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Chinese knockoffs already available on Amazon

fny 6y ago
This is such an insane problem. I've been trying to source N95s and everyone I've talked to, even very reliable people, keep bringing me counterfeits without realizing it. I'm actually really concerned their physicians are using those N95 masks. Thankfully face shields are less of a risk.
- ethanbond 6y ago
  Some commentators, disproportionately Silicon Valley VC types, are absolutely befuddled at why the FDA needs to exist and why regulations are slowing things down. It's like they can't imagine a crisis worse than COVID being created by a sloppy and irresponsible response (exempting, of course, responses that hurt their investment portfolios, all of which are bad).
  - H8crilA 6y ago
    Oh wow. I think it's easy to "fix" it: give them a pill (of actually sugar) but present it as a cure that you developed in your basement to whatever ailment they have. Skin in the game works wonders on such cheap bullshitters. Also please post links, always good to know whom to avoid.
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- Cass 6y ago
  Speaking as a physician who's been handed a lot of respirators from ever more dodgy sources, how do I tell whether I'm given a counterfeit N95?
  - mike_d 6y ago
    The CDC has a great page [1] on fake N95 masks, including details at the bottom on identifying real ones. They also provide a list of everyone who is approved to make them [2]. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/counterfeitResp.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/counterfeitResp.... 2. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/default.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part...
mooneater 6y ago
In this case, that's great news
- abhiminator 6y ago
  Great news with this important caveat -- that they work as effectively as the Apple's original design and can take hydro/chemical stress from multiple power-washes using strong disinfectants and other industrial-grade cleaners.
joshmn 6y ago
Good, that means more are available for purchase and that this design is easy to replicate.
mhb 6y ago
Where? All I see are ones using a piece of foam as a spacer.
olliej 6y ago
That is a good thing - Apple clearly isn't making them as even a revenue making object, let alone a profit center, so I can't imagine they'll object to others also manufacturing them. The goal at the moment for global manufacturing to produce PPE and masks in huge numbers as fast as possible. Not to create new sources of revenue.
- viklove 6y ago
  It's a PR making object
kube-system 6y ago
I don't think anyone who replied to you realized this was a joke.

fny 6y ago

This is such an insane problem. I've been trying to source N95s and everyone I've talked to, even very reliable people, keep bringing me counterfeits without realizing it. I'm actually really concerned their physicians are using those N95 masks. Thankfully face shields are less of a risk.

ethanbond 6y ago
Some commentators, disproportionately Silicon Valley VC types, are absolutely befuddled at why the FDA needs to exist and why regulations are slowing things down. It's like they can't imagine a crisis worse than COVID being created by a sloppy and irresponsible response (exempting, of course, responses that hurt their investment portfolios, all of which are bad).
- H8crilA 6y ago
  Oh wow. I think it's easy to "fix" it: give them a pill (of actually sugar) but present it as a cure that you developed in your basement to whatever ailment they have. Skin in the game works wonders on such cheap bullshitters. Also please post links, always good to know whom to avoid.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
Cass 6y ago
Speaking as a physician who's been handed a lot of respirators from ever more dodgy sources, how do I tell whether I'm given a counterfeit N95?
- mike_d 6y ago
  The CDC has a great page [1] on fake N95 masks, including details at the bottom on identifying real ones. They also provide a list of everyone who is approved to make them [2]. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/counterfeitResp.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/counterfeitResp.... 2. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/default.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part...

mooneater 6y ago

In this case, that's great news

abhiminator 6y ago
Great news with this important caveat -- that they work as effectively as the Apple's original design and can take hydro/chemical stress from multiple power-washes using strong disinfectants and other industrial-grade cleaners.

joshmn 6y ago

Good, that means more are available for purchase and that this design is easy to replicate.

mhb 6y ago

Where? All I see are ones using a piece of foam as a spacer.

olliej 6y ago

That is a good thing - Apple clearly isn't making them as even a revenue making object, let alone a profit center, so I can't imagine they'll object to others also manufacturing them. The goal at the moment for global manufacturing to produce PPE and masks in huge numbers as fast as possible. Not to create new sources of revenue.

viklove 6y ago
It's a PR making object

kube-system 6y ago

I don't think anyone who replied to you realized this was a joke.