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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Larry Hogan has the Maryland State Police guarding the test kits he got from South Korea to keep this from happening. The Massachusetts Governor used the private plane owned by the Patriots to get stuff in from China because their earlier order was confiscated by the feds at port. It’s happened over and over and over again.[/quote]

I mean the Patriots stuff was found out not to even have been FDA compliant and most has already been returned to China.

[quote]Healthcare workers raise concerns about the medical masks shipped from China aboard the Patriots' plane as some of the 1.2million are not the universally approved N95 model
Healthcare professionals are expressing concerns about a portion of the 1.2 million medical masks that were obtained by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker
The masks were purchased for around $2million by Massachusetts and Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who provided a team plane and $500K in flying expenses
The shipment, referred to as a 'godsend' by Massachusetts General Hospital President Peter L. Slavin, was originally reported to contain N95 masks
However, as the Boston Globe reports, the shipment also contained KN95 masks, which are a Chinese-regulated version of the universally approved N95 mask
The KN95 mask reportedly differs only slightly, but can't withstand as much pressure when its user is breathing, which is why it is not universally approved
In an emergency order earlier this month, the KN95 masks were approved by the FDA amid a national shortage of medical personal protective equipment (PPE)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has not approved the KN95 masks, although the CDC considers it a safe alternative to the N95 model[/quote]

[quote]Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts Medical Center are not currently using the KN95 masks, their spokespeople told the Globe.[/quote][/quote]

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