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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by JMTQp8lwXL on Friday March 27, 2020 @08:41PM (#22708184)
There aren't enough masks available, and it reasonable for health care workers to be given highest priority access to them.
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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by sdhankar on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:20PM (#22708921)
Thats the question I am struggling with, what does it takes to set up infrastructure for masks on scale, maybe somewhat lower quality for the population. Compared to the cost of shutting down lives of people which would have a very long term impact.
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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by npalmer76 on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:37PM (#22709013)
Certainly N95 and such should go to providers but if everybody used even a cotton bandana on their face would help.
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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by woofie11 on Friday March 27, 2020 @09:58PM (#22708571)
That's a reasonable argument to make, and a correct one.

That's different from the lie which is being given to the population: that they don't help.

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Re:Ask HN: What if every one wears hand-gloves and a face ma... by WheelsAtLarge on Friday March 27, 2020 @09:00PM (#22708296)
I totally agree that first responders need to get them first. This virus will not go away. We need to plan towards the future until we get a vaccine or there's enough herd immunity that it's no longer a threat.

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22708139

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