[deleted]
Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
21–30 of 97 posts
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#22I wish they would have done this a little bit sooner, but glad they are doing it and no time like the present!
https://globalnews.ca/news/6715814/coronavirus-n95-masks-ont...
Ontario just found 55m yesterday. Finding stuff you don't use often in warehouses is difficult.
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#23I love the fact that rich people doesn't hesitate on helping ang sharing what they have during the pandemic. If I am rich I will probably help as well. Let us continue on praying for the world and people healing.
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#24Why was Facebook stashing so many masks? Anyway, if they didn't donate them, the Goverment said they are gonna confiscate them, and this was already clear.
> Anyway, if they didn't donate them, the Goverment said they are gonna confiscate them, and this was already clear. There are going to be lawsuits going on for a decade because of the government ordering things that they are not allowed to do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity (Sovereign immunity)
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#25To all who are wondering why Facebook had masks - “To help, Facebook donated our emergency reserve of 720,000 masks that we had bought in case the wildfires continued,”
Which is enough for 14 days for ~50,000 people at 1/day. It seems like huge overkill when stated as a single number, but two weeks is a reasonable amount to plan for, especially for reserves at a time when the supply chain is stressed.
I wish our hospitals' administration had as much foresight. I think this crisis is making it clear that management in health care is vastly overpaid.
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Anyway, if they didn't donate them, the Goverment said they are gonna confiscate them, and this was already clear. There are going to be lawsuits going on for a decade because of the government ordering things that they are not allowed to do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity (Sovereign immunity)
I know the concept. Schiff just tried to apply it to not having to reveal his subpoenas.
But "Qualified" immunity is an adjunct concept.
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#27Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#28Why was Facebook stashing so many masks? Anyway, if they didn't donate them, the Goverment said they are gonna confiscate them, and this was already clear.
> Anyway, if they didn't donate them, the Goverment said they are gonna confiscate them, and this was already clear. There are going to be lawsuits going on for a decade because of the government ordering things that they are not allowed to do.
US Government has confiscated much more than facemasks in the past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Railroad_Adminis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#29For a comparison of scale, consider the (rare) healthcare worker [who does not work just for money (and therefore does not actually need the day's or month's wage) who still goes into work to help the sick during this time] to _the Facebook_ who has built its wealth via very questionable means and is now donating supplies it otherwise did not need.
Forgive my pessimism here, but I'm not impressed. Good that they did it, but countless individuals of minimal means regularly give everything they can to help their fellows without credit or reward.
Re: Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720k masks
#30To all who are wondering why Facebook had masks - “To help, Facebook donated our emergency reserve of 720,000 masks that we had bought in case the wildfires continued,”
Which is enough for 14 days for ~50,000 people at 1/day. It seems like huge overkill when stated as a single number, but two weeks is a reasonable amount to plan for, especially for reserves at a time when the supply chain is stressed. I wish our hospitals' administration had as much foresight. I think this crisis is making it clear that management in health care is vastly overpaid.
If you're wearing an n95 mask for particulate pollution there isn't a particular reason why you can't reuse it.
When I heard the numbers, I figured they purchased extra so they could also supply them to the surrounding community so as to avoid drama about facebook employees having masks while few others did.