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The Biden administration launches a $500,000 contest to improve face mask designs
CNN ^ | April 4, 2021 | Alaa Elassar

Posted on 04/05/2021 1:38:39 PM PDT by SJackson

We all know face masks can be troublesome to wear. They can irritate your skin, hurt your ears and fog up your glasses.

That's why the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched the $500,000 "Mask Innovation Challenge" to find new and effective masks people will find more comfortable to wear.

Contest participants have until April 21 to submit innovative ideas that would help eliminate common concerns that come with wearing masks while making sure they effectively protect against the coronavirus.

More than 165 million vaccines have been administered in the United States so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But masks remain a serious priority. "We know that properly and consistently worn face masks help reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections, but many people are reluctant to wear them for a variety of reasons," Nikki Bratcher-Bowman, the acting assistant secretary for preparedness and response at HHS, said in a press release. "With this mask challenge, we want to get people across the country involved in developing new masks that are both effective and comfortable. This will help us control COVID-19 and be better prepared for future public health emergencies."

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


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Another historical display of leadership by President Big Guy.

My suggestions.


1 posted on 04/05/2021 1:38:39 PM PDT by SJackson
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What’s another half million to keep the American people under wraps?


2 posted on 04/05/2021 1:39:58 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: SJackson

Fakemaskusa.com should enter. Their design is stellar.


3 posted on 04/05/2021 1:40:09 PM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: SJackson

I thought we were almost done with face masks.


4 posted on 04/05/2021 1:40:12 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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I thought we were almost done with face masks.

LOL

5 posted on 04/05/2021 1:41:23 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SJackson

Trump does operation warp speed to develop vaccines in record time to stop an historical world pandemic.

Biden wants better face masks even though he claims we’ll all be vaccinated by July...

What kind of moronic government is this?


6 posted on 04/05/2021 1:41:49 PM PDT by Skywise
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Not a graphic artist but I would prefer a mask that read, “Bite me, Justin.”

Of course I am an Albertan. For Americans, it could read, “Bite me, Joe.”


7 posted on 04/05/2021 1:41:57 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see... )
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To: SJackson

8 posted on 04/05/2021 1:42:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: SJackson

Sounds like Sloe Joe is (m)asking for more than “just one hundred days...not forever!”


9 posted on 04/05/2021 1:42:18 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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I just had my second vaccine, and my tolerance for masks has decreased exponentially. Keep your damned money. I’m not designing anything.


10 posted on 04/05/2021 1:43:00 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all they time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: SJackson

Libs sure are good at finding ways to piss away money.


11 posted on 04/05/2021 1:43:23 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: SJackson

And of course effectiveness will not have to be proven.


12 posted on 04/05/2021 1:43:24 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future. problem)
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LOL

So they should give YOU the $500,000.
Wanna bet the winner will be little Jaquaelle Hamilton-Mudge in the fifth grade, whose winning entry had a picture of George Floyd in pain and BLM lettering below in a heart design?


13 posted on 04/05/2021 1:43:33 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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14 posted on 04/05/2021 1:43:43 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: madprof98
Wayne Coyne version. We are all bubble boys now.


15 posted on 04/05/2021 1:44:10 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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I thought this was the Onion or Babylon Bee, but unfortunately it isn’t


16 posted on 04/05/2021 1:45:32 PM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: SJackson

Biden needs to muzzle his d@mned dog.


17 posted on 04/05/2021 1:45:48 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: Fido969
Joseph Stolen Biden Mmmm mmmm mmmm.


18 posted on 04/05/2021 1:45:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Fido969

Just wear them a few weeks and we can return to normal. March 2020. Who knew that a few actually was more than 55.


19 posted on 04/05/2021 1:46:05 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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20 posted on 04/05/2021 1:46:38 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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