Volunteers fixed 20,000 N95 masks for Memphis hospital in a weekend

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Volunteers fixed 20,000 N95 masks for Memphis hospital in a weekend

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB12hWkD
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis recently found dozens of cases of the masks in storage but couldn't use them because the elastic straps had dry-rotted and needed to be replaced.
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That's wonderful!
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if the straps dry rotted I wonder how well the mask still works... I imagine ok since its basically wood.
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That's awesome!
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