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3M one of the biggest n95 manufactures in the world, originated and still has factories in America

N95 is the US standard, so it makes sense the US makes more of these than other countries.

Compare production capacity of N95s in the US with FFP2/3 in the EU, or KN95 in China. Then we'll really see how US production capacity stacks up.

To be clear, I have no idea how these production capacities stack up. But if we want to evaluate medical mask production, this is the comparison that needs to be made.

Yes and the Greeks invented math, but times move on:

https://www.wired.com/story/decades-offshoring-led-mask-shor...

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