Manufacturers have stop shipping Masks and other protective gear to retail. Everything is going to the the Healthcare Industry.
HomeDepot will not get resupplied, Hospital down the street will get everything.
HomeDepot will not get resupplied, Hospital down the street will get everything.
Article: With masks for coronavirus in demand, Fort Worth-area company selling only to hospitals | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
I've heard that harbor freight still has some in stock.. but there is a sense of irony buying facemasks from the country of covid19 epicenter... oh well
You can’t have a construction industry when the supply chain has choked
Joe can get sick, as long as the doctor treating him doesn’t?
We don't all consume naltrexone in case heroin accidentally falls in our mouth. Prophylactic use of antibiotics ruined antibiotics because of emerged resistance.
If you know you need a mask you can get one. If you want a mask at the cost of a health professional doing their job, shame on you.
Joe doesn't know he's sick. Joe won't avoid getting sick wearing a P2 mask. A health worker in P2 mask and gloves can avoid cross infection risks and help reduce transmission working in an environment of higher risk exposure. if Joe is infected and knows he is infected he will either be hospitalized or isolated. If Joe is prodromal the likelihood the knows and uses a mask to good effect is lower than the likelihood nobody knows and he isn't sick and the mask is wasted.
Do the maths.
Most Joes are wearing masks and wasting masks in a false belief they confer protection.