Trump orders 3M to stop exports to Canada. Trump doesn't realize 3M imports pulp from Canada to make

[Elwood P Dowd]

the N95 masks. Without Canada, there will be be no fucking masks. Thanks Donnie. You stepped into it again. No wonder your shoes always look brown lately.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus_BC/comments/fnavqk/harmac_cranking_out_pulp_used_to_make_surgical/

Harmac has received double order for pulp used in medical supplies

While many businesses in B.C. are shutting down or cutting back, the Harmac Pacific pulp mill in Nanaimo is one of the few to actually see a benefit from the COVID-19 crisis.

Harmac produces a type of pulp, K10S, that is used to make disposal surgical masks, hospital gowns, and other supplies used in hospitals.There is now a serious supply shortage of those product worldwide, particularly for masks, due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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[SheltieLover]

1. Or

is dimwit trying to piss Canada off to ensure we don't have material to make masks for our health care workers & 1st responders? He is an idiot. Putin, pulling his strings is not.

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. That's a scary thought, but I think in this case it's just typical Trump Dumbassery. (nt)

[SheltieLover]

4. I hope you are right!

🤞🤞🤞

[SWBTATTReg]

5. I love your word, 'dumbassery', a very appropriate word. The trumpepidemic rolls on slowly,

killing right and left, and rump is proving himself to be dumber and dumber to everyone, every time he has, yet another news conference.

[Under The Radar]

2. I thought that only the material was made in the U.S.

And the mask and garments were made in China. From a report earlier in the week that Gov. Cuomo referenced

[Steelrolled]

7. I read that 3M makes about 400 million masks per year in the US

and something like 1.1 billion worldwide.

[Steelrolled]

6. We should not be exporting masks to Canada

And if we can't source the pulp in-country (I have a sneaking suspicion that we can), then that needs to be fixed.

Ensuring we always have adequate in-country sources for medical supplies will be a major task of the government in years ahead. Just like Europeans did regarding food supplies after WW2.

[dawg day]

8. What's he got against Canada?

Oh, right, Trudeau is handsome.