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crickets

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8. If you can't outbid states for the equipment, if you can't send FEMA to steal it,

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2020, 01:58 PM

May 2020

just make sure to hire someone who won't do the job to clean and maintain it properly. Don't forget to waste oodles of $$ while you're at it! Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Trump administration paying huge premium for mask-cleaning machines. Which don't do the job. [View all] Dennis Donovan May 2020 OP

KnR for visibility...nt N_E_1 for Tennis May 2020 #1

Those machines do the exact intended job- RainCaster May 2020 #2

Sadly, they should be doing what the rest of us are with our N95s-- hlthe2b May 2020 #3

Does that actually work? forgotmylogin May 2020 #4

You can take them out and give direct sun after 24 hours or if you are not in the car hlthe2b May 2020 #6

Thanks for the detail! forgotmylogin May 2020 #9

Handmade cloth masks can certainly be effectively disinfected by washing. Not N95 masks, though hlthe2b May 2020 #10

Another corrupt scheme Midnightwalk May 2020 #5

Not Surprised About Degradation ProfessorGAC May 2020 #7

If you can't outbid states for the equipment, if you can't send FEMA to steal it, crickets May 2020 #8