Nurses Union Pushes Back On White House Calls To Reuse N95 Masks

A Massachusetts-based nurses union is pushing back on the Trump administration’s calls for health care workers on the frontlines of COVID-19 response to reuse personal protective equipment, including N95 respirators. The organization’s president speculated that any attempt to allow masks to be decontaminated and reused would be a result of political pressure and not based on good science. The American Hospital Association, on the other hand, says it thinks the federal government should do whatever it takes to address PPE...