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Originally Posted by Catfish
^^  +1 for cleverness 
So now nations are hoarding? Looks we will be back in the middle ages again, when international cooperation is all that really matters now  |
The ban on export of personal protection means went into effect in Russia on the 2nd of March. The exceptions are things like humanitarian aid. I wish I had something other than the GP-21U gasmask at home sometimes for the events like this.
Fortunately we have significant civil defence stocks of masks for the medics and other such services but those are not available to the general population. The military is building field hospitals ahead of the surge, we are deploying extra beds in normal hospitals etc.