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Re:Amazon battles counterfeit masks, $400 hand sanitizer ami... by altec3 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:55PM (#22551685)
From what I understand, that's how most house brands work.
Re:Amazon battles counterfeit masks, $400 hand sanitizer ami... by epicureanideal on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:57PM (#22551705)
But it’s a great time to recover initial startup cost in starting a sanitizer factory...
Re:Amazon battles counterfeit masks, $400 hand sanitizer ami... by hyperbovine on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @08:01PM (#22552119)
The famously nimble NY Department of Corrections did so in like a week. So I'm guessing the startup costs are not too onerous.

https://qz.com/1815496/ny-forces-prisoners-to-make-hand-sani...

Re:Amazon battles counterfeit masks, $400 hand sanitizer ami... by tyingq on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:58PM (#22553238)
The headline is funny...

"Incarcerated people tasked to make hand sanitizer to fight coronavirus are banned from using it themselves"

I mean, it's basically 120 proof ethyl alcohol. Of course they aren't allowed to have it. I'm very sympathetic to better prison conditions, but soap should be fine.