Luis is the Vice President at DemeTECH.
The dozens of startups that increased domestic mask production at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic are struggling to stay afloat days after the federal mask mandate for transportation was lifted.
I would say this removal of the mask mandates, even when [the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] strongly suggests them, it's kind of just another emotional blow to the industry that stood up because it was asked to by the federal government and country as a whole. So you'll find the majority of us manufacturers are just shutting down. Most have already, but this is kind of the last straw.