How about these rich guys just open a domestic mask factory or two? I think I'd like to see that as an ante in the "Here is how you should all live going forward" game.
Besides, it’s likely considering how few American regions are actually taking the steps needed to limit the spread of the virus that within a few months a factory opened anywhere in the US will be shut down to prevent the spread of the virus anyways.
And how long does it take to produce a safe, well tested vaccine that we are supposed to give to our kids?
Didn't we cover this in SARS-COV-1 and Ebola outbreak 1 and Ebola outbreak 2 and Ebola outbreak 3? It takes a while. Generally months. When one of these shows up, you'll hear some news about an expiremental vaccine and someone volunteering to get it, but it normally takes quite a while- -months- to get all the stuff in place to actually get it to your kids.
Betting on a vaccine swooping in to save isn't smart.
Per current rules, there's 14 months of monitoring involved before it is considered safe.
While mask production ramps up, it would be essential to stop spreading the misinformation on official channels that masks don't work, and also teach people how to correctly wear them. There are lots of people on the streets with masks pulled down on their chin or covering their mouths only.
Everyone should wear a mask, and if they don't have a mask, everyone should be teached to create makeshift masks, because almost anything that is a barrier in front of your face, such as a scarf, will help with reducing the spread of the virus.
Most infections are either asymptomatic, or cause mild symptoms that are not necessarily identified as COVID-19, but those people are still spreading the virus, because government officials are telling them to not wear masks.
What's more twisted, those who do wear masks out of precaution are called out and sometimes attacked because of this misinformation.