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Posted On: 10/28/2020 5:15:02 PM
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Good post, but I disagree with this statement:
More specifically, the US had 30 million face masks -- but was going to need 3.5 billion. Those lies were simply the administration's efforts to prevent the equivalent of bank run on masks -- which would have deprived front line hospital workers.
Pandemics are hard -- but quite a bit of the evolutionary thinking underpinning this one is actually due to ill-preparedness, mismanagement, incompetence, ignorance, and corporate corruption. Although on a completely different scale, Katrina was another shining example of this country's inability to manage a crisis.
HHS clarifies US has about 1% of face masks needed for ‘full-blown’ coronavirus pandemic
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/hhs-clarifies...demic.html
US medical workers will need 3.5 billion face masks if the coronavirus reaches pandemic status. Right now, the country only has 1% of that number.
https://www.businessinsider.com/usa-1-percent...mic-2020-3
Quote:The outright lie that you didn't need to wear a mask was a product of the HHS admitting that the US has 1% of the masks required if the COVID outbreak were to erupt into a pandemic.
A lot of science is more evolutionary than absolute and that’s where I think the debate is. The science of Covid in March is different than where the science is today. Dont wear a mask in February and March by experts became wear a mask is a must starting in the summer is an example
More specifically, the US had 30 million face masks -- but was going to need 3.5 billion. Those lies were simply the administration's efforts to prevent the equivalent of bank run on masks -- which would have deprived front line hospital workers.
Pandemics are hard -- but quite a bit of the evolutionary thinking underpinning this one is actually due to ill-preparedness, mismanagement, incompetence, ignorance, and corporate corruption. Although on a completely different scale, Katrina was another shining example of this country's inability to manage a crisis.
HHS clarifies US has about 1% of face masks needed for ‘full-blown’ coronavirus pandemic
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/hhs-clarifies...demic.html
US medical workers will need 3.5 billion face masks if the coronavirus reaches pandemic status. Right now, the country only has 1% of that number.
https://www.businessinsider.com/usa-1-percent...mic-2020-3
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