HHS purchases $290M worth of drugs for nuclear emergencies

Re:HHS purchases $290M worth of drugs for nuclear emergencies by jszymborski on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:12PM (#33090668)

Or, you know, in stock at your local HomeDepot https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-9205-N95-Aura-Particulate-Dis...

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Re:HHS purchases $290M worth of drugs for nuclear emergencies by wrycoder on Thursday October 06, 2022 @08:52AM (#33107601)

Yes, now. Try that a year ago.

And there’s still big piles around in warehouses, turning brown and rubber straps deteriorating.

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Re:HHS purchases $290M worth of drugs for nuclear emergencies by jszymborski on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:24PM (#33111177)

I don't understand why you seem to think that gov't stockpiles don't end up in the hands of government employees and medical professionals as they are intended to, or that the storage conditions of N95 by the gov't is any less suitable than commercial warehouses?

Unless these N95s are being stored in a bog, I have a hard time understanding how they're "turning brown" and "deteriorating" in the span of two years.

Such unlikely claims would need a source.

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