A Food and Drug Administration effort to address a shortage of protective masks has instead opened the floodgates to 3,500 Chinese manufacturers selling products of widely varying quality, potentially putting the public at risk and leaving some U.S. states with stockpiles of masks they no longer trust as protective gear, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
Facing a severe shortage of N95 respirator masks in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the FDA made an emergency decision to allow importation of millions of...
The DNC, FDA and the CDC have the same problem AS HillaryClinton , they are all full of shit, and are Evil Globalist and never to be trusted!
Fallacy
If people had factories manufacturing this wouldn’t happen. Everything could stay the same but the manufacturing of essential goods would be under public control. I won’t scare no one by saying we should make everything here since the private sector manufactures everywhere else.
Doesn't matter....MasksDontWork READ THE ACTUAL BOX OF MASKS👇👇👇👇👇
HAHAHAHA
If the orange plague would have mandated the production of masks in the US, this would not have been a big issue.
hey anything is better than a cloth mask or a scarf around your face.
First of all, you need to wear a mask
We knew about COVID in December, and yet no one started producing masks to prepare for a pandemic then, because it's not profitable enough
Reopening the economy just so rich people can make money and get haircuts is also potentially putting the public at risk
Well Revive therapeutics has a treatment for covid-19 in human trials phase 3! so that can help!!!!! Revive_RVV BeatCOVID19 COVID19 COVID__19
Its everyman for themselves any how what does it matter the government has failed the American people on every possible level. I trust my kn95 mask more than I trust realDonaldTrump to protect me from the Covid 19 virus.
anhusa This is Fake News. They have been getting these masks from China all along. Can't trust China. Can't trust the DEMS.
Remember. This is the same FDA that says Hydroxy is not effective. 😂
Make your own masks. Problem solved.
Eh, ain't causing any more damage than realDonaldTrump has already done to this country.
MSViewsandNews Keep your nasty face masks in China
But sure, let’s rush through the scientific studies necessary to make a safe & effective COVID19 vaccine. HeHasNoPlan Dotard DumpTrump2020 k95
Yeah. No fucking shit.
Communist China is evil !!
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Just focus on the fact. US's problem is that people don't even wear a mask.
Right. Having NO masks wouldn’t have put the public at risk at all!
We need to be safe, if quality controls are not met, those products must stay out of the public
1/2 TRUE STORY! And maybe someone with 'journalist' in their job title should look into it. 3M, the world's largest of N95 masks which are only standard in the U.S. when NIOSH approved, barely produces any of them here. HOWEVER...
This is an important article but it seems to omit that right now regular cloth is enough to protect you in your day to day giving the impression to the public that they need a special mask
So we got infected by the masks?....if that's true.....that is BEYOND fcked up
What is putting the public's health at risk is reusing disposable masks that are covered in bacteria and giving them legionnaires disease. STOP. WEARING. MASKS. Your immune system is an amazing thing at fighting viruses, let it do its job like it has done throughout history.
Get out from Chinese market all together. Greed will eventually lead to failure followed by Chinese control!
The FDA fucking things up again? Nooooo....never.....and the WHO is completely trustworthy too right? Lol
Did you people forget that you said that literally any cloth covering is good? What the fuck are you talking about?
Then you have the Futch point of view which has gotten rid of masks all together. They say something crazy about studies and stuff.
And in comes the panic porn!
If we were producing masks we wouldn't have to buy from China.
Really? WokeHoax HerdImmunity CCPvirus is CCP and TheDemocrats ElectionInterference 'KeepUSclosed' remember?
Info like this should be free to the public.
These are the best masks I've found and been using. All other masks suck.
So the USA can’t make the masks?
mrtimchan pushed these in rollingstone for $$$$
Don’t wear masks, they said. This whole COVID things been blown out of proportion, false numbers, when it actually arrived here. It’s all BS
Who would wear a mask made in China? If the Rona has not found you yet, here it is!!
You're way late on this news.
FDA can’t be trusted.
KN masks are worthless. You trust CHINA to provide protective PPE? The 'public' can't GET real PPE. What does THAT tell you?
act surprised!
Good job, WSJ. Who do you think is responsible for this? Could it *possibly* be your Op-Ed section extolling the virtues of the least competent administration in US history. Irony: not a strong suit of the regressives. Including those at WSJ, a terrible media company.
This about caps it. Leave it to China to be responsible for COVID19 and then watch as their businesses profit from the spread of the disease. Selling defective, potentially life threatening masks is another example of their total disregard for Human Life. DON’T BUY THEIR CRAP
Trump 2020
what makes anyone think that the gubmint workers at the FDA are any more capable than the gubmit workers that are smoking butts on the side of the highway?
Our country has failed us in every way.
Why does dcritical medical supply chain continues to be outsourced to China? Trump couldn’t find a US company to make these masks?
Widespread incompetence in the the Trump administration is putting Americans health at risk. November can’t get here fast enough. Vote out all Republicans up and down the ballot.
You know what’s a bigger risk though? Not wearing any mask & running about- as many Americans are currently doing. Trash China all you want but they are the ones that flattened tbe curves and back to their normal lives and the US is not. So maybe reflect on your own problems too.
OH COME ON - a kn95 is better than a bandana.
China and quality never belong in the same sentence. They were ready to ship those hunks of junk out in March. That's when we started getting emails about masks and gloves.
OH PLEEZ Rupert Murdoch owns your rag.
we KNOW who owns the just STFU
Wait, Are you trying to tell me China is mass producing shit products without concern for the well being of its indentured slaves? Literally everyone already knew this .
MarkMaremont If you're reading & need an FDA approved KN95, 3 ply mask or other PPE, we source from many of the same factories as fema. Buy in bulk for personal use: For the Frontline ThankYou WearAMask
'God Bless America' right?
Yes, because CHINA is such a trusted source for anything.
wsj please lift the paywall on public safety info.
So you are saying that cheap masks don’t work?😱🤯
And what about Fauci openly lying and saying masks weren’t necessary
Government alphabet corporations are terrible at their jobs and are woefully inefficient. Why do y'all keep supporting them by voting?
And why is this relevant when people were advised to make their own? How about do an article on big companies that got the huge tax cut from senatemajldr WhiteHouse realDonaldTrump and the percentage of outsourced labor...
Malaria treatment works as well. These humans must be in a big hurry to be sued by the American public. This all seems to be, TDS.
It's always the Chinese. Faulty PPE, deadly hand sanitizer, deadly dog food, kids toys....ChinaLiedAndPeopleDied
Damns I been wearing an KN95 mask
For starters KN 95 isn't a standard, N95 yes!, KN is a marketing gimmick
On one hand u say cloth masks are ok, when it comes to Chinese products, the standard raises even for general public huh
🤔why are we purchasing them there in the first place? Telling me, we don’t have the capability here to produce our own? This country has so sadly changed in so many ways.... also don’t forget the lies we werealso told!! Don’t wear a mask- like we are all morons.
Lets hope the voting machines arent still made in china...(tgj)
Stop buying Chinese made crap America.
But wait a minute? So a facemask that is not N95 is not as effective?! Health and government officials been telling people to wear any type of face mask anyways so it shouldn't matter of quality right?! I know they were saying that because not enough N95 masks for everyone.
Cut China off. No one and I do mean no one can convince me that we can't make these masks in the US.
Check out itemsdapp , they're selling small batch 100% certified masks. Just found them through a link someone else shared
the public is at risk period, most don't even wear mask.
☣️🧬Chaos reigns 🔬
Cannot trust anything from China ever
MOST should be fine with face coverings - kind that block inhalation of directed cough or sneeze by infected person. Masks, Scarves, even cloth napkins made of tight-weave cotton. Fancy masks are for medical grade air, when there are many infected patiens’ exhalations.
...and if the FDA had NOT made the decision to allow for the importation of more masks (with the vast majority being made in China), media outlets would be blaming the government, saying the government is not doing enough to provide people with an adequate supply of masks.
Oh boy. Like nobody has ever picked up a science textbook- First off, if this virus was airborne like that and a mask would stop it, then something like the common cold would be non existent. 2nd, a virus is not a fine particulate. A simple mask would be ineffective
There is research out there that has proven that a multi layed cotton mask works as well or even better the the N95 surgical masks.
As crappy as the Chinese masks are they are likely still better than the bandana your friend Karen is sporting, or her matchy matchy silk scarf. And in the end, none of them protect you from Covid!
Everyone just make your own, ez
When are they going to tell us the truth about C-19 and admit that this is only the flu. It has all the same symptoms the flu has. Headaches, fever, sore stomach and maybe diarrhea. This hasn't killed as many people as cancer, breast cancer or any other cancer. I don't use a mask
Omfg seriously?
Have you failed to learn anything about Chinese products? Why do you keep buying their shit?
Tell us something we didn’t know we already seen plenty of videos on it in January smh
Lol everyone using cloth masks anyway thinking they safe
The approved KN95 is 100% better than the majority of masks I see people wearing...😳 I like mine, fits very well, no gaps anywhere. I also have N95's I haven't had to use. (I prepared in January when CDC posted the health alert, I didn't wait for Nanny Gubment's 'expert' advice)
Yes, there are a wide variety of quality masks from China. In Hong Kong I bought many masks with a group of friends, but they were delayed for 2 months due to the Chinese government restricting mask exports due to quality control. They try, but nothing is 100%.
I think anything made in China should come with a big red C on it, like the Scarlett letter. So that way anyone who sees it will know it’s a shit product, the design has been stolen, and will probably make you sick. 🇨🇳
Jesus Christ. Can our fucking country do anything right? For fucks sake.
No shit.
Oh good.. there hasn't been nearly enough confusion about masks, antibacterial jel & Covid in general. 🙄🥃
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if it doesnt work then it should definitely put the public at risk right...not potentially either it works or it doesnt
All masks are nasty, dirty, & dangerous. They actually spread germs, and are not protective. MasksOff
And most likely carrying another china virus
Typical..
Decouple from China
I bought masks online that looked exactly like this. Ear loops came off on first wearing.
Is there anything else this administration can possibly fuck up? Excuse my French, I try hard to avoid swearing on social media- just doesn’t always come off well/ w/ class. But today has been tough.
Trump: Starts trade war with China Also Trump: refuses to prep American manufacturing for masks, instead makes states order a ton from China 🤔
Bullshit! Wear a fucking mask! It really doesn't matter what kind it is just as long as it keeps your germs in.
Just wear a mask and social distance. Most of the world are wearing masks from China and they are doing a lot better than we are
Why hasn’t Trump forced businesses to make masks?
What does the K stand for?! Kinda N95?! Good Lord.
KN95 is not N95 no matter what any manufacturer tries to tell you. And a lot of so-called (Chinese) KN95s that were being sold weren't even KN95s
Made in China...need we say more.
Disappointed but not surprised
Fucking embarrassing in the nation who outspends any other by far on healthcare and taxes and works its citizens to death . Smh
We carry quality KN95 that are on the current FDA list. We also carry those not on the list but have thoroughly vetted them for quality & proper testing from multiple labs. Link in profile
This is just one of the reasons I wouldn't trust a vaccine fast tracked at 'warp speed' by this administration.
FYI, Chinese government and the WHO, lied while the Chinese government, bought up medical supplies around the world. Just to sell, on the virus. That they enhance, in a state rum laboratory
Yet I can tie a bandana around my face and go anywhere there’s a mask required. It literally stops nothing, but it qualifies
this exactly why I won’t be taking any new vaccinations!!
beinlibertarian This lie is predicated on efficacy of masks, there is little use for them. Ya'll are becoming the times. Stop it.
Shocker
DON'T BUY ANYTHING CHINESE. IT COULD COME WITH IT'S OWN VIRUS?
But China still some how he less cases than America? Sounds like an American outlet trying to pass the buck
Can this administration not botch anything up?
Yes they’re saying hydroxychloriquine isn’t safe LOL ok
This is not news, I was explaining the variants yin quality 3 months ago on CompanyKN95, have moved into different PPE since then.
Why are we buying anything from China? Bring home these jobs!
This is BullShit! It doesn't matter what mask ur wearing, it's not going to protect you from C-19! This is just an attention hungry report trying to make a story outta nothing! Wake TF Up ppl!
The mask news is a hard to keep up with. My aunt ordered some 3M masks from her workplace, but I'm worried I'll be kicked out of say Costco for wearing a mask because it's apparently not a safe mask. I don't see how it's any more dangerous than the people who wear masks wrong.
Good to know. We were considering buying some.
Guess it’s a shame we sent all our manufacturing overseas.
Welp, I don't see Chinese ppl had a problem controlling the pandemic by wearing these masks? You know what the key is? Actually wear them!!!!!!
Trump special.
imagine 7 months in and still can't make your own masks lmao. And still picking on china. What a joke.
This is behind a paywall. Shouldnt this be free?
Why in the hell would we trust masks made in China? Are we really that stupid?
Well, Balls!
A made in China mask , remember our life is already in risk
China is profiting from this pandemic.
the mask in the photo is garbage. it doesn't stay on very well. i had one and had to trash it.
There should not be a pay-wall on important coronavirus safety information of this nature
How convenient and a great money maker! Export diseases, Export masks.
Wish they figured the N95 shortage. Healthcare workers, essential workers, and teachers can’t get any.
holy fucking shit guys just stop buying chinese trash
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theo_fletcher We all wear China masks in China and we are doing great.
Gotta hand it to the Chinese government. They created the need and then cornered the market on the stop-gap solution. I think they’re officially a capitalist nation with this move. The Sacklers couldn’t have done it better.
Where’s the my pillow guy ?
And why was there a shortage? Because trump shipped our supplies to China for profit when we needed them RemoveTrumpNow TrumpTraitor
I hate the new masks we received from China. They irritate my skin, smell bad. I feel better when I’m NOT wearing one.
This is utterly confounding and infuriating. 7 months in and still there is a shortage of proper masks for health workers? What happened to the Defense Production Act and 3M? What happened to 'We're going to bring manufacturing back to America?' TrumpVirusDeathToll156K
What name brands are FDA approved? Are mask considered 'medical devices' bc if they are, the FDA can't pass the buck to the distributors to do testing.
How? My mask protects u not me..
Somehow this is gonna be trumps fault
Welcome to the real world. Have a blast. 🎲baby needs a new pair of shoes. Roll 'em!🎲🎲
I don't wear a mask. Doesn't put me at risk 😂
Of course they're crap, you ever seen an apple phone? Their quality control leaves much to be desired.
There is a very fitting term used in the U.S. Military to describe Trump's style of managing (or rather mismanaging) the Covid19 situation: 'clusterf*ck'
No mask is better than one of piss-poor quality. Keep wearing them sheeple, your slaughter is coming.
Yup
THEY DID EVERYTHING WRONG AMERICANS DIED AMERICANS ARE SICK
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Y’all gotta make up your fuckin minds, either you red scare bullshit, or you want to protect the public
So they want to shut out tiktok because it's Chinese, but we're entrusting China with our health with sketchy masks Make up your mind, America.
Does Ivanka have a patent?
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The old Democrats Sky is Falling because Trump is President News!
MIT addressed this several weeks ago. The efficacy of some were rated 28%
Why is USA buying masks or any PPE from China at all?
not surprising
Keep trusting the ChiComs, liberals. MAYBE they'll invent brains for you.
I would rather wear a KN95 than a piece of cloth, surly more protection.
Just take the mask off, your gonna be fine. 🙂
3Panda3 There is no mask shortage. With instructions on the internet on how to make one, and billions in CA alone, there is no shortage.
Remember in March and April, before most knew how bad things would get, when Chinese nationals were buying up bulk supplies of N95 masks to deplete our supply and shipping them back to China. Only to turnaround and sell us knockoff supplies and faulty equipment
Knew it!! Called it!! I refused to buy any ppe out of China after a February video surfaced of a shady mask 'factory' where the workers were dumping masks taken from the machine onto the floor to be boxed by hand. No gloves, no sanitation at all. It was disgusting.
The dirty chinks have already done enough damage
And we are listening to the FDA?
Why the heck are these being bought from China anyway?
mrtimchan RollingStone Can you investigate whether the company you recommended is still approved..? I bought two kinds based on your article and the package came ripped (so more exposure than the already ‘not sterile’ warnings) and they are *not* cheap so I‘m rly concerned :/
Ahh yes.. depend on china during a pandemic. All the US had to do was manufacture billions of N95s for the public; jobs would be made, profits would pour in.. but no.
Weeel, WSJ pumps PRC and loves the deep state so I hold them responsible☠️
We oughtta be fuxkin China up man wtf
KN95’s are trash. They rip and break way too easily. Avoid at all costs.
Stacks of them at every gas station I’ve been to.
America people isn’t need masks,freedom important than wear masks
Smart budget
The U.S.A. needs to bring all manufacturing back to the U.S.A. or import medical supplies from Canada or U.K.
China: Let's invest more to make our own chips. U.S.: Let's invest more to make our own masks. Putin: LOL
The FDA, NIOSH and the White House were all fundamentally unprepared for this pandemic. The mask fiasco is just one example of their leadership incompetence.
Knowing that there is no official certification, still buy it, just because it is cheap, and then say that the quality is substandard. The petrochemical technology that costs tens of billions of dollars to build, Not to produce fake masks. Science is not a liar like reporter
If only we had a POTUS who claimed to put America first and had the tools at his disposal to generate American made masks.
See how itemsdapp uses blockchain for verification of masks for frontline works
None of the mask the general public is able to get are high quality. Stop posting these pointless articles.
It's all a hoax!Nothing but to let the Chinese make American money! I'll never wear a mask, no matter its American or Chinese standard! Even N100!
那你美国自己的n95为什么产能上不去呢？ Why the production capacity of your own n95 mask can't increase?
Did anyone ask is the masks are worth trusting China? Isn’t that where the problem came from?
No shit
Ppl seriously still order MadeinChina ?
Masks do not do anything, you might as well wear panties on your face instead lol
Order MADE IN USA!!! Walmart here is fully $3 gouged over comparable by Amazon...both products from China.
Make your own masks or buy them from a trusted source. China is NOT a trusted source. 😷🤦♀️This should be obvious.
Another in a long -- and growing -- list of failures of the trump administration's pandemic response. When history covers this period in our nation, it will be astounded no one rushed in and put trump either in handcuffs or a straitjacket.
Anyone surprised?
Don't buy Chinese masks or wear them.
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