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Tom Andrews

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Government producing masks, but are they effective against viruses? Are they made to N95/FFP2 or N99/FFP3 standards? If not why not? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8515735/State-owned-factories-capacity-churn-FIVE-MILLION-face-coverings-week.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...

State-owned factories have capacity to make FIVE MILLION masks a week

Government sources said ten factory production lines have been acquired to ensure there is enough supply if and when the wider use of coverings is made mandatory.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8515735/State-owned-factories-capacity-churn-FIVE-MILLION-face-coverings-week.html

If you work with poultry that may have avian flu, what does Government recommend? An FFP3 mask

Not a face covering?

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Why not?

Because EVERYONE needs an FFP3 mask now, EVERYONE is told they aren& #39;t necessary or the public are too stupid to use them
https://www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/diseases/avianflu.htm">https://www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety...

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Are we recommended face coverings because they are effective enough to stop transmission when we are already only using substandard manual tracing? Or is it because to recommend effective FFP3 masks costs money to ensure supply and admits earlier failure to prepare & respond?

Is it true that the science doesn& #39;t support the fact that N95 masks significantly reduce risk of transmission of viruses?

Or did the Health & Safety Executive prove this in 2008?

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Why have I not seen this 2008 HSE report discussed?
https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr619.htm
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