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Re:Masks really work to reduce the spread of Covid-19 by lonelappde on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:33AM (#22691562)
How does wearing masks create more of them?
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Re:Masks really work to reduce the spread of Covid-19 by remarkEon on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:13PM (#22699317)
Signaling social acceptance, meaning more people wear them. Meaning demand number go up. Meaning production number go up.
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Re:Masks really work to reduce the spread of Covid-19 by jshevek on Thursday March 26, 2020 @04:36AM (#22691577)
Being honest about their utility can create the motive to ramp up production and improve distribution. This already happened in Taiwan.
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