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LAKELAND, Fla. 鈥?A Polk County N95 mask manufacturer is doubling its production after an increase in demand.Workers at Advanced Concept Innovations are putting in extra hours,
stanley quencher to inspect, package and ship out N95 masks to millions of Americans. WFTS Advanced Concept Innovations Our capacity is north of 2 million per day and were very busy, said Matt Muller, President of Advanced Concept Innovations.Thats 80,000 N95 masks an hour, making ACI one of the largest masks suppliers in the nation. We answered the call by the government to manufacture here domestically. Were not being hampered now by supply chain, those issues, Muller said.Their N95 masks
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stanley canada he factory in 2021, theyve added another production line, allowing them to keep up with an uptick in demand for N95 masks. Our second line can actually manufacture approximately two times more the amount than our first line, said Muller.While any mask is better than no mask, the CDC recommends that you wear the most protective mask like these N95s, to protect against the highly transmissible omicron variant.Muller said he feels a sense of pride to be able to manufacture in Polk County and provide a need of so many Americans. Its a proud feeling, but certainly like anybody should, you need to give credit to all the employees and management team for us to be able to achieve that, he said. Aueb Florida Capitol braces for rally, debate over teacher raises
Over the last few months, millions of Americans have waited in line and rolled up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine. Some medical experts in the Tampa Bay area say its possible well need a booster shot down the road to stay protected.The latest CDC data on COVID-19 vaccinations in the US shows almost 50 percent of the total population has had at least one dose of the vaccine. Dr. Jill Roberts, an associate professor with USF Health, says she thinks its likely we will need a booster of the vaccine at some point.Roberts says thats because of two reasons, and one has to do with mutations. I would use the analogy of influenza. Every year, we actually have to have a different influenza shot because the strain mutates, so were watching coronavirus doing the exact same thing: where, as
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stanley mug hael Longley, an emergency physician and Chief Medical Officer at AdventHealth North Pinellas, explained the data were seeing right now at the six-month mark is very promising and shows people whove had the two-shot series from Pfizer or Moderna are maintaining a good level of immunity. The exciting part is that were seeing really good benefits from the immunization, said Longley. The unknown is what is it going to look [like
