No big surprise with this piece of news "Today, the small U.S. mask manufacturers are in dire straits, if they haven’t gone out of business already," according to
The New York Times.
That's after "a handful of U.S. entrepreneurs responded by starting to manufacture masks domestically" when the pandemic took hold and "the supply chain for protective equipment broke down,
creating severe shortages that cost lives." Meanwhile, "36 companies are now members of the American Mask Manufacturer’s Association, formed to lobby Washington."
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