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Nail Salons, Body Shops: These Kinds Of Companies Could Donate Masks And Save Lives

N95 masks are essential for medical workers exposed to the coronavirus. But in ordinary times, they're used by woodworkers, nail technicians and landscapers.
N95 masks are used both as dust masks and as medical equipment.

Hospitals and medical workers across the country are issuing desperate pleas for donations of respirators, to protect the doctors and nurses who are exposed to the coronavirus as they fight to of the protective equipment.

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