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by bluGill 2295 days ago
they are taking masks that could be used here instead. There are so any masks made in the world so every use of one is a mask that someone else couldn't use.

Obviously factories have abilities to ramp up production to meet demand so the above is simplistic. However they can only ramp up so far (or fast) when the limit is reached the above applies.