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Trump administration paying premium for mask-cleaning machines that don’t work
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Trump administration paying premium for mask-cleaning machines that don’t work

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The White House coronavirus task force is paying a defense company a huge premium for new cleaning machines that allow critical protective masks to be reused up to 20 times but scientists and nurses say the recycled masks treated by these machines begin to degrade after two or three treatments.May 21, 2020

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