User:Sm8900/Drafts/2020 coronavirus face masks

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Propose new section re problems with demand,[edit]

I would like to add a section to this article to document the current increased demand for face masks, due to the current outbreak of Covid 19. this is an notable subject, as per WP:GNG, with plenty of Reliable sources. I am providing a set of links below to notable news coverage of this topic. I will also provide some draft text below. but this is simply a nutshell, capsule version of what would go in the article itself. once this is added to the article, I would seek to provide more detail within the actual entry.

Here is possible draft text. Open to any feed back on this. --Sm8900 (talk) 02:11, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Draft Text[edit]

As a result of the coronavirus outbreak of 2019-2020 demand rose dramatically in early 2020 for face masks. the public began to seek to purchase face masks for protection against the virus which was widely reported as being highly contagious. Numerous sellers, both online sellers and retail sellers, reported dramatic shortages of this product. the FDA and CDC sought to discourage widespread purchases of these products by the general public, citing the need for these items to be kept on hand for use by healthcare professionals, whose vital work brought them into much higher risk of catching any such virus. However, regardless of any official warnings, the public exhibited great consumer demand for these products. experts warned that demand for these products might actually exceed the industrial capacity to produce these. businesses looked at various options, such as placing an upper limit on the amount of items to be sold to ordinary individuals seeking to purchase these. there was also concern about meeting demand from local governments, various official agencies, and various healthcare organizations, as it proved to be difficult to logistically ensure that a full supply would be available

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Basic info:

Govt health agencies:


Concerns over shortages at healthcare and other organizations

Section 2[edit]

concerns with general shortages:

Concerns about demand and production:


Business outlook

Concerns about price gouging:

Excerpts[edit]

QUOTE, Washington Post article, Washington state asked the U.S. stockpile for coronavirus masks. The response raises concerns.:

As coronavirus cases in Washington state mounted and the country’s first death was announced Saturday, health authorities scrambled to get more specialized masks for front-line clinicians who need to protect themselves from the highly contagious disease.

Washington state authorities sent an urgent request for 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks to be released from the federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile. The stockpile is a repository of drugs and supplies for deployment in major public health emergencies, such as an infectious disease outbreak.

Within 24 hours, Washington state’s liaison to the federal government, Casey Katims, was told his state would get assistance. But it would be less than half the amount they requested — 93,600 N95 respirators and 100,200 surgical masks.

“They did not tell us the reason for why they were fulfilling half the request,” Katims told The Washington Post.

Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has declared a state of emergency. By Thursday, the case count rose to 70, up from 39 on Wednesday, with a another fatal case in King County, in the greater Seattle area, bringing the death toll in Washington state to 11.

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