Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close

Re:Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close by ceejayoz on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:57PM (#22435769)

> N95+ masks are expensive. Currently $20 per mask on Amazon.

They're not that expensive. That's price gouging, and I'd be worried about them being counterfeit. I have no way of evaluating their effectiveness at home.

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Re:Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close by Wistar on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:13PM (#22435966)

I bought a box of 10 3M N95 valved masks three days ago at Ace Hardware for $24.95.

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Re:Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close by iudqnolq on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:41PM (#22436973)

I bought a box of 3 for $20 yesterday from an eBay seller with a good reputation. There's a chance I've been scammed, but I think lower than on Amazon.

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Re:Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close by numpad0 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @08:14PM (#22439718)

Probably not counterfeit, just automated scalping/drop-shipping. Rampant on Amazon these days.

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Re:Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close by ceejayoz on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:52PM (#22440115)

If there aren't counterfeits yet, they'll be coming.

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