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NNadir

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3. As a veteran of the scale up of AIDS drugs in the 1990's...

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:10 PM

Jun 2020

...I can tell you that scale up is not quite like turning on the spigot.

Supply chains can be quite inflexible and problematic.

I had two N95's in my house, because my son was working with a sculptor. Going from the set of sculptors and construction workers to the entire planet is a big chore.

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Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [View all] NNadir Jun 2020 OP

moral of this story, die , or wear a mask dang nabbit AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #1

Why aren't N95 masks being mass produced? BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #2

As a veteran of the scale up of AIDS drugs in the 1990's... NNadir Jun 2020 #3

Masks reduce the transmission Arsenalpe Jul 2020 #4

I touched on this point, albeit in a somewhat technical way elsewhere in this space. NNadir Jul 2020 #5

A couple of points Boomer Jul 2020 #6

Your last statement is not actually true. NNadir Jul 2020 #7