Nintendo Donates 9,500 Face Masks To Help Emergency Services

<p>The coronavirus pandemic is causing a rapid shortage of face masks and other equipment needed to treat the virus&period; To the surprise of medical officials&comma; Nintendo happened to have over 9&comma;500 additional face masks&comma; like the <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;accumed&period;com&sol;n95-mask-for-sale-respirator-safety-face-mask-z1&period;html" rel&equals;"noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">n95 mask<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; in a packaging and distribution center in North Bend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company&comma; in an effort to support the coronavirus cause&comma; donated every available mask to the area&&num;8217&semi;s local emergency services&period; The masks were delivered through Jerry Dawson&comma; a representative of the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155804" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;25201559&sol;nbmc-photo-11-1024x683-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Nintendo Donates Face Masks&comma; North Bend" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">North Bend&&num;8217&semi;s Statement<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>North Bend&&num;8217&semi;s government&comma; after the donation&comma; released <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;northbendwa&period;gov&sol;CivicAlerts&period;aspx&quest;AID&equals;1017">a statement regarding the sudden donation<&sol;a>&period; In an excerpt from their message&comma; they said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Danson stated the masks were originally purchased for emergency preparedness planning&semi; however&comma; amidst the COVID-19 crisis they knew there were needed elsewhere&period; Eastside Fire &amp&semi; Rescue staff will distribute the masks throughout the region to address immediate needs&comma; including the City of North Bend&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>North Bend&&num;8217&semi;s government also went on to warn the community about the unprecedented scale of the coronavirus crisis&period; They also reassured North Bend residents that their safety and security is very important in their daily mission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; Nintendo donating these face masks is quite nice&period; This is also especially important because the goal is to contain the virus as best as possible until a vaccine or cure is developed&period; And with this donation&comma; the process looks to be a little cleaner in the process&period; Now&comma; how long it takes to complete said process&comma; is still up in the air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think of Nintendo donating face masks for the cause&quest; Do you think it would be enough for the community that it was donated to&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>If you liked this article&comma; be sure to read our analysis on why Sweden thinks the gaming industry is a &&num;8220&semi;safe haven&&num;8221&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;despite-coronavirus-outbreak-gaming-industrys-a-safe-haven&sol;">here<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;