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pnwmom

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3. They are smart enough to use masks in China, instead of addressing the mask shortage

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 08:51 PM

Mar 2020

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and a very valid fear of healthcare workers not having them by saying that they don't really help.

They do help, which is why they tell people caring for family members with the virus that the patient and the family members should wear them.

Trump should have ordered factories to start producing them on masse back in January -- because most of ours come from China and South Korea, and they need them for their own people.

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infectious disease expert on MSNBC [View all] evertonfc Mar 2020 OP

Shutting down cities without knowing who is sick is useless. 80% of transmissions in Wuhan was in... uponit7771 Mar 2020 #1

They are smart enough to use masks in China, instead of addressing the mask shortage pnwmom Mar 2020 #3

+1, the mask at least keep people from touching their face. I know some people who work in China uponit7771 Mar 2020 #4

That's why we need testing DrToast Mar 2020 #2

trump is a total fraud. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #5