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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by foldr on Monday April 06, 2020 @08:31AM (#22793115)
>Today that would be $658.08

That's still more than most Americans could easily afford. And that's for stitches.

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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by WalterBright on Monday April 06, 2020 @07:15PM (#22798847)
That's also 20+ years after the big inflation in medical prices started. I did think it was high at the time, likely why I remembered the number.
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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by foldr on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @08:05AM (#22802413)
If you go back as far as the 60s then you're not really comparing like for like. People don't want the level of medical care that the average American got in the 1960s.
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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by WalterBright on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @03:41PM (#22806714)
Stitch technology hasn't changed.
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