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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Where Thousands of Masks a Day Are Decontaminated to Battle the Virus – The New York Times

A mask cleaning project inside shipping containers is part of recent efforts to greatly increase the supply of equipment to health care workers.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-n95-mask-decontaminating-reuse.html

The US was warned it could run out of ventilators. So why wasn’t its healthcare system prepared for coronavirus? – ABC News

The United States has about a fifth of the ventilators it’s likely to need to treat COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. But the reasons behind the nationwide shortage are complicated and can’t be solved overnight.
— Read on mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-12/why-is-the-us-out-of-ventilators-amid-coronavirus/12137178

Coronavirus scam: 39 million masks exposed as fake – Los Angeles Times where are seized goods going?

The FBI thwarted a fraudulent deal for 39 million masks, saving Kaiser Permanente millions. But, the reason the federal government got involved was to see whether the cache of masks could be added to the national stockpile.
— Read on www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-11/coronavirus-seiu-masks-fraud-fbi