03-05-2020, 03:26 AM
I think that’s a valid reason not to stockpile masks when the medical community might have an immediate use for the masks.
Medical workers MUST work among the sick & injured, some who will have COVID-19. Physicians & nurses heal us, and if they show up for work it requires they don’t unduly expose themselves to illness, or spread sickness among their patients.
The guy who has five boxes of masks stockpiled in his closet because he refuses to change his lifestyle, and thinks he needs a mask for a malasada run when the mood strikes him, does have the option to stay home. Without using a mask. A mask that would then be available for medical professionals if it hadn’t been removed from the supply chain.
Medical workers MUST work among the sick & injured, some who will have COVID-19. Physicians & nurses heal us, and if they show up for work it requires they don’t unduly expose themselves to illness, or spread sickness among their patients.
The guy who has five boxes of masks stockpiled in his closet because he refuses to change his lifestyle, and thinks he needs a mask for a malasada run when the mood strikes him, does have the option to stay home. Without using a mask. A mask that would then be available for medical professionals if it hadn’t been removed from the supply chain.
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