What else for #covid19: N95 Masks?

Article #2 in a series of articles by John Kruebbe (these are my opinions only)

Every other country's citizens are wearing a N95 masks into the street that filters down to the .02 micron range? Why are we conserving them ONLY for medical personnel? The claim is that they don't protect you and that you don't know how to use them. Can you learn? Should you question your great government leaders? YES!

Even though the team is working hard and doing a great job, they might not have all of the answers. There are things so horrible from previous administrations that they can't do a thing about it. I have seen this multiple places where I worked more than one time. 15 years later I walk back in and still the same story. It is amazing how things never change for the better.

I know that we can learn from other countries. End of story. If you think America is the greatest country, then you are right. I love America and have allegiance to no other because I have seen other countries in person. They are horrible and scary and everything that America is NOT! No where else on earth could you write what I am writing without going to jail. Especially in those countries that are wearing the masks.... Japan, Taiwan, China, Korea...

But, we can still learn some things from other countries. I learned this during my time with the U.S. State Department. If you look at the Chinese Army’s masks, they are N95 that filter to .02 microns… What do they know that we don’t? What resources do they have that we don't?

When people ride on the public transit system in South Korea, they are required to wear masks. In fact, the people do it out of respect for each other. Take a look at the headline again above. Giving you a preview of that article it says:

“When taking public transportation, please wear a mask, please make it a habit of washing your hands frequently, when you cough please block your mouth and nose,” an announcement in English says.

I am sorry, but covering your cough with your elbow just is not cutting it for me. Really, are you that stupid to think that will protect others? A mask would. Working from home when you are sick makes sense. I tried to convince others where I worked that was the right thing to do and they just said I could not bring a mask in the office. They said that I was not allowed to work from home and what that meant to me was no money that day. They would not let me work from home.

Thank God AMEN that I no longer work there....

I am thinking that loosing my job was a blessing from God himself. Now, I want to find a job where people question the status quo and where the team does not smell good when their BO stinks.

What is the aversion for wearing a mask? Even Mr. President, Donald Trump, thinks that wearing a mask for the next year would not be stylish or acceptable? I would wear it if would save the lives of the people I love... It should be a sign of respect and not a spooky thing that messes up facial recognition or whatever everyone is worried about. China has even overcome facial masks with facial recognition... Whatever the hangup is: it looks spooky... Get over it. Let's do what it takes to get past this now and in next fall, when it starts all over again. Why are we making a big deal of this? Because the next pandemic will probably be much worse. I can almost gaurantee that whatever we do now and it helps, that it would be repeated in the future and that our president in 2230 (or whatever doom day lurks in the future) will thank Mr. President, Donald Trump, for adding face masks to the list.

Are we just different from the Asian countries because we are better than Asians? I am married to a beautiful Asian lady and I think she is quite a bit smarter than I am in many ways. We are no better than any other country when it comes to their people. I hope you can swallow that. I am not referring to other governments....

SO, still, why are we all not wearing masks when in public instead of just following social distancing? Why is there a shortage of masks that only the hospital workers should have one?    I hear even we don’t have enough masks in the hospitals #GetMePPE and we are using ultraviolet light to disinfect and reuse them. Re-using is good and saves money, but we need enough for everyone during the pandemic explosion. What about the future pandemic even this fall? I just saw the following article about hospital workers not having enough masks and getting fired for it. Welcome to my world:

Can asking #GetMePPE get you FIRED? YES and that is ridiculous!

Here is the link if you are conscientious about links:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/hospitals-tell-doctors-they-ll-be-fired-if-they-talk-to-press

Why can’t we even supply the hospitals with enough medical equipment to handle this? Certainly the DHS and folks are doing stuff to correct this and I take my hat off to them for their actions which speak louder than my words. But my words are necessary because unless I say something, the status quo will continue.

The reason why we lack, I found out, is that the stuff (PPE) ( gowns, masks, face shields), up to only very recently, was made in China! ONLY IN CHINA! Also, there is significant evidence that the virus was made in China and we had folks that were complacent or contributed to it! Take a look at the article written by a former know it all who I greatly respect says that China created this virus:

Harvard Professor helps create #covid19?

Why do you think Mr. President, Donald Trump, is saying the Chinese Virus? It is not because he is prejudiced, but because it is the TRUTH! Stay tuned to his message as I am sure it is not the last @POTUS, Mr. President, Donald Trump, will speak of it. Why has Mr. President, Donald Trump, not discussed this in detail and why have we not declared war on China yet?  Should we not be kicking some you know what over this?

Did we not declare war because of the trade deal? YES, it has to do with who is going to make the most money from this virus. Who is making the most money now and who stands to make the most money? CHINA. We need to stop this NOW!

Did we not declare war because of the fact we depend on China? YES, we are in a co-dependent relationship with China and we need to get out of it. I suggest that we need to open factories in the US to do the following immediately:

1. Build some protective equipment such as N95 masks and facial shields and goggles. A completely over the head bubble would be better if it was supplied with a positive airflow.  Some companies in New Orleans are doing the facial shields and hurray for them.

2. Make antiviral drugs to combat Covid-19 specifically.  Plenty of help here, but these are big slow companies, such as Roch, Squibb and you name them are, but they are not thinking about manufacturing them in America! Can you believe that still? How about a factory to produce this stuff here in our great country? How about streamlined FDA approvals? How about before the fall, we find a way to create a vaccine or better yet a virus killer? U.S. Amrid, it is time to act!

3. Make other drugs in America that we depend upon like antibiotics. There are not any companies in America that make antibiotics any more.  We are at severe risk of not even being able to fight a war with China! Why else would Mr. President, Donald Trump have a great relationship with China? Figure it out now, before it is too late for America!

4. Make a concerted effort to hire back as many folks out of a job to do something under the Defense Production Act as possible and pay them a decent wage so they can pay their mortgages.

I hope you are a bit scared right now, because it is natural to be scared, but we should not panic. For Americans it is not too late! We are not scared because we believe in ISIAH 41:10-19.

Thank God for Mr. Pillow talking about God today.

Too bad, we do need God right now.

We are Americans and we are resilient and we will win the war on this and we will do something. Mr. President, Trump @POTUS is right in this respect and that is why we love you. God bless the USA.

Now my call to Action!

What do you think we should be doing? Do you want to help me? Please let’s start talking about this no matter what your point of view is. If you don't feel comfortable posting, then call me or email me. Let’s stop being politically correct at work and lets save America before it is too late? Mr. President, Donald Trump is not the problem, but the solution. Write some comments below if you believe in America and especially if you think I am wrong!  But, If I am right, I want to hear from you more! Don’t just read this or worry about what your boss will say and silently agree or just like this article. Please do comment so that we can take this further right here on LinkedIn. If you are out of work and need to work, tell us what you want to do to help this cause. I will propose some ideas once I collect all of your thoughts.

Since I want to continue working on government contracts in the future, I have to say that these opinions are definitely ONLY MY OPINIONS and NOT the opinions of the U.S. State Department, Navy, DOD, Army or any other government agency such as DHS. Please do not take them as such!