t dare give to our pets?

And, remember how, for decades, they’ve made 90% of our vital Rx drugs? Yet, we’ve been a-okay with ingesting those??

What’s wrong w/this picture, folks??


42 posted on 04/03/2020 8:03:51 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: DannyTN

...and footprints


43 posted on 04/03/2020 8:06:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Jane Long

“What’s wrong w/this picture, folks??”

No kidding.


44 posted on 04/03/2020 8:06:52 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Jane Long

What you describe is a purchasing error.

The products should have routinely been tested to assure they met the specifications. There are many inspection agencies in China or laboratories in the USA that serve that very purpose. There ASTM specifications that the purchasers obviously did not stipulate in their purchase orders.


45 posted on 04/03/2020 8:08:33 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: madison10
Or internal affairs investigating a shooting.

Somehow, 99.9 times out of a hundred, it was a righteous shoot.

Are these guys well trained or what?


46 posted on 04/03/2020 8:09:04 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: madison10

“Europe is refusing medical imports from China for a reason.”
........
PRC accused Europeans of being ungrateful and stupid, urged them to double check the instructions of medical goods.


47 posted on 04/03/2020 8:09:46 AM PDT by granada
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To: granada

Gamma ray shipment on arrival trusting China is like trusting a democrat.


48 posted on 04/03/2020 8:13:55 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: All

Bad move.


49 posted on 04/03/2020 8:20:54 AM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: granada

Hmm! Seems like a couple of governors, assisted by the NE Patriots, have already been importing N95 masks!


50 posted on 04/03/2020 8:21:14 AM PDT by eeriegeno
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To: granada

Pre-loaded with the CCP pandemic virus.


51 posted on 04/03/2020 8:28:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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To: ptsal
"Do these masks have a 3M logo?"

No, but they will have the "3Bat" logo...


52 posted on 04/03/2020 9:36:02 AM PDT by Lockbar (I don't want anyone from L.A. or NYC telling me one F'ing thing to do!!)
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To: granada

Leave them under a UV light for a week. Spray them with Lysol and let sit for a week. Dunk them in bleach the third week. Leave out in the sun for another month. Then check for CV.


53 posted on 04/03/2020 11:30:15 AM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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