That’s a very useful data point, and I’m happy to see that I was pessimistic about how quickly factories could ramp up production. Hopefully we’ll see the supply crunch reduced in the near future, (without a collapse in quality,) and at that point I’d be very happy for people to advocate more widespread mask wearing using actual disposable masks.
Oh, I am not at all advocating for widespread usage of masks in this particular pandemic. I am just trying to figure out whether they are effective.
However, on a more object-level, see this comment for an estimate of the potential increase of global mask production in the next few months.
That’s a very useful data point, and I’m happy to see that I was pessimistic about how quickly factories could ramp up production. Hopefully we’ll see the supply crunch reduced in the near future, (without a collapse in quality,) and at that point I’d be very happy for people to advocate more widespread mask wearing using actual disposable masks.