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Hydroxychloroquine, the epilogue.Now that the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine has been soundly debunked for covid, what is Trump doing with the 10's of millions of doses he used taxpayer money to buy? He's sending millions of them to Brazil. From one leader who doesn't believe in science to another. The US is #1 and Brazil is #2 on how badly the covid pandemic has been handled.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
When does the insanity end?
Never. The Lancet and the NEJM have retracted their latest papers on it. That's rare. Both those papers were written using the same data and now that data has been called into question.
While that's great for you and me, I've been using the mask since March, for people in a health care setting that would get disgusting pretty quickly. It's not just the virus that gets on the mask. There are the accompanying fluids. These things are not meant to be reused. They are single use for a reason. It's like reusing a tissue you and your friend blew their noses into that you've had in your pocket for a few days. Yes any viruses may be dead, but the rest of the stuff is still there. Making healthcare workers reuse masks, some using the same mask for weeks, is a disgrace. What's considered normal now would have been a firing offense a few months ago.It's a national disgrace that the shortage of PPE is still an issue after all these months. This isn't rocket science. We don't need a Manhattan project. It's a mask. We have the ability to make as many as we need. We lack the will. The administration keeps insisting there is no PPE shortage. Thus the issue isn't addressed where it needs to be, at the federal level. Instead states and individual hospitals are left to fight it out in the pit.N95 masks aren't special. Before this they weren't even in short supply in any sense. I've used them when I mowed the lawn to avoid allergies. I did that because I ran out of procedure masks and was too lazy to go get more. I had plenty of N95s though.
I never said it was ideal. Just saying if they were trying to figure out ways to kill the dreaded virus on a mask, that was one way to do it. They are reusing them anyway, many without any attempts at cleaning them. This was a better way to reuse them. Rather than use one unsterile mask every day for a month, then replacing the mask, they can use 7 masks for 7 months; but every day, they would be able to use a sterile one (with respect to SARS-CoV-2) versus an unsterile one.
My post is in no way a criticism of your idea. It is a criticism of the lack of Federal response.One question though. The reason some people are only issued one mask a month is that they can only source one mask a month. Where would they get 7 masks all at once to start the rotation?