Coronavirus Leaves 3M Scrambling To Cover A Face Mask Shortage
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- Опубліковано 31 бер 2020
- The United States industrial giant is the maker of Post-It notes, Scotch Tape, and one of the most desperately needed medical supplies in the world right now: N95 facial masks.
The $32 billion Minnesota conglomerate 3M is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of N95 filtering face masks, which have been in high demand in the U.S. and around the world since the coronavirus outbreak.
N95 respirators are so named because they are capable of filtering out 95% of large and small particles, including certain types of bacteria.
They are considered essential equipment in occupations ranging from construction to medicine.
And in early 2020 health officials worried there were not nearly enough of them. In early March, officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the country had only about 35 million of the 3.5 billion N95 respirators needed in the event of a full-blown pandemic.
3M doubled global production to 1.1 billion per year from about 400 million per year, and the company said in late March it plans to double production again to 2 billion within 12 months.
The explosion of face mask demand could provide a small boost for 3M, which reported sales of about $32 billion in 2019. The company does not break down the actual size of its face mask business, but some Wall Street analysts estimate 3M sold anywhere from $100 million to $325 million in face masks prior to the outbreak of the disease. The outbreak could add another $300 million in sales, said one analyst.
This would be only a tiny portion of 3M’s overall business, but the importance of the product still has focused a tremendous amount of attention on the company.
Shares of 3M, which are valued at about $78 billion, have fallen more than 22% since the start of the year.
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Coronavirus Leaves 3M Scrambling To Cover A Face Mask Shortage
Also how is toilet paper still running out?? Shouldn't the hoarders have already bought what they need 2 weeks ago? Is this the diarrhea virus???
Are people going to make rudimentary masks from toilet paper?
Yes, Covid-19 causes Explosive Diarrhea in the majority of cases
Running out? It ran out over a month ago. I asked people who did stock at the stores and they say they always order it but none shows up. They say they are only getting 30% of their normal orders and having higher demand, and that is why stores are empty.
It's a glitch in the matrix, a flaw in NPC programming. They were suppose to hoard food, but somebody thought it would be fun to make them hoard T.P. instead.
Probably the only thing even poor people can afford stockpile for months in advance...
This is getting really crazy as hell. It is already April now.
Chinese bought all the face mask in the USA at January.
ua-cam.com/video/N_RpD-e0kEg/v-deo.html&feature=emb_title
(the chinese women in this video says leave nothing to American, feels damn good!)
This is getting out of hands. now there are 2 of them.
this is just all one huge joke abd soon theyll say sike.... i hope
Tyreese TJ REESE Joyner you think this is gonna just go away? We’re not even at the peak... experts predict 4 more waves until at least November
Paul S I hope so. And the nerve of them deflecting the blame. If it originated in China, it was Made In China.
Found a new and unused n95 respirator in my garage from when I do my crafts and hobbies. Gave it to my 76 year old mother.
Good on ya. That is what more of us need to do. Instead of thinking of self, think of others including those who took / take care of us. 👍
Bless you
@@francemartins.pastor5671 thank you. I hope you and your loved ones are all safe and sound.
God will bless you.
*Next:*
Apple iMask XS
Samsung Mask20 Ultra
Microsoft Maskbox Series X
Sony Maskstation Pro
Google Toilet Paper XL
we'll see fortnite launching their masketers very soon
This comment is easily going to hit 5k
@Airik Luna you are absolutely mistaken
Nokia Covid-19
3M makes 10 million masks a week and doesn’t sell to America....this didn’t age well
Joshua Bardell because all the supplies come from china 🇨🇳 so if they don’t supply them, first they won’t get any supplies they need. Just remember that
@@things4yougaming723 All the supplies for N95 masks do not come from China. There is nothing in the materials used for N95 masks that cannot be sourced from the U.S.
Some materials may be cheaper if sourced from China but not by much.
The primary material used in N95 masks is polypropylene fabric. Polypropylene is 2nd most commonly produced plastic in the world and produced in mass in the U.S.
@@powellmap It is actually the melt-blown non-waved fabrics, which is made from PP. Opening a new line to produce this material costs normally one year. The key equipment of the production line is only from Japan, Germany, and Swiss. Without this material, the mask is just a normal mask without any filtering effect against the Covid-19.
The Chinese actually hoarded masks and sold them to China.. look it up.
@@things4yougaming723 they can use kn95 masks
We see “3M” on hazmat suits, N95s, and other PPE - they even make hand sanitizer. If they come through it will increase confidence in them, which will have a lasting effect on the viability of the company, in my humble opinion.
Michelle Peacock they betrayed America and sent their product to the highest bidder
It’s more about having ENOUGH product so that everyone has some, but because people want to be selfish and try to make money over a pandemic - it’s causing the shortage.
The government had to FORCE them to stop selling to foreigners first. Your family and friends working in the hospital are wearing the same masks for multiple shifts and putting their lives at risk!!!
They have “come through”. They have contingency plans in place in order to scale production at the flip of a switch. They simply are unable to produce enough masks to supply the demand. This is an interesting read: www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-25/3m-doubled-production-of-n95-face-masks-to-fight-coronavirus
Josh Dollins no they did not. That was a false statement made by a certain individual. 3M continued to supply masks to whoever would buy them at the same price to distributors. Some of those distributors chose to mark up their price in order to increase margins. 3M was still working hard to produce more masks while selling their masks to distributors at the same price.
Producing these masks is like selling and extracting crates of gold!
Mahir Hoq World demands, some company will be benefits and some will bankrupt. It just how the world works
Strong companies stocks start to plummet. No company will survive this.
3M: LOL... My time to shines!
they're not doing so well
Chinese bought all the face mask in the USA at January.
ua-cam.com/video/N_RpD-e0kEg/v-deo.html&feature=emb_title
(the chinese women in this video says leave nothing to American, feels damn good!)
most 3m facilities are in................... China
PPE division is doing well, but pretty much everything else is down because economy has crashed
Ppl learn to trade. Don't invest because market up or down. A trader will make money.
3M masks made in USA is the brand used in Hospitals around the world. They truly make the best masks.
More like a monopoly.
When the life is on the line, I don't care it's 3M or 5M. I will wear double.
Most of 3M mask are made in China :)
Try on my Roman Mask and see which is really best
@EpiDemic117 Just because there are other branded doesn't mean that Honeywell and 3M essentially own the market.
3m told my company our order at the end of feburary would take till may. 3 month delay min they said.
Surprised they have any delivery estimates at all.
Typical American company. slow as hell.
Trust me, don't feel let down, hold on to those masks once you get them, and if I were you I would buy even more supplies. What a lot of people aren't realizing is that even though soon we'll be over the immediate hump of this pandemic and things are going to start looking better usually there is a resurgence. This means they're expecting a possible comeback of infections about fall or the end of the year. It's true, look it up
We own a facility that manufactures and sells n95 masks in China. We have a 500,000sq ft facility with a dedicated ISO class 5 Cleanroom for our 300,000 daily n95 production capabilities (and 1MM masks a day for surgical masks once it's at full operation) and we are taking bulk orders (10,000 pc minimum) for shipment within China, our clients are usually in charge of export as there simply isn't enough time for our limited employees to deal with exports. We supply to one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in China called XiuZheng pharmaceutical group 修正集团 and have sold millions of our n95 respirators to them. We also supply millions of n95 respirators to Xiaomi 小米, the multinational company. We've had clients export to Russia, HK and US, though I'm not quite sure the exact logistics they had to go through through. Some clients use freight forwarding companies.
The material costs have literally increased 10-fold in the last two months alone so our masks are currently more expensive than usual, for example, one ton of n95 raw material used to cost 20,000 rmb, now for the same ton of n95 material costs 200,000-800,000 rmb, which is literally up to 40 times the cost for the same exact material.
There is a simply global shortage of n95 grade materials, which explains the increased costs. Even 3M masks now are sold for $4-5/mask wholesale when purchasing millions.
But anyway, please contact me on Wechat or Whatsapp if you, your family or acquaintances have any questions, I'd love to help as best I could.
My Wechat ID is: franktsaur and my WhatsApp ID is +16269916596. I am based in Los Angeles, but I work with the Asia team remotely.
Sincerely,
Frank T.
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3M boost that production, pump those N-95's out!! Don't miss this chance to be a global hero 3M!
IF 3M needs to be propped up right now some of the other big boy companies need to prop them up stat!!
I'll just leave this here: www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-25/3m-doubled-production-of-n95-face-masks-to-fight-coronavirus (spoiler: they already did more than could have been imagined and keep ramping up)
Lol,the factories are in China,it’s a joke
@@Crybabehot Alpha Pro Tech is a better bet, though they were pretty severely burned after the swine flu.
Eyehayt Apricots Honeywell too is producing. We still need more. President should activate more producers.
3M is selling to foreign countries not ours.
research it.
Shouldn't we be wearing swim goggles with a tight seal too?
Don't give the hoarders ideas 🤫
I wear mine
Trash bags work and rubber cement too☺️
If you there is a high risk of somebody coughing or sneezing on your face, like when you are a doctor or nurse then yeah.
In other situations just a N95 mask is sufficient.
In France in a certain hospital they equipped patients with it...because they were out of masks
I don’t need a mask... WHYYY?? because I’m staying my ass at home like we are being asked to do🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤣🤣
britwash16 Must be nice. Not everyone has that luxury.
@@americanscarelines2757 does USA get paid sick leave or is it given at state level rather than Federal level?
@American Scarelines
God did bless me to work from home almost been 3 years now but I’m speaking on folks who still want to congregate and go to side shows and spring break beach parties... stuff like that...because I know people still have to work and get groceries etc so those are reasonable reasons fo being out.....otherwise stay at home folks, that’s all
Even if you need a mask and order one. It'll take 3 months or more to get to you.
britwash16 Don’t you go to grocery store? Everyone need to wear mask when they go outside.
Just been in to Starbucks and the barista was wearing a face mask
,
I asked "Why are you wearing a surgical mask?"
She said "I'm not, it's a coughy filter."
Lol why did you ask. Anyone looking at HK, Bhrain , Taiwan , Thailand and Singapore that was in the top 13 on March 1 , along with Germany , France , Italy, Spain , and the US , will never ask the question m "do masks work" . Those 5 countries combined do not have anywhere near the cases of any ONE of the others. AND RGEIR COMBINED DEATHS IS LESS THAN 50
We blew it and our citizens are getting savaged by our arrogance !
Lol 😁
You asked someone why they were wearing a mak during a global pandemic with asymtomatic carriers. How fast were your two remaining nuerons firing when you came up with that question?
@@allenpope4383 As I pointed out, there was 5 Asian countries on March 1 that collectively did not have a 1000 less cases than the other ones I mentioned. 30 days later the Asians have it totally under control with less than 50 deaths , and as you pointed out the countries inhabited by morons are wiping each other out. I can not believe the level of stupidity I am witnessing daily, I guess we deserve it.
As if its 3M's fault that no government planned for such an event..
Right it's so weird. Normally we want the government to tax them more, but now we want the government to help them. So weird.
LagiNaLangAko23 Yah we should have Billions of masks that expire just sitting around for a event that happens every 100 or so years lol
LagiNaLangAko23 No gov had a stockpile
@@BigRed2 We spends billions on buying planes, tanks and ships that usually are for show and are not used in nuclear world
The mask stockpile will be way cheaper. Also mask don't have expiration if properly stored. It bands just use elasticity which can easily be replaced.
@discorperted Pay, as mean killing? Man you are sick.
A couple of years down the road we’ll be seeing an ad about lawsuit against 3m defective face mask just like we did with the earplugs. 😂
My dad brought us some from work. Then both my parents went to the store, where they used some masks. Turns out that when they came back someone had COVID- 19 and my parents were perfectly fine. They work amazing.
Symptoms don't start showing until 2 weeks later. You should check yourself.
They prevent...
Israel’s Jerusalem Post newspaper reported yesterday:
“US Department of Defense give 1 million masks to IDF for coronavirus use”The story reported: “A plane carrying over a million surgical masks for the IDF landed in Ben-Gurion airport Tuesday night, in an operation ran by the US Department of Defense’s Delegation of Procurement…”
(Remember: numerous American healthcare workers, first responders, and others are going without face masks because of dangerous shortages. The administration has invoked the Defense Production Act to prevent the export of surgical masks and gloves outside the country.)
When America doesn’t have An abundance of the stuff it says.
When America donates 17 tons of this stuff to China to try to curb the spread, this is what happens. If China had been honest, we might have kept more of it for ourselves.
It's so stupid that after the h1n1 virus, they didn't replenish the stock pile...
@Notmuch Tosay They were not from Chinese people. They were donated by Samaritan’s Purse (Billy Graham’s organization) and also the LDS church in Utah working with Project Hope.
@@LisaCupcake China is donating to many countries.
@@CountingStars333 Donate or sell? And most of their products are faulty and defective anyway.
Everyone remember the year that clowns were trying to kill us?
I miss those days. 😔
Ah yes, good ol' October 2016.
Comment thief for YT upvotes wow
Boyd I mean, Trump’s mishandling of this is the root cause in America. You need a strong leader who helps citizens know what to do, not someone who claims the disease is a hoax that people you don’t like made up. That initial impression did a lot of damage to the public health, even if he changed his tone months later.
The same Surgeon General said today... "If you're going to wear a face covering, please try not to touch your face... please save the N95 for healthcare workers...wearing a face covering does not mean you don't have to practice social distancing."
Src: his twitter: twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1245326456508624896
You guys do a great job with these videos. From the editing to the story telling, it’s very well put together! I’m not really fact checking anything though, but there isn’t anything egregiously ridiculous that I wouldn’t believe you
The crisis we have comes from the fact that the Peesident has not used DPA to activate more producers. 3M and Honeywell have done a great job. But we still need more production. Now.
I saw boxes and boxes went into the hospital and the boxes are 3m. It’s sad how some hospitals are not getting what they need
Local stores here are selling simple fabric masks from a company called "N95" and people are buying them like crazy! I sneered at first but bought them eventually because I get weird looks at the grocery if I'm not wearing a mask!
It's good in a way, let the masses be placated with placebo masks so the frontline medical heroes can have the real ones!
Lol
Lol. Indian Government medical store are selling clothe mask for 150 rs. Criminals
So basically everything in the US is basically
"BrOkEn"??
Everything in the USA is made in china! MAGA Manufacture America Get American
yes.
You're done. There's no way I can sugar-coat it.
"your first time ?"
Yep, starting with the leadership. Extremely Poor. Very little testing, no PPE equipment and extremely low on Ventilators. More cases than anyone in fact double the cases of Italy & Spain and the Moron citizens are still not following the guidelines due to the Ignorance of the US Fearless Leader.......Death Row for many Americans. Richest country in the World and the Worst leader in a Civilized Country. No preparedness and sent out misleading messaes and here we are people dying everyday and little testing.
@Rae West You are correct
I work for 3M in one of their distribution centers in California. We've been shipping out a shitload of masks and sponges due to this whole thing. We have the masks and are shipping by the truckload, but we can't even get any as employees or give any out to anyone who comes to our warehouse wanting some. The masks are shipping out by priority (hospitals, firefighters, police dept's) and then to the public market. The amount of overtime we're working to get this stuff out lately is crazy. Keep that in mind before you diss 3M or any other person having to work during this difficult time. We are trying to get this kinda stuff out while risking our own health...
Jake Kirkpatrick you’re one of the unsung heroes in all of this. Thanks for all you’re doing. It’s not 3M’s responsibility to decide who is going to get masks first. Whoever orders first should get their order first. It’s exhausting reading the comments here from Fox News viewers who saw a Tucker Carlson segment where some clown from Florida tells their tale of unpreparedness and tries to blame 3M. These clowns don’t seem to understand that you have manufacturing facilities around the globe to supply regional markets. I understand that 3M’s US facilities supply the North American market primarily. Canada and Mexico would be the ‘foreign’ countries affected by Trump’s recent ‘America First’ demand. These people see some typical misinformation on Fox News and are ready to break out the torches and pitchforks on your CEO. They are totally unaware that only one pulp and paper mill in the world produces the pulp used in the manufacture of N95 masks and it is located in B.C., Canada so maybe Trump better play nice with his neighbors. Stay well, my friend!
@@ceebeegeegee8293 Thank you! Generally people don't understand how supply chain works and this whole virus has put a major bottleneck and delay on things shipping out. I come home exhausted every night from work, but I feel good knowing I'm contributing to things getting better in a small way.
Thank you for the information keep it up💪🇿🇦
The irony - 3M saves itself financially by helping to save others medically.
How is that ironic?
Capitalism works by meeting the needs of people. Socialism and communism fail because a committee decides what people need.
Ziffel22 That’s communism, socialism is like Scandinavia mix of capitalism and socialist value
Btt The concept of irony is easily explained...its like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
@@td2926 that is a "social democracy", not socialism
When they come back in stock I will stock up on these for the future this and hand sanitizer 😩
Use soap.
Save these for the doctors. Make your own masks.
way to late shoulda done this in january like those of us paying attention
I just watched a government procurement officer from Florida state that he was told by his 3M Distribution Center that he could not buy any masks because they were all being sold overseas this needs to change
Guys I’m curious about those 3M air filters that are for the ac, The expensive ones. What if you buy one and cut it up to make masks? Is it safe? It says residential use only.
5:33 so if they are NOT EFFECTIVE, How can they be useful for medics? Which is it they're useful or useless?
I agreed... if the face mask is not effective for the general public why would any healthcare professional want to put on an ineffective face mask? Am I missing something?
Everyone should wear masks. It wont stop all transmissions, but it can limit spread from those who don't know they are sick. Make your own mask from t-shirts. #Masks4All
To those who think 3M is selling masks to China: No, the supply of masks in China has already exceeded demand now. China actually would love to export them. But US standard is N95, China's standard is KN95. US does not allow importing them.
They just allowed KN95s to be imported to the US. I guess the president decided to listen to 3M about what needed to happen rather than scapegoating them.
Im glad to have alreadey of had 6 of these from remodeling houses
for my old boss back in 2003 . Realley glad i kept. Ahold of them.
Geez... It's almost as if that 70Billion dollar increase to the Military could have gone to other important things...hmm
3M is going to overtake Apple, Microsoft and Amazon by the time the pandemic ends.
no its not, it didn't even get a government contract to produce more stuff
government money = your business succeeds
Not Amazon. We need them.
They earn 250 million which are pennies for Apple, Microsoft
'Cause everybody will be dead.
i ordered a 3M 6502QL half face respirator mask and it arrived at my door in days. it was expensive though.. as are the filters and cartridges.
Clearly someone at CNBC has a large short position on 3M.
That's just so stupid a comment. Just because they make this video?
Funny enough such comments pop up at every video on this channel, no matter the subject.
You're an idiot!
How come there isn’t a shortage of Snacks that are getting sent to the Hospitals vending machines
loooool! xD
Greed
AND AMAZON IS CHARGING OVER 35.00$ FOR WHAT HE BOUGHT FOR 3.95$ 2 WEEKS AGO!!
And people are paying for it easily. You think Amazon is gouging, check out prices on eBay.
I can give you a Roman Mask for free
Where can I buy the material for facemasks (N95) and make my own at home?
The factories here need them we should not be running out while they are sent overseas.
John D. Dodson well that’s separate from supply and demand: Companies cannot produce enough masks for the massive increase in demand. Also for arguments sake, the good is a necessity or close to it so the demand is inelastic meaning price would have a relatively small effect on demand given a certain change in price.
To everyone in the comments saying they're getting these masks when they come back in stock:
Unless you're caring for a sick person, use a scarf or a homemade mask instead. Save these masks for doctors at the frontlines.
i bought mine in january because im not an idiot and was paying attention.
Whoever started Jumanji this year, could you please finish it already thanks.
CNBC is killing it with these segments. I'm shocked how good they are; like mini documentaries.
Alot of places are sold out, both in stores and online
is there any way we can volunteer to help 3M at their factories, I would gladly work without pay so they can output higher numbers. we're in this together
Yes you can they can ship the masks you make overseas to thank you for spreading the virus here to send more mask overseas
they are only helping other countries.
Eric Morales shame on you
Good thing I bought my reusable respirator back in January. I tried to warn you guys but you called me crazy and paranoid so I stopped trying.
Same. I was trying hard to warn people. Just heard that i am overreacting.
Which 3M N95 works against airborne bacteria or diseases? Bc the 8511 cool flow, 8210, and others say “The respirator is designed for use for particles such as those from grinding, sanding, sweeping, sawing, bagging, or other dusty operations. This respirator can also help reduce inhalation exposures to certain airborne biological particles (examples: mold, Bacillus anthracis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis), but CANNOT eliminate the risk of contracting infection, illness, or disease. “
How many mask are sold in each packaging , over in China?
DIY mask from clothe and 3M air filter is at least better than not wearing any.
just wear a hankie around your face if it makes you feel better.
3m bought out the companies that made my half face respirators. My guess is to create a monopoly and which a few years later has made my respirators more expensive. If only they had left the competition alone we'd have more manufacturers
Facts
Chinese bought all the face mask in the USA at January.
ua-cam.com/video/N_RpD-e0kEg/v-deo.html&feature=emb_title
(the chinese women in this video says leave nothing to American, feels damn good!)
Honeywell, Kimberley-Clark, SAS Safety, Foss, Prestige Ameritech, Alpha Pro Tech, Gerson/SteelPro, Makrite, Moldex-Metric, Aero Pro. These are all companies that manufacture respirators....
@@timthompson4980 I didn't say no one else made them. I said OBVIOUSLY when one big company buys up MANY small companies you dont have as many being made. Get a life.
Jay Rudder No, you said they created a monopoly which is patently false and would never be allowed in the United States. Just wanted to set the record straight for you since you seemed a little misguided. No hard feelings.
"Stupidity ain't a virus, but it sure is spreading like one".
-Sandy Cheeks
CDC experts keep telling public not to buy or wear masks but we all should wear masks in public, plus the masks that hospitals buy are direct from a distributor not a retail store, so the general public buying masks at retail should not effect hospital supply. The hospitals are in short supply due to the fact that many PPE supplies are manufactured in china and not US.
True.
2019 3M starting the go down the commode.
2020 Coronavirus - 'Hold my toilet paper...'
I also made a face mask. Stay at home! Take care of yourself!
homemade facemasks are probably not effective... corona is very small particles.
@@learn2farm509 If you don't wear a mask, people are afraid of you
@@learn2farm509 Vacuum bags are just 2% less effective than surgical masks!
HendrikdePendrik varies wildly by the manufacturer, but some brands technically surpass 95 rated masks.
Нет нет нет никогда!
Great service and excellent person My greetings
not a day too early...
Mmm why is base u.s.a selling on Ebay
Every PPE from 3M disappear within minute appearing in Hong Kong, there are even rumor saying custom are intercepting shipment to supply them to hospital.
Chinese people not americans in feb bought up all the masks before Coronaviruse hit America
Well if 3M is smart about this they should be safe. If they have a liquidity problem they can just force the government to give them money. No one wants 3M to fail at this time.
Burn the witch burn witch
@Matthew Clark That may be an important point, but considering I am not American...
@@GnosticAtheist then dont worry about American companies
@@thisone3519 Why not? They sell products internationally. If you don't want your companies to sell internationally you have the alter your entire economy.
@@GnosticAtheist they're literally under a Defense Production Act order to produce masks for U.S. medics right now. No "altering of our entire economy" needed, just try being a little bit less stupid and do some research lol
We had Months to prepare and when the DPA was enacted it should have been used tho it took forever for him to do that.
$199 for 20 masks....but you get *Free Shipping*
Make your masks as your last line of defence! Anything is better than nothing
First they said don't wear any, "we don't need them," now they are saying just a tissue or tea shirt over the mouth will be fine. They are also saying masks don't work, except maybe to protect others. These virus particle are small, we all need N95 or much better yet N100 masks ideally, but it is true something is better than nothing!
Ethan Krauss The viruses are small, but the virus isn’t airborne. It rides on small particles of spit and what not.
Ethan Krauss You don’t need a mask in normal everyday life, leave it to doctors and nurses, don’t be a stupid egoist. The population has to get infected to become immune, just not all at once or hospitals won’t be able to handle it. Keeping your distance is enough
😍😘😁
@@tsfbaf303
2+2 = 4, not 5. It has nothing to do with ego. Read today's news you will see this is the official stance now.
Am glad i bought my n95 respirator mask way months before all this happened. I thought i was dumb in buying a mask at first now i don't regret it.
Hopeful you did not buy a Lot of them!
I saw a 3M N95 respirator on Amazon for $899, and then it went up to over $1,900.
I have ulcers on my legs and use one of 3M's products, called Coban, as part of the treatment for them. It's very troubling to see companies, in general, struggling with everything going on because it is going to impact the success of countries in dealing with the core crisis and it could cause issues for indirect situations as well.
We should all have been wearing masks from the beginning. It's sad that our country cannot provide masks to it's citizens. I understand the priority of providing health care workers masks because we have a shortage, but wouldn't it also make sense to require citizens to wear them? Not having citizens wear masks is like sending soldiers out in a battlefield without a gun and instead giving the gun to the medics in a hospital. You're going to have an overwhelming number of people get wounded, which will then overwhelm the medics and the hospitals and will increase the need for critical and costly live savings equipment like ventilators. I understand ventilators are necessary, but if you can slow down the rate of sick people through PPE and social distancing, you could also reduce the number of costly life saving equipment such as ventilators, which are in short supply. We need to have more factories pumping out masks ASAP and getting them into everyone's hands. If we can pump out millions of dollars in missiles and military equipment, why can't we make something as simple as masks? I just don't get it
Does 3m vote democrat? because it seems like they are helping everyone else other than Americans.....
There not sending masks overseas. China and other countries make there own.
Animated Tigress . Florida DHS director was told 3m is selling vast quantities of n95 masks to foreign countries because they are showing up with cash. Story was aired on Fox and MSNBC.
Withrr way 3M just got the smack down from a Trump order. Good.
incoming moronese.
@@Adrian_Nel Governor of Cali just gave $125million to illegals......tell me again how Americans come first.....Dems are for anyone but Americans.....homeless crisis and he's doing this Sht.....
I bought an N95 mask 11 years ago and I am so glad I did. I have never had to use it until now.
W Morgan they last only 5 years at mask but better than none!
So why did they try to send a shipload overseas?
other country: first time?
Other country?
They should have been running for 24 hours straight for a month now.
They would still be behind as capacity is geared to make normal production and most likely three shifts as most industry works on at least as two shift investment. Remember no one builds factories to make a million of something a day for a 50,000 demand a day. You expand as need arises. Got a few billion laying around you want to get no return on your investment for over the next known number of years, invest in something way happen which will create the demand.
Right after Pearl Harbor, President FDR ordeered more war ships built. Manufacturers said they were at max capacity. FDR asked "How many shifts are you running?"
"One.,"
"Duh, Three shifts a day, 'round the clock. Triple output."
(My dramatization, but going from one shift to three is fact and it took FDR to think of it ... the builders hadn't a clue.)
They criticized USAmericans for buying up masks that don't protect against The Bug, but also at the same time such buying threatened to use up supplies needed by medical professionals? That's completely self-contradictory.
I think 3M is about to become the most valuable company in the world and their share prices are going to shoot through the roof. Buy, buy, buy.
if everyone began correctly wearing the N95 masks and followed proper hygiene practices ...the spreading of this virus would drop off drastically.....
See how well that worked for condoms 😓
And stay home!
@@ileanahernandez1709 realistically, we are all going to have to leave the house at sometime and many of us will have to return to work......so I see wearing a mask until this becomes a non-issue standard ......
The point of wearing a mask is not necessarily to protect the wearer, but to protect others. That is it limits the distance droplets can be spread into the surrounding area. That's why masks reduce community spread. Not because they protect the wearer, but because they decrease the amount of virus-bearing droplets in the immediate area.
I can't believe this is so hard for so many to understand.
They protect the wearer too. It doesn't make you immune, but reduces your risk.
Seun they protect every thing. The only reason government tell you to not wear mask is because they don’t have many for everyone.
@@papercat2599 And we need to find out why that is, because masks are easy to make. A country that makes millions of microchips should be able to make a lot.
nope, you're wrong, it depends on which kind of face mask your wearing, different levels of masks has different kind of protection.(that's the reason why the medical personnel wear N95 when they have to close contact to the covid-19 patient)
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@@seunosewa The protection for a wearer is minimal. That is if someone with the virus and contagious coughs within close enough proximity to someone wearing a mask it's almost a guarantee they will either inhale some of the virus or get it on there hands directly or when taking off the mask and then transferring it to their face.
There's an extensive and rigorous protocol for removal of PPE and if it's not followed PPE is almost useless.
Also if one is not wearing the mask properly, which I can guarantee 90%+ aren't and one isn't wearing eye protection, again useless.
Again, the major benefit of wearing a mask is to limit projection of coughed or sneezed virus-bearing droplets. That's where the VAST majority of the benefit is. It only protects one werer from getting infected, maybe, but it can protect 2.5 uninfected people from being infected by a contagious person.
3.5 billion! WTF, why? there's only 250M people in the entire country, just reuse the damn things instead of throwing them away.
I think we need a competitor for 3M, one supplier isn't cutting it. On a different note, I am shocked their stock isn't doing well considering demand for their products at this time.
Stay safe out there 🙏 I'll pray for the Earth and the people
Thank you, friend. I hope you're well.
@@emuriddle9364 thank you for you're kindness friend, and I am doing well indeed. I hope you are doing well also
STAY HOME AND MAKE BABIES !😂😂😂
N95 masks should be saved for healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus.
www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20200402082622&SearchText=n95+mask
So buy them a few, some listed are knock-offs though, better than nothing or most of homemade anyway...
Which intern made those charts?
I am a construction worker, I need to wear a N-95 mask when I am drilling into concrete. If I don't wear a N-95 mask I could breath in to much silica dust and get black lung disease. I am not working right now so its not a problem, but some essential construction projects are continuing and I'm wondering how those workers are getting N-95 masks? How would I get a N-95 mask if I really needed one?
The coronavirus pretty much has proved how unprepared this world is for any crisis. Especially any new and hard to see crisis.
It's proven how incompetent and mismanaged the United States is. It's disgraceful!!!!
The Asian countries were prepared.
@@aceman00ify maybe, but Asian societies value the society over individual rights. That's not true for the United States so the measures taken in Asia don't fit the United States. There are *tons* of things the United States could have done to actually prepare for the crisis though, but it doesn't have the right priorities.
Will never be shopping with 3m again after this
Wat? That's what you get from this? How?
Lol yea you are. They're not price gouging. They were always sending out supplies like this. Dont like it? start your own mask company
I work in an asphalt plant and I am exposed to harsh micro dust on a daily basis. Now, I can't get my hands on new masks and each morning deal with abnormal coughs and discomfort😒
It took a tiny country like Taiwan less than 3 weeks to re-assemble their old surgical mask factories...call back their machinists/ technicians, their former workers and then ramp up production to 13 MILLION SURGICAL MASKS A DAY!!!!
before Feb 5th, 2020, Taiwan, like the rest of tje world, was 90% dependent on imported masks from China, but since bloody China not only had a lock down, but also was selling masks of terribly sub standard products every where, Taiwan manufacturers decided to take the matter in their own hand
From the get go, all the mask manufacturers turned down orders from overseas and only focused on making masks for the citizens of Taiwan....( think about that, 3M....)
Now they have more than enough to spare....and are donating 10 millions to the rest of the world...yes you heard me, DONATING...
My 3M approach:
I just take 3 peanut M&Ms, stick 2 in my nostrils and eat the third. 👆🥜👃🥜👆🤤🥜🦠🚫🥳
dont rely overly on china exports.
No imports from China, no market for your iPhones, removing factories from China is like shooting yourself into own foot as far as American export sales are concerned...
how much of money you can afford
Have you bought your 3M stock?
Set up a booth like Korea. It prevents medical personnel from getting sick. Oh my America.😢
Remember when the movie 2012 came out and everyone said that the world was going to end on 2012.... lol good old times....
2020 enters: Hi friend.
You want to help with the face mask shortage- stay home! You want to help others- stay home!
I thought the title was 3 Million people are scrambling....
I wonder how prices for the N95 ("N" standing for not oil-resistant) compare to usually more expensive R95 (oil resistant) and P95 (oil-proof) respirators nowadays
Doncarlo Agustino I bought R95s because everyone kept buying up the N95s and I honestly can’t tell a difference. I bought a box of 20 for $60 and shared them with family.
How is there a shortage of surgical face mask when I just brought 3 packs of 50 disposable mask from Walmart and have been for the last 2 months 🤔?
Papito they should take those remaining medical gear and send them to the hospitals in need.
Probably not n95
depends on the state you live in bro
@@enriquemercedes9519 I have not bought any, but how is it not these medical employers job to procure their PPE? Also, is there no research that the system could see less sick people if we all wore some type of PPE when in public? I agree the front lines are the priority, just curious as if they have the money, these things can be procured.
"3 packs of 50 disposable mask from Walmart and have been for the last 2 months 🤔?" kind of your answer right there.
They just said they are selling to foreign countries than putting us first.
Start making vital equipment and products in USA.
I agree but labour costs are definitely a problem
8:25 if you hate math it is roughly 1/8th.