Mask-making Patriot Medical of Cape urges 'buy American'

Thursday, January 21, 2021 ~ Updated 8:59 PM

Patriot Medical Devices CEO Rick Needham said Wednesday, the day of the inauguration of a new U.S. president, that with the advent of widespread COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the U.S. and with it, hopes for an end to the pandemic, people may start to forget to buy American-made personal protection equipment (PPE).

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