Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by stef25 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @08:43AM (#22422767)

Hiring practices of elderly care facilities in Croatia aside, I very much doubt that EU hospitals are already short of facemasks at a time when there's less than 500 cases among a population of over 700 million.

That there are no facemasks available to the general public is a result of people plundering the stocks of private businesses.

European disease control agencies aren't even recommending that people wear masks. Until they do and they can't provide any I don't see any failures on their part.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by iudqnolq on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @11:47AM (#22424678)

N95 masks are available on eBay from sellers with good reputations for around 2x normal prices.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by DyslexicAtheist on Thursday February 27, 2020 @05:03PM (#22438449)

A gov run healthcare facility certainly isn't going to order masks from "ebay". I agree that they should though if their normal supply chain isn't able to deliver and there are no other ways.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by iudqnolq on Thursday February 27, 2020 @05:16PM (#22438538)

The comment I replied to said that they couldn't buy a mask as a member of the general public.

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