Belgium’s Public Health Minister Maggie De Block has destroyed millions of expired FFP2 masks stockpiled during the H1N1 flu epidemic in 2009, but did not replace them due to economic reasons.Please tell me we're smarter than this.
“Buying masks without a plan is a waste of taxpayers’ money,” the office added.
Well... apparently not.
CONFIRM OR DENY: The story is out now...
As part of it's disaster planning protocol, the City of Toronto had two shipping containers of N95 masks. After receiving a letter from the manufacturer about aging out stock, some genius at the ambulance service binned the lot... AND neglected to reorder.
