COVID PPE
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COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment
Source - [1]
- 3.5 billion N95 masks may be needed over 1 year
- 3M produces 35 million per month, or 420M per year - about 1/10 the need
- There is a dire short supply of N95 masks
- But do N95 masks protect against COVID? - see graphic on particle size and N95 - [2].
- N95 seem to protect against the virus - but they are not recommended for the public because wearing them all day is not possible because it is hard to breathe through them. [3]