Illinois governor says feds sent wrong type of protective medical masks

[SheltieLover]

[link:https://us.cnn.com/2020/03/30/politics/illinois-governor-wrong-masks-ppe/index.html|

Pritzker, a Democrat, said at a news conference that the White House told him the state would receive 300,000 N95 masks from the federal government.

The N95 respirator mask is what doctors wear when treating individuals infected with a virus.
Instead, what Illinois received were surgical masks, which are not considered respiratory protection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and are not totally effective in preventing coronavirus transmission.

More at link.

[murielm99]

1. It figures.

JB has been standing up to the orange madman. Yell loud and long, JB. Make sure this gets a lot of publicity.

[SheltieLover]

2. Hoghly doubt coincidence

...after broken ventilators sent to CA & goddess only knows what else

FBI or some authority needs to arrest this POS!

[captain queeg]

3. Some of this latest stuff with screwed up orders are attributed directly to trump

I don’t think he pays enough attention to make that stuff happen. But it’s because he has got rid of anyone. Competent and either never backfilled or got some suck up to take the position. So end the end it’s all on trump.

[gibraltar72]

4. Of course they did.

There is not one qualified person in the whole of the administration.

[thesquanderer]

5. Actually, from what I've read, surgical masks DO largely prevent transmission.

But you need the N95 mask to protect yourself from GETTING it.