If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is working 24/7, guess again

Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by gpm on Sunday April 05, 2020 @07:39PM (#22789672)

> Not an extra 90 cents per mask, an extra 8 cents per mask.

We're suggesting the hospital giving him 1 dollar per mask instead of 10 cents during the crisis, that's an extra 90. 98 cents compared to the Chinese prices.

I guess my proposal makes it a bit less. With the 10 year contract, assuming that the demand spike only exists in the first year, it would be an extra 90 cents - savings of (9 years * 2 cents / year) = 72 cents per mask. This could be "fixed" by extending that contract for a few more years.

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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by droithomme on Sunday April 05, 2020 @10:13PM (#22790364)

I paid $4 per N95 mask in January.

$1 is an absolute bargain.

$0.10 is vastly below the cost of manufacture and only being promoted by people who mean harm.

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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by gpm on Sunday April 05, 2020 @10:38PM (#22790479)

The $0.10 figure comes from the article... I think these might just be surgical masks not N95 masks.

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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by PeterStuer on Monday April 06, 2020 @03:20PM (#22796895)

Did you buy them at quantity (lot of 50k masks), or in a small box of 10 at the DIY store?

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