Is the PPE crisis over? Can people find N95 and surgical masks easily?

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Easier to get a case of N95s than a roll of toilet paper

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I'ma stop selling projects and start selling N95. More money in it.

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According to a relative working in one of Philly area hospitals with many Covid cases, N95 masks still in short supply, along with scrubs.

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Don’t buy N95s, they’re still more vital for hospitals than for you.

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Still tough to find N95s - lots of local hospitals are struggling. KN95s supposedly easier, but there are also a lot of counterfeit goods around (same goes with N95).

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No and no. That's one of many reasons we don't feel confident in gradually opening safely.

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I like how people are advocating KN95. There’s a reason hospitals won’t use them and the market is flooded with them.

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Thanks M1, where are you getting N95 masks from?

Atleast a number of hospitals don’t have it. Cases of KN95 are easily available but not N95.

Just get KN95s - these were pretty easy to find

Per my doctor uncle who came out of retirement to go back to his old ER in Massachusetts, they are still reusing PPE and having trouble getting hold of enough.

My neighbor ordered some Chinese sourced “N95” masks via Amazon that were obviously fake knockoffs.

Conversely, there seems to be plenty of supply of cloth masks, many of which have a pocket where you can add a disposable filter. That may be a more viable short term option to get effective protection. Etsy has plenty for instance.

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