April 01, 2020 Thousands of Masks Per Day Will Be Sanitized for Reuse. Democrats & the Media Had Mocked the Idea.

After Joe Biden failed to replenish the nation’s Strategic National Stockpile of N95 masks after the 2009 swine flu pandemic, doctors and nurses have been forced to deal with shortages.

The Trump Administration has rushed to close the gap, and the FDA approved a mask sterilization procedure to decontaminate tens of thousands of masks a day for reuse. But when President Trump proposed this solution a few weeks ago, Democrats and their media allies mocked it:

Democrat Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell: "Not only is the president’s idea to sanitize N95 masks ignorant, it’s reckless and dangerous."



Democrat Senator Brian Schatz: "I mean we find a way as a society to individual wrap and package every food item and then throw that plastic away, but medical professionals should be sanitizing their masks because times are tough."

On Sunday, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization to allow the large-scale use of a system created by Battelle Memorial Institute. The system will decontaminate used masks, allowing frontline health care workers to get the maximum use out of their N95 respirators.

Batelle’s effort is just one of the many ways the Trump Administration is leveraging the private sector in the fight against the coronavirus. Countless other private companies have stepped up to help.

While Democrats and the media mock businessmen and women who are contributing, the Trump Administration is embracing anyone and everyone who will help save American lives.