Lloyd Armbrust (@larmbrust) / X

Lloyd Armbrust

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Lloyd Armbrust

@larmbrust

Started as a tech founder @ycombinator in 2010; built a $34mm medical manufacturing biz in 2020 @armbrust_usa 🇺🇸 🏭; raising 6 kids & some 🐮 near Austin, TX

Austin, Texas

Joined May 2009

Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Get ready to be triggered because I’m offending everyone with this post. I built a 🇺🇸 mask factory in six months capable of producing millions of N95s and Surgical masks every day. Here’s why I don’t think America cares about COVID or masking anymore. 🧵 1/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Sep 21, 2022
I visited a mask factory today that’s shutting down (they want me to take their materials and parts) They have 2 million N95s in stock and made millions more during the pandemic but can’t find any buyers anymore so they have to close down.
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Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
I believe that masks work and was one of the first people to say if we mask up we do not have to shut down our economy. But masks have become some stupid symbol of anti-freedom. If you believe this, I think you’ve been brainwashed by the ultra right. 🧵 2/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
“Grandpa was going to die anyway” This is pretty fucking piss poor excuse for 🇺🇸 to have. I know from thousands of personal hours in a lab (and scientific fact) that all we need to do to prevent most death is to wear a mask that can be produced for $0.25 🧵 9/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
Trust me, I own a mask factory and I hate wearing masks. But I’ll still be the one weird guy in Texas that everyone looks down on because I’m masking up. It’s the right thing to do. 🧵 16/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Jan 10, 2023
I built a 🇺🇸 factory in 6 months that can make millions of masks every day.  I love America but I’m not a republican--it’s possible I promise. I'm not a dem either, but I do know masks. With XBB.1.5 Kraken surging I thought I'd write another 🧵 guaranteed to offend everyone.
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Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
Worried you’re not getting enough o2? Surgeons 🧑‍⚕️ and miners ⛏ have been wearing masks for most of their professional lives with no issue. If you have trouble breathing you are probably wearing a cheap mask with poor breathability or cloth which is both hot & useless. 🧵 6/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
All we need is an extremely inexpensive mask on our face when we are indoors with a group of people. It’s actually just that simple. 🧵 5/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Jan 8, 2025
I have almost a truckload of recently expired 🇺🇸 made N95s that are tested above spec if anyone in LA or CA needs them and can accept them by the pallet. PM2.5 particles, like those found in forest fires, are the number one cause of cancer and can be avoided by wearing a mask.
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Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
Masks are a way to protect you from COVID; not for liberals to control you. FWIW I think social distancing is total BS; we don’t need to sterilize doorknobs; you don’t need 😷 outside; kids should be in the classroom (with ventilation); we should never have shut down. 🧵 4/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
But it doesn’t matter. America is tired of talking about COVID & unfortunately for most people who still need to be concerned, 🇺🇸 is going to leave you behind and pretend like your problems don’t exist. 🧵 7/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
This pandemic is different from the 1919 Flu in one important way: it doesn’t kill kids. If kids were dropping like elderly, poor or immunocompromised, I think even @TuckerCarlson would be putting on a 😷. Since the elderly are bad @twitter, you don’t hear about it. 🧵 8/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
Trust me, I’m probably more American than you. I live in Texas, own a ranch🐮, own guns, have six kids, tried for years to get into the AirForce (bad heart 😭), I built a 🇺🇸 mask factory here because I wanted jobs here & not just in 🇨🇳 I’ve voted Libertarian I was 18. 🧵 3/17
Lloyd Armbrust
@larmbrust
Mar 15, 2022
Replying to @larmbrust
I do think the BA.2 variant will come to the US and kill more people. I think there might be another million unnecessary COVID deaths in the US, but I can’t get enough people to care. Not my Republican Texas governor who told me to scale up; not Biden and his team. 🧵 15/17