THREAD: It has been 11 months since a Chicago COVID-19 nurse told @AP "It's not safe" because health care workers didn't have enough N95 masks. They still don't. 1/6http://apne.ws/ZD6uovv
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For a while, it didn't matter how much money there was, there simply weren't enough being made. Now there are millions of excess being made, but that doesn't seem to fix the problem. 2/6http://apne.ws/zUw17cU
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Counterfeit N95 masks have flooded the US for months from abroad. Federal agents have seized roughly 10 million fake 3M brand N95 masks in recent weeks. US makers say use theirs instead, problem solved. 3/6http://apne.ws/MGeRM5P
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In December, a Trump appointee in the CDC grew frustrated with the N95 supply disconnect, and questioned why more than 100 million N95 masks a month were going unsold. 4/6http://apne.ws/e4pXibL
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So why is it that even now, COVID-19 doctors and nurses are rationed to one mask a day when their own hospital warehouses have a two to 12 month supply? 5/6http://apne.ws/aYgdN6C
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