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Re:Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering e... by mannykannot on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:13AM (#24099767)
There is now, and was then, plenty of evidence to suppose that enough people would not handle the truth responsibly, and would panic-buy masks rather than adopt alternatives.
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Re:Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering e... by xapata on Sunday August 09, 2020 @01:42PM (#24101307)
Is the US government so impotent that it can't ask retailers to ship their supplies of masks to a commandeered warehouse? Of course some would go missing, but substantially all would arrive.
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Re:Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering e... by throw_away on Sunday August 09, 2020 @02:01PM (#24101498)
Quite the opposite: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-federal-govt-fem...
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Re:Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering e... by xapata on Thursday August 13, 2020 @02:24PM (#24146481)
That means they lied without purpose.
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