FCA Joins The Coronavirus Fight - Will Make Up To A Million Face Masks A Month

With Coronavirus cases spreading rapidly around the world, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is devoting resources to produce face masks for first responders. Today, the automaker announced a plan to manufacture one million face masks per month. They will be donated to EMTs, police officers, firefighters, other first responders, health care clinics, and hospitals in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

The automaker is presently installing manufacturing capability to create the masks, but the company's press release doesn't mention specific locations. A specific timeframe for manufacturing and delivery of the masks also wasn't mentioned, other than to say it should commence in the coming weeks. Though the announcement highlights North America for this initiative, FCA calls this the first action of a multifaceted global program to help combat COVID-19.

MDarringer - 3/24/2020 10:17:28 AM

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Totally useless.

Agent009 - 3/24/2020 10:51:34 AM

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Yes and no, The US reserves for face masks were depleted in 2009 with H1N1 and never replenished. There were 104 million under Obama and and at the start of covid-19 we only had 25 million and some of those were expired. So this will correct that.

Blame both Obama and Trump and health officials for that failure.

MDarringer - 3/24/2020 11:16:52 AM

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Bullshit.

This is just like hospitals supposedly being out of masks and turning to random people on Facebook to collect face masks for the hospital. Donated face masks CANNOT be used.

Moreover, face masks do NOT stop the virus, so this production is all about placating the Chicken Littles.

Meanwhile, the Democrats refuse to give monetary help to people who are suffering because they want money of free abortion as birth control and the socialist new deal enviro crap.