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Re:Back-of-the-envelope estimates of next quarter’s unemploy... by gertlex on Monday March 30, 2020 @08:16PM (#22733659)
Everywhere's the same on this, back and forth about this need vs population at large.

Obviously there's a need that's not being met, but it's nearly two months since masks became hard to acquire.[0] Can we not change the official recommendation to "make a cotton mask and wear it if you go out for groceries; here's a template. Don't use N95 masks, instead donate them"? It would be great to have numbers on this.

[0] anecdotal, Bay Area.

Looks like mask production has been ramping up since January, at least. But numbers of the big picture would be neat to see. https://www.wired.com/story/surreal-frenzy-inside-us-biggest...

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