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Topic: PPE

N95 respirator and KN95 respirator mask PPE for protection against COVID-19 (Getty Images/sockagphoto)

I can't stop hoarding N95 masks

Rachel Kramer Bussel
Discarded used disposable medical mask floats in sea waters (Getty Images)

PPE is clogging our oceans

Matthew Rozsa
Nurses hold a meeting on one of five Covid-19 wards at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside where patients are taken to recover from the virus. (Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)

Are we doing right by our nurses?

Matthew Rozsa
Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner participates in a press briefing at the White House on September 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Kushner's COVID-19 "task force," exposed

AlterNet Staff - Alternet
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A participant holding a sign at the protest. Tenants and Housing Activists gathered at Maria Hernandez Park for a rally and march in the streets of Bushwick, demanding the city administration to cancel rent immediately as the financial situation for many New Yorkers remains the same, strapped for cash and out of work. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Designers aim to reimagine PPE

Hannah Thomasy - Undark
Man staring at computer screen (Getty Stock)

Darknet sites dole out PPE and fraud

David Maimon - The Conversation
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp | Closed Church (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia officials knew of PPE shortage

Rachana Pradhan, Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
A person gives aways face-masks to people during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis, near the White House, in Washington, DC (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

PPE shortage could last years: experts

Jessica Glenza - KFF Health News
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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to holds up his face mask during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump focused on his administration's handling of the global coronavirus pandemic. Poll numbers about his handling of COVID-19 have been falling as cases of deadly virus have spiked across the country. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Were staffers forced to work sans masks?

Alex Henderson - Alternet
An Indian vendor puts a chicken in a cage at a poultry market in New Delhi on October 24, 2016. New Delhi zoo was temporarily closed after two birds died of bird flu, a month after India declared itself free of the disease. Most strains of bird flu do not usually infect humans, according to the World Health Organization. But the H5 strain of the virus -- found in the zoo's birds -- can cause fever, cough, sore throat, pneumonia, respiratory disease and sometimes death. / AFP / PRAKASH SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images) (Afp/getty Images)

Speeding up lines put workers at risk

Shayla Thompson - Civil Eats
Senator Ed Markey VS President Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

How the Chamber of Commerce betrayed us

Carl Pope
People in a lift during a health alert (Getty Images)

Why the market can't regulate PPE trade

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a campaign rally at University of Nevada February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders wants "Masks for All"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
Donald Trump| A massive group of protesters sit on the ground at Foley Square (Getty Images/Salon)

GOP finally splits with Trump over masks

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
President Donald Trump speaks as he tours Ford's Rawsonville Components Plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"Thanks, President Jackass"

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
National Guard | Donald Trump (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's "war" on frontline workers

Sophia Tesfaye
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence prepares to speak at a briefing on the Trump administration's coronavirus response in the press briefing room of the White House on March 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Officials took questions on a range of issues related to the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. Also pictured is Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the CDC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Consumer safety nom shelves guidelines

Alex Henderson - Alternet
(Getty/Jim Watson)

White House ousts Pentagon official

Alex Henderson - Alternet
(Getty/Sean Gallup)

Viral post about PPE shortage way off

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News
Protestors try to enter the Michigan House of Representative chamber and are being kept out by the Michigan State Police (EFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

What do the COVID protesters want?

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
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Vice President Mike Pence visits the molecular testing lab at Mayo Clinic (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

The Mayo Clinic bows to Pence

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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